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In India, many traditional place names were changed during [[British Raj|British rule]], as well as during the earlier Muslim conquests. Since the [[United Kingdom|British]] withdrew from [[India]] in 1947, names of many cities, streets, places, and buildings throughout India have been changed. Certain traditional names that have not been changed, however, continue to be popular.

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==States or provinces==
* [[East Punjab]] to [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] (change effective from 26 January 1950; state later trifurcated into modern-day [[Haryana]], [[Himachal Pradesh]] and [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] under the [[Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966]]; [[Chandigarh]] became a [[Union Territory]] and the shared capital city of Punjab and Haryana)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiankanoon.org/doc/933499/|title=The Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966}}</ref><ref>http://www.lawsofindia.org/pdf/himachal_pradesh/1966/1966HP31.pdf</ref>
* [[United Provinces (1937–50)|United Provinces]] to [[Uttar Pradesh]] (change effective from 24 January 1950)
* [[Andhra State]], the [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-speaking part of [[Madras Presidency]], attained statehood on 1 October 1953. Three years later, [[Hyderabad State (1948–1956)|Hyderabad State]] was combined with [[Andhra State]] and it was renamed [[Andhra Pradesh]] on 1 November 1956.
* [[Travancore–Cochin]] to [[Kerala]] (change effective from 1 November 1956)
* [[Madhya Bharat]] to [[Madhya Pradesh]] (change effective from 1 November 1959)
* [[Madras State]] to [[Tamil Nadu]] (change effective from 14 January 1969)
* [[Mysore State]] to [[Karnataka]] (change effective from 1 November 1973)
* Uttaranchal to [[Uttarakhand]] (change effective from 1 January 2007)
* Orissa to [[Odisha]] (official {{as of|2011|November|lc=y}})<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-10-24/india/28078168_1_udisa-odia-hindi-and-orissa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811133537/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-10-24/india/28078168_1_udisa-odia-hindi-and-orissa |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 August 2011 |title=Orissa now Odisha|access-date=2009-10-25 |first1=Himanshi |last1=Dhawan |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=24 October 2009}}</ref><ref name=toirename>{{cite news|title=Orissa celebrates Odisha|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-05/bhubaneswar/30363551_1_odia-113th-amendment-odisha|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130426102910/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-05/bhubaneswar/30363551_1_odia-113th-amendment-odisha|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 April 2013|access-date=2011-12-03|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=5 November 2011}}</ref>

==Union territories==
* Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands to [[Lakshadweep]] (change effective from 1 November 1973)
* Pondicherry to [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]] (change effective from 1 October 2006)

==Cities and towns==

===Andhra Pradesh===
Former names of cities and towns in Andhra Pradesh at various times (Pre-Mauryan, Maurayan, Satavahana, Andhra Ikshvaku, Vishnukundina, Eastern Chalukya, Kakateeya, Musunuri, Pemmasani etc. rule) during the course of history. Andhra was mentioned as An-to-lo by Yuan Chang.

