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Since India gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1947, names of many cities, streets, places, and buildings throughout the Republic of India have been systematically changed, often to better approximate their native endonymic pronunciation. Certain traditional names that have not been changed, however, continue to be popular.
In the post-colonial era, several Indian states' names were changed. Some of these changes coincided with the States Reorganisation Act of 1956, a major reform of the boundaries of India's states and territories that organized them along linguistic lines. At this time, for example, Travancore-Cochin was renamed Kerala (Malayalam: കേരളം).
This is a list of cities and towns whose names were officially changed at one or more points in history. It does not include gradual changes in spelling that took place over long periods of time. see also: Geographical renaming, List of names of European cities in different languages, and List of renamed places in the United States
List of city name changes; List of Australian place names changed from German names; List of renamed places in Angola; List of renamed cities and towns in Russia; List of renamed places in the United States; List of double placenames; List of entities and changes in The World Factbook; List of places; List of politically motivated renamings
List of renamed places in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; ... Renaming of cities in India; K. ... List of renamed places in the United States; Z.
Place names in India are usually in Indian languages. Other languages include Portuguese, Dutch, English and Arabic. Since Indian Independence, several Indian cities have adopted pre-English names, most notably Chennai (formerly Madras), Mumbai (formerly Bombay), Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), Bengaluru (formerly Bangalore), Visakhapatnam (formerly Waltair), and Pune (formerly Poona).
Nomenclature of States in North East India; R. List of renamed places in India; Renaming of cities in India; S. List of Indian state and union territory name ...
Renamed places. Daltongunj, Jharkhand (renamed Medininagar, 2004) Ross Island (renamed Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Island, Dec 2018) Neill Island (renamed Shaheed Dweep,Dec 2018) Havelock Island (renamed Swaraj Dweep, Dec 2018) Renamed places in cities. Connaught Place (renamed Rajiv Chowk 1995),