List of renamed places in India
Ever since the British left India in 1947, many cities, streets, places, and buildings throughout India were assigned new "Indian names". Certain old names, however, continue to be popular.
Renamed Indian states
- Madras to Tamil Nadu (change effective from January 14, 1969)
- Mysore to Karnataka (change effective from November 1, 1973)
- Uttaranchal to Uttarakhand (change effective from January 1, 2007)
- West Bengal to Bangla (not yet effective) [1]
- Assam to Asom (not yet effective) [2]
- Orissa to Odisha (approved by the Union Cabinet, awaiting Parliament's nod)[3]
Renamed Indian union territories
- Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands to Lakshadweep (change effective from November 1, 1973)
- Pondicherry to Puducherry (change effective from October 1, 2006)
Renamed Indian cities
Andhra Pradesh
- Ellore to Eluru (change effective 1949)
- Waltair to Vizagapatam
- Vizagapatam to Vishakapatnam
- Bezawada to Vijayawada
- Cuddapah to kadapa
Assam
Gujarat
Himachal Pradesh
- Simla to Shimla
Karnataka
- Bangalore to Bengaluru (change effective 2007), "Bangalore" still used by majority of businesses and people
- Mysore to Mysuru (change effective 2007)
- Gulbarga to Kalburgi (change effective 2007)
- Hubli to Hubballi (change effective 2007)
- Shimoga to Shivamogga (change effective 2007)
- Chikmagalur to Chikkamagaluru (change effective 2007)
- Bellary to Ballary (change effective 2007)
- Bijapur to Vijapura (change effective 2007)
- Hospet to Hosapete (change effective 2007)
- Tumkur to Tumakuru (change effective 2007)
- Kaup to Kapu (change effective 2007)
Kerala
- Calicut to Kozhikode
- Cranganore to Kodungallur
- Trichur to Thrissur
- Tellicherry to Thalassery
- Palghat to Palakkad
- Alleppey to Alappuzha (change effective from 1990)
- Trivandrum to Thiruvananthapuram (change effective from 1991)
- Cochin to Kochi (change effective from 1996)
- Cannanore to Kannur
- Quilon to Kollam
- Alwaye to Aluva
- Verapoly to Varapuzha
- Badagara to Vatakara
- Palai to Pala
Madhya Pradesh
- Saugor to Sagar
- Jubbulpore to Jabalpur
- Bhopal Bairagarh to Sant Hirda Ram Nagar, Bhopal
- Bellasgate to Bheraghat
- Ojjain to Ujjain
- Mandu to Mandavgarh
Maharashtra
- Poona to Pune
- Kirkee to Khadki
- Thana to Thane
- Bombay to Mumbai (change effective 1995)
- New Bombay to Navi Mumbai (change effective 1995)
- Bassein to Vasai
Puducherry
- Pondicherry to Puducherry (change effective from October 1, 2006)
- Yanaon to Yanam (change effective from merger with Indian Union)
Punjab
- Jullunder to Jalandhar
Tamil Nadu
- Madura to Madurai (change effective 1949)
- Tinnevelly to Tirunelveli
- Tranquebar to Tharangambadi
- Trichinopoly to Tiruchirapalli
- Madras to Chennai (change effective August 1996)
- Tanjore to Thanjavur
- Tuticorin to Thoothukudi
- Cape Comorin to Kanyakumari
- Coimbatore to Koyamutthoor (change effective 1997)
- Ootacamund to Udagamandalam
- Conjeevaram to Kanchipuram
- Virudupatti to Virudhunagar
- Potonovo to Parangipettai
Uttar Pradesh
- Kanhiyapur to Cawnpore to Kanpur (change effective 1948)
- Benares to Varanasi (change effective 1956)
West Bengal
Renamed places in Indian cities
Delhi
- Connaught Place to Rajiv Chowk
- Connaught Circus to Indira Chowk
- King's Way to Rajpath