* Amarapura (during [[Vishnukundina dynasty|Vishnukundina Dynasty]] and [[Dharanikota|Dhanyakatakam]] during [[Satavahana dynasty]]) to [[Amaravati]]
*Bezawada (anciently Vijayavatika during [[Mahabharata|Mahabharata Times]] and Rajendrachola pura during [[Telugu Cholas|Telugu Chola Dynasty]]) to [[Vijayawada]]
* Bhavapuri<ref name="bapatla">{{cite news|title=Stories of Bapatla, a Seacoast Town|url=http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Sunday-Hans/2017-01-08/Stories-of-Bapatla-a-Seacoast-Town/272545|access-date=28 May 2017|work=The Hans India|language=en}}</ref> to Bhaava-pattana<ref name="bapatla" /> to Bhavapatta<ref>{{cite book|title=Annual Report of the Department of Archaeology & Museums, Andhra Pradesh ..|publisher=Government of Andhra Pradesh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EE9QAQAAMAAJ&q=Bhavapatta+bapatla|access-date=28 May 2017|language=en|year=1981}}</ref> or Bhavapattu<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kumari|first1=M. Krishna|title=Rule Of The Chalukya-Cholas In Andhradesa|publisher=B.R. Pub. Corp.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mUNuAAAAMAAJ&q=bhavapattu|access-date=28 May 2017|language=en|date=1985-09-01|isbn=9788170182542}}</ref> to [[Bapatla]], known for Bhavanarayanaswami Temple (Guntur district)
* Birudankaravolu<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0kHjAAAAMAAJ&q=Birudankaravolu|title=The Indian Review|last=Natesan|first=G. A.|date=1972|publisher=G.A. Natesan & Company|language=en}}</ref> or Birudankitavolu or Birudankinavolu or Birudankitapuram or Birudankinapuram to Bighole or Biccavole to Biccavolu (East Godavari district)
* Dasanapura or [[Darsi]]
* Devapura or Devada ([[Vizianagaram district]])
* Dhamnakada to Dhamnakata to Dhamnakataka to Dhyanakara<ref name="dharanikota" /> or Dhaanyakapura<ref name="dharanikota">{{cite book|last1=Das|first1=Devarapalli Jithendra|title=The Buddhist Architecture in Andhra|date=1993|publisher=Books & Books|location=55|isbn=9788185016351|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n51NAAAAYAAJ&q=Dhanyakapura|access-date=8 June 2017|language=en}}</ref> or Dhaanyakataka<ref name="dharanikota" /> (Mauryan and Satavahana times) or Dhaanyakatakamu to Dhanakataka<ref>{{cite book|last1=Sithpati|first1=P.|title=New sathvahana sculptures from anditra anwravati|date=1980|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WBBuAAAAMAAJ&q=Dhanakataka|access-date=8 June 2017|language=en}}</ref> to [[Dharanikota]] (Guntur district)
* Dhandapura<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kumari|first1=M. Krishna|title=Social and Cultural Life in Medieval Andhra|publisher=Discovery Publishing House|isbn=9788171411023|page=11|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B5SaAGpGNbAC&q=Dhandapura&pg=PA11|access-date=28 May 2017|language=en|year=1990}}</ref> or Dhandaprolu or Tsandavolu{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} to Chandavolu to [[Chandolu]] (Guntur district)
* Dhakshatapovana<ref name="draksharamam">{{cite book|last1=Moorthy|first1=K. K.|title=The aalayas of Andhra Pradesh: a sixteen-flower-garland|publisher=Message Publications|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2OIbAQAAMAAJ&q=Dhakshavatika|language=en|year=1994}}</ref> or Dhakshavatika<ref name="draksharamam" /> or Dhaksharamamu to [[Draksharamam]] (East Godavari district)
* Dugdhapavanapuramu or Upamanyupuramu or Kshirapuramu or Kshiraramamu or Palakota (Palathota) or Palakolanu to Palakollu (West Godavari district)
* Durvasapuram<ref>{{cite book|last1=(India)|first1=Andhra Pradesh|last2=Sivasankaranarayana|first2=Bh|last3=Rajagopal|first3=M. V.|last4=Ramesan|first4=N.|title=Andhra Pradesh District Gazetteers: West Godavari|publisher=Director of Print. and Stationery at the Government Secretariat Press; [copies can be had from: Government Publication Bureau|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=csRhAAAAIAAJ&q=Durvasapuram|access-date=28 May 2017|language=en|year=1979}}</ref> to [[Duvva]] (West Godavari district)
* Ekasilanagaramu or Vontimitta to [[Ontimitta]], known for (Potana wrote Andhra Mahabhagavatam at Ontimitta Ramalayam) (Kadapa district)
* Gadapa to Kadapa to Kurpah to Cuddapah (by British) to [[Kadapa]]
* Garthapuri or [[Guntur]] (Guntur district)
* Gonkavaram to [[Gokavaram]], East Godavari district
* Govatika to Govada
* Gurajala to Gurazala (Guntur district)
* Helapuri<ref>{{cite book|last1=Unnisa|first1=edited by Syeda Azeem|last2=Rav|first2=S. Bhupatthi|title=Sustainable solid waste management|date=2013|publisher=Apple Academic Press|location=Toronto|isbn=978-1-926895-24-6|page=49|edition=Online-Ausg.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9Z8mtD9N0jsC&q=Helapuri+eluru&pg=PA49|access-date=18 September 2015}}</ref> (Eastern Chalukya times) or Eluru<ref name="eluru">{{cite book|last1=Stone|first1=Peter F.|title=Oriental Rugs: An Illustrated Lexicon of Motifs, Materials, and Origins|publisher=Tuttle Publishing|isbn=978-1-4629-1184-4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pxTQAgAAQBAJ&q=Ellore+and+eluru&pg=PT364|access-date=7 May 2017|language=en|date=2013-11-19}}</ref> to Ellore<ref name="eluru" /> by British to [[Eluru]] (change effective 1949)
* Juvikallu to Julakallu to Zulakallu (Guntur district)
* Madhavipattana or Gurindalastha to Gurijala or Gurajala to [[Gurazala]] (during British era)
* Kakinandiwada to Cocanada (by British) to [[Kakinada]]
* Kalidindi to Madhurantakacholanalluru (Telugu Choda times) to Kalidindi (Krishna District)
* Kanakagiri to Kanigiri (now in Prakasam District, previously in Nellore District)
* Kandanavrolu to Kandenavolu to [[Kurnool]]
* Kandarapura or Kanteru (Guntur District)
* Kantakasela or Kantikossula or [[Ghantasala, Krishna district|Ghantasala]]
* Karmmarashtra (during Pallava period) for Ongole town and surroundings watered by Gundlakamma river.
* Kharapuri to Karyampudi (venue of the battle of Palnadu) to Karampudi or Karempudi or Caurampoody (by Europeans) to Karampudi
* Kharamandalamu or Karimanal or Cholamandalam or Choramandalam<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qo8bAQAAIAAJ&q=Cholamandalam+or+coromandel&pg=PA43|title=The Imperial Gazetteer of India|first=Sir William Wilson|last=Hunter|date=23 December 1885|publisher=Trübner & Company|via=Google Books}}</ref> to Choramandala (by the Portuguese) to Choromandel (by the Dutch) to Coromandal (by the British) <ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pwMk4FIcpuUC&q=city+known+as+telugu&pg=PA21|title=The Madras Tercentenary Commemoration Volume|first=Madras Tercentenary Celebration|last=Committee|date=23 December 1994|publisher=Asian Educational Services|isbn=9788120605374|via=Google Books}}</ref>
* Kondapalli{{efn|name=fn1|Kondapalli was the former and also the present name}} to Mustafanagar<ref>{{cite book|last1=Swarnalatha|first1=P.|title=The World of the Weaver in Northern Coromandel, C.1750-c.1850|date=2005|publisher=Orient Blackswan|isbn=9788125028680|page=11|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t5XlI91kP3YC&q=Mustafanagar+kondapalli&pg=PA11|language=en}}</ref> (during Qutub Shahi and early Asaf Jahi times) to [[Kondapalli]]
* Kondaveedu or Gopinathapuram to Murtazanagar (during Qutub Shahi and early Asaf Jahi times) to [[Kondaveedu]]