- Queen's Way to Janpath
- Curzon Road to Kasturba Gandhi Marg
- Wellington Crescent to Mother Teresa Crescent
- Wellington Hospital to Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital
- Irwin Hospital to Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Hospital
- Palam Airport to Indira Gandhi International Airport
Calcutta/Kolkata
Roads
North Kolkata
- Harrison Road to Mahatma Gandhi Road
- Paikpara Road to Raja Manindra Street
- Grey Street to Sri Arobindo Sarani
- Amherst Street to Raja Rammohan Ray Sarani
- Sukea's Street to Mahindra Sreemani Street
- Chitpur Road Road to Rabindra Sarani
- Cornwallis Street to Bidhan Sarani
- Mirzapur Street to Surya Sen Street
- Colootolla Street to Maulana Saukat Ali Street
- Mechua Bazaar Street to Keshab Chandra Sen Street
- Upper Circular Road to Acharya Prafulla Chandra (APC) Road
- Beadon Street to Dani Ghosh Sarani
- Cotton Street to Madan Mohan Burman Sreet
- VIP Road to Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue
Central Kolkata
- Central Avenue to Chittaranjan Avenue
- Chowringhee Road to Jawaharlal Nehru Road
- Park Street to Mother Teresa Sarani
- Brabourne Road to Biplabi Trailokya Maharaj (BTM) Sarani
- Theatre Road to Shakespeare Sarani
- Bow Bazar Street to Bepin Behari Ganguly Street
- Dharmatolla Street to Lenin Sarani
- Corporation Street( Janbazar Rd.) to Surendra Nath Banerjee Road
- Wellesley Street to Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Road
- Wellingon Street to Nirmal Chandra Dey Street
- Lower Circular Road to Acharya Jagadish Chandra (AJC) Bose Road
- Camac Street to Abanindranath Thakur Sarani
- Red Road to Indira Gandhi Sarani
- Rippon Street to Muzaffar Ahmed Street
- Free School Street to Mirza Ghalib Street
- Clive Street to Netaji Subhash Road
- Hungerford Street to Picasso Bithi
- Middleton Row to Ho Chi Minh Sarani
- Gas Street to Dr. M.N. Chatterjee Sarani
- Waterloo Street to Hemanta Basu Sarani
- Lindsay Street to Nellie Sengupa Sarani
- South Entally Road to Suren Sarkar Road
- Canning Street to Biplabi Rash Behari Road
South Kolkata
- Lansdowne Road to Sarat Bose Road
- Old Ballygunge Road to Gariahat Road
- Russa Road North to Ashutosh Mukherjee Road
- Russa Road South to Shyamaprasad Mukherjee Road
- Elgin Road to Lala Lajpat Rai Sarani
Other landmarks
- Dalhousie Square to Binay Badal Dinesh Bagh (B.B.D. Bagh)
- Dum Dum Airport to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport
- Howrah Bridge to Rabindra Setu
- Willingdon Bridge to Vivekananda Setu
- Ochterlony Monument to Shaheed Minar
- Minto Park to Shaheed Bhagat Singh Udyan
- Wellington Square to Raja Subodh Chandra Mallick Square
- Cornwallis Square to Hedua Azad Hind Bagh
- Wellesley Square to Hazi Mohd. Mohsin Square
- Beadon Square to Rabindra Kanan
- College Square to Vidyasagar Udyan
- Government House to Raj Bhavan
- Assembly House to Bidhan Sabha Bhavan
Madras/Chennai
- Mount Road to Anna Salai
- Poonamallee High Road to Periyar E.V.R. Salai
- Edward Elliot Road to Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai
- Elliot's Beach Road to Sardar Patel Road
- Mowbray's Road to T.T.K Road
- Commander-in-chief Road to Ethiraj Salai
- Nungambakkam High Road to Mahatma Gandhi Salai
- Chepauk Stadium or MCC (Madras Cricket Club) ground to M.A. Chidambaram