* Krövachuru to Krosuru (Guntur district)
* Kundinapuram (near Kondaveedu) to Ameenabad (Guntur district)
* Mahadevicherla (cheruvu) or Mahadevitataka to Madevicherla to Macherla (Guntur district)
* Mahendragiri or Pistapura or Pittapore to [[Pithapuram]] (East Godavari district)
* Matsyapuri (Mauryan and Satavahana times) or Masolia (as known by Greek and Roman historians) or Chepalarevu (locally) or Machilipatnam or Masulipatam (by British, Dutch) or Bandar (by Qutub Shahis and Asaf Jahis) to Bandaru or [[Machilipatnam]]
* Nelliooru or Nellipuram or Dhaanyapuram or Vikrama Simhapuri to Nelluru to [[Nellore]] by British
* Neminadhunuru to [[Nedunuru]] (Amalapuram Taluk West Godavri District)
* Niravadyapuramu or Niravadyaprolu (during Eastern Chalukya times) to Nidadavole to [[Nidadavolu]]
* Nrusimhapuri to Narasimhapuramu to Narasapur to [[Narasapuram, West Godavari district|Narasapuramu]] [[West Godavari District]]
* Ongole district to [[Prakasam district]]
* Pallavanadu or Palanadu or Pallenadu to Palnadu (Guntur district)
* Peddapalli to Petapoly by the Dutch settlers to Pettipolee or Pettipoly by British or [[Nizampatnam]] (during Asaf Jahi era) (Guntur district)
* Puruhutikanagaram, Puruhutikapuram, Puruhutikapatnam, Peethikapuramu or Pistapura to [[Pithapuram]] (East Godavari district)
* [[Penuganchiprolu]] or Pennegentspoel (by Europeans) (Krishna district)
* Prathipalapura (Pre-Mauryan era) to [[Bhattiprolu]] (Krishna district)
* Prolavaram to [[Polavaram, Krishna district]]
* Prudhvipuram or Prudhilapuram or Podili
* Rajamahendravaramu or Rajamahendri to [[Rajahmundry]] to Rajamahendravaramu
* Rajavolu to Razole (by the British) or Rajolu
* Samarlakota to [[Samalkota]] (East Godavari district)
* Skandapuri or [[Kandukur, Prakasam district|Kandukuru]] (Prakasam district)
* Srikakulamu to Chicacole or Sikkolu to [[Srikakulam]]
* Sriparvata (Maurayan and Satavahana times) or Vijayapuri to Nagarujunikonda or [[Nagarjunakonda]] (Guntur District)
* Tarakapuri<ref>{{cite web|title=About Tanuku Municipality {{!}} Tanuku Municipality|url=http://tanuku.cdma.ap.gov.in/about-tanuku-municipality|website=tanuku.cdma.ap.gov.in|access-date=7 November 2016}}</ref> or [[Tanuku]] (West Godavari district)
* Kandarapura or Skandapura or Tambrapasthana or Tambrapa or Tambrapura or Tamrapuram or Chembrolu (capital of Ganapathideva Gaja Sahiniraya) to Chebrolu (Guntur District)
* Vangalaprolu or Vangavolu to Vangolu to Ongolu to [[Ongole]] by British (Prakasam District)
* Vardhamanapuramu to Vardhamanu to Vaddamanu (Guntur district)
* Veligandla or Maarganaarayanapuramu<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UDpuAAAAMAAJ&q=marga+narayana+puramu|title=Studies in the Natural, Historical, and Cultural Geography and Ethnography of Coastal Andhra: Based on Inscriptions from the Earliest to 1325 A.D.|last=Prasad|first=E. S. M.|date=1997-01-01|publisher=Bharatiya Book Corporation|isbn=9788185122243|language=en}}</ref> to Veligandla (now in Prakasam District, previously in Nellore District)
*[[Vengi]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Murthi|first1=G. V. Satyanarayana|title=Abridgement and Reform of Telugu Script|publisher=Andhra University Press|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W48OAAAAYAAJ&q=Vengipuram|language=en|year=1968}}</ref> or [[Pedavegi]] (West Godavari district)
* Vidarbhapuri or [[Gudiwada]] (Krishna district)
* Vijayavatika (Mahabharata times) to Rajendracholapuram (Telugu Choda times) to Bejjamwada to Bezawada by British to [[Vijayawada]]
* Vishnukundinapuramu (Vishnukundina times) to [[Vinukonda]] (Guntur district)
* [[Waltair]] to [[Vizagapatam]] to [[Visakhapatnam]]

===Assam===
* Nowgong to [[Nagaon]]
* Gauhati to [[Guwahati]] (change effective 1983)
* Sibsagar to [[Sivasagar]]

===Chhattisgarh===
* New Raipur to [[Atal Nagar]] (2018)

===Gujarat===
* Viravati to Chandravati, Chandravati to Vadpatra, Vadpatra to Baroda, Baroda to [[Vadodara]] (change effective 1974)
* Broach to [[Bharuch]]
* Cambay to [[Khambhat]]
* Bulsar to [[Valsad]]
* Suryapur to [[Surat]]
* Bhavena (Gohilwad) to [[Bhavnagar]]
* Riyazpur to [[Rajkot]]
* Hajipura to [[Bhuj]]
* Anandi Nagar to [[Gandhinagar]]
* Kutchhpura to [[Kutch]]
* Ahmednagar to [[Anand, Gujarat|Anand]]
* Begum Nadia Nagar to [[Nadiad]]
* Mohammadabad to [[Ahmedabad|Mehamdavad Khera Road]]

===Haryana===
* Gurgaon to [[Gurugram]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/gurgaon-renamed-as-gurugram/article8467206.ece|title=Gurgaon will now be called Gurugram|date=12 April 2016|newspaper=The Hindu|last1=Kumar|first1=Ashok}}</ref>
*Mustafabad to [[Saraswati Nagar]]
*Amin to [[Abhimanyupur]]

===Himachal Pradesh===
* Simla to [[Shimla]]
* Mandav Nagar to [[Mandi, Himachal Pradesh|Mandi]]

===Goa===
* Panjim to [[Panaji]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goanobserver.com/archive/12-2-2005/ramblings.htm|title=Goanobserver.com|website=www.goanobserver.com}}</ref>
* [[Sanquelim]] to Sankhali
* Curchorem to [[Curchorem|Kudchade]]

===Karnataka===
Effective from 1 November 2014
*Bangalore to [[Bengaluru]], originally called Bendakalooru
*Mangalore to [[Mangaluru]], originally called Mangalooru
*Mysore to [[Mysuru]], originally called Mahishasooru
*Hubli to [[Hubballi]], originally called Hoobhalli
*Tumkur to [[Tumakuru]]
*Shimoga to [[Shivamogga]], originally called Shivana Mogga
*Belgaum to [[Belagavi]], originally called Belgao
*Bellary to [[Ballari]]
*Gulbarga to [[Kalaburagi|Kalaburgi]]
*Marcera to [[Madikeri]], originally called Madanayakana Keri
*Bijapur to [[Bijapur|Vijayapura]], originally called Bijjinahalli
*Hospet to [[Hospet|Hosapete]]
*Chikmagalur to [[Chikmagalur|Chikkamagaluru]]

===Kerala===
* Alwaye to [[Aluva]]
*Trivandrum to [[Thiruvananthapuram]] (change effective from 1991)
* Cochin to [[Kochi, India|Kochi]]<ref name="pti-12feb12"/> (change effective from 1996)
* Calicut to [[Kozhikode]]
* Quilon to [[Kollam]]<ref name="pti-12feb12"/>
* Trichur to [[Thrissur]]<ref name="pti-12feb12"/>
* Cannanore to [[Kannur]]<ref name="pti-12feb12"/>
* Palghat to [[Palakkad]]<ref name="pti-12feb12">{{cite news |title=Government approves new names of 25 towns |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/government-approves-new-names-of-25-towns-571508 |work=NDTV |agency=Press Trust of India |date=12 February 2012}}</ref>
* Alleppey to [[Alappuzha]]<ref name="pti-12feb12"/>
* Changanacherry to [[Changanassery]]<ref name="pti-12feb12"/>
* Alwaye to [[Aluva]]<ref name="pti-12feb12"/>
* Parur to [[North Paravur|Paravur]]<ref name="pti-12feb12"/>
* Cranganore to [[Kodungallur]]<ref name="pti-12feb12"/>
* Badagara to [[Vatakara]]<ref name="pti-12feb12"/>
* Tellicherry to [[Thalassery]]<ref name="pti-12feb12"/>
* Devi Colam to Devi Kulam<ref name="pti-12feb12" />
* Chirayinkil to Chirayinkeezhu<ref name="pti-12feb12" />
* Mannarghat to Mannarkad<ref name="pti-12feb12" />
* Mannantoddy to Mananthavady<ref name="pti-12feb12" />
* Quilandy to [[Koyilandy]]
* Palai to [[Pala, Kerala|Pala]]
* Sultan's Battery to [[Sultan Bathery]]<ref name="pti-12feb12"/>
* Verapoly to [[Varapuzha]]
* Cherpalchery to [[Cherpulassery]]
* Koney to [[Konni, India|Konni]]
* Sherthalai to [[Cherthala]]
* Nethirimangalam to [[Pattambi]]

===Madhya Pradesh===
* Ahilyanagari/Indur to [[Indore]]
* Avantika to [[Ujjain]]
* Bhelsa to [[Vidisha]]
* Rassen to [[Raisen]]
* Saugor to [[Sagar, Madhya Pradesh|Sagar]]
* Jubbulpore to [[Jabalpur]]
* Bhopal Bairagarh to [[Bhopal Bairagarh|Sant Hirda Ram Nagar, Bhopal]]
* Bellasgate to [[JABALPUR|Bheraghat]]
* Ujjaini to [[Ujjain]]
* Mandu to [[Mandu, Madhya Pradesh|Mandavgarh]]
* Hoshangabad to [[Narmadapuram]]
* Viratnagari to [[Shahdol]]
* Mhow to [[Dr. Ambedkar Nagar]]

===Maharashtra===
* Bombay to [[Mumbai]] (change effective from November 1995)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/recycled/2008/12/why_did_bombay_become_mumbai.html|title=Why Did Bombay Become Mumbai? How the city got renamed.|last=Christopher Beam|date= 1 December 2008|access-date=16 June 2015|work=www.slate.com}}</ref>
* New Bombay to [[Navi Mumbai]]
* Nasik to [[Nashik]]
* Nagpore to [[Nagpur]]
* Khadki to [[Aurangabad, Maharashtra|Aurangabad]]
* Chanda to [[Chandrapur]]
* Ellichpur to [[Achalpur]]
* Oomrawutty to [[Amravati]]
* Daulatabad to [[Devagiri]]
* Ambarapur to [[Ausa]]
* Poona to [[Pune]]
* Thana to [[Thane]]
* Bhir to [[Beed]]
* Ratnapur to [[Latur]]
* Mominabad to [[Ambajogai]]
* Ambanagari to [[Amravati]]
* Edlabad to [[Muktainagar]]
* Campoolie to [[Khopoli]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YbkKAAAAYAAJ&q=campoolie+british&pg=PA338|title = Annals of British Legislation: Being a Classified and Analysed Summary of Public Bills, Statutes, Accounts and Papers, Reports of Committees and of Commissioners, and of Sessional Papers Generally, of the Houses of Lords and Commons; Together with Accounts of Commercial Legislation, Tariffs, and Facts, Relating to Foreign Countries|last1 = Levi|first1 = Leone|year = 1863}}</ref>

===Mizoram===
* Saiha to [[Siaha]]<ref>http://www.madconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Official_Resolution.pdf</ref>

===Odisha===
* Wheeler Island to [[Abdul Kalam Island]] (change effective 4 September 2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/india/in-tribute-to-indias-missile-man-apj-abdul-kalam-wheeler-island-named-after-him_1667306.html|title=In tribute to India's 'Missile Man' Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam, Wheeler Island named after him|date=4 September 2015|publisher=Zee News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.telangananewspaper.com/abdul-kalam-island/ | location=Hyderabad, India | work=TNP | title=Dr. Kalam Island inspires youth in india. All India youth were proud to be a person lived in this generation for only india | date=5 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.timesofindia.com/city/bhubaneswar/Wheeler-Island-renamed-after-Missile-Man/articleshow/48832901.cms|title=Wheeler Island renamed after Missile Man|work=The Times of India|access-date=7 September 2015}}</ref>

===Puducherry===
* [[Pondicherry]] to Puducherry (change effective from 1 October 2006)
* Yanaon to [[Yanam, Puducherry|Yanam]] (change effective from merger with Indian Union)

===Punjab===
* Jullunder to [[Jalandhar]]
* Ropar to [[Rupnagar]]
* Mohali to [[Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar]]
* Nawanshahr to [[Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar]]

===Rajasthan===
* Ajaymeru to [[Ajmer]]
* Dhedhi Dhani to Mansanagar (District [[Sikar district|Sikar]]) (change effective from 27 April 2011)

===Tamil Nadu===
* Cape Comorin to [[Kanyakumari (town)|Kanyakumari]]
* Ootacamund to [[Udagamandalam]]
* Conjeevaram to [[Kanchipuram]]
* Karuvur to [[Karur]]
* Madras to [[Chennai]] (change effective from August 1996)
* Madura to [[Madurai]]
* Porto Novo to [[Parangipettai]]
* Mayavaram to [[Mayiladuthurai]]
* Tanjore to [[Thanjavur]]
* Tinnevelly to [[Tirunelveli]]
* Tranquebar to [[Tharangambadi]]
* Trichinopoly to [[Tiruchirapalli]] (change effective 1971)
* Trinomalee to [[Tiruvannamalai]]
* Tuticorin to [[Thoothukudi]]
* Virudupatti to [[Virudhunagar]]
*Talaivasal to [[Thalaivasal]]
*[[Dharmapuri]] to Tharumapuri
*Singapuram to Badushahbad to Chindiry to Senji
*Wandiwash to [[Vandavasi]]
*[[Arcot]] to Aarkadu
*[[Dindigul]] to Thindukkal
*Ramnad to [[Ramanathapuram]]
*Kudanthai to [[Kumbakonam]]
*Thillai to [[Chidambaram]]
*Negapatnam to [[Nagapattinam]]
*Idaippadi to [[Edappadi]]
*Aliyabad to [[Kalambur]]
*[[Arani, Tiruvannamalai|Arni]] to Aarani
*[[Srirangam]] to Thiruvarangam
*Thirumaraikkadu to [[Vedaranyam]]

===Telangana===
* Adlapur to [[Adilabad]]
* Elagandla to [[Karimnagar]]
* Indur to [[Nizamabad district|Nizamabad]]
* Siddapur or Metukuseema or Gulshanabad to [[Medak]]
* Rukmampet or Palamoor to [[Mahbubnagar|Mahabubnagar]]
* Orugallu to [[Warangal]] to Ekasilanagaram (not to be confused with old Ekasilanagaram of Vontimitta) or [[Warangal]]
* Bhuvanagiri to [[Bhongir]]
* Khamammettu to [[Khammam]]

===Uttar Pradesh===
* Cawnpore to [[Kanpur]] (change effective 1948)
* Banaras to [[Varanasi]] (change effective 1956)
* Shiv Nagar to Raj Prasad Nagar (change effective June, 2011)
* [[Kanpur Dehat district|Kanpur Dehat]] to Ramabai Nagar district (change effective 2010) and back to Kanpur Dehat (change effective 2012)
*[[Allahabad]] to Prayagraj (change effective 2018)
*[[Faizabad District]] to [[Ayodhya District]] (change effective on November 6, 2018)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/up-guv-approves-renaming-of-allahabad-as-prayagraj-118102000780_1.html|title=UP Guv approves renaming of Allahabad as Prayagraj|last=ANI|date=2018-10-20|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2018-10-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.republicworld.com/india-news/city-news/up-governor-gives-permission-to-change-name-of-allahabad-government-institutions-to-prayagraj-with-immediate-effect|title=UP Governor gives permission to change name of Allahabad government institutions to 'Prayagraj' with immediate effect - Republic World|work=Republic World|access-date=2018-10-21|language=en-US}}</ref> (October 2018)
* [[Mughalsarai]] to [[Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar|Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Nagar]] (2018)

===West Bengal===
* Calcutta to [[Kolkata]] (change effective from 1 January 2001)
* Burdwan to [[Bardhaman]]
* Chinsurah to [[Chuchura]]
* Barahanagore to [[Baranagar]]
* Midnapore to [[Medinipur]]
* Contai to [[Kanthi]]
* Krishnagar to [[Krishnanagar, Nadia|Krishnanagar]]
* Chandernagore to [[Chandannagar]]

==See also==
{{see also|Renaming of cities in India}}

== Explanatory notes ==
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== References ==
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[[Category:Geographic history of India]]
[[Category:Lists of places in India|Renamed]]
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[[Category:Geographical renaming|India]]
[[Category:Names of places in India|Renamed]]

List of renamed places in India - Revision history

>Rasnaboy at 06:25, 28 October 2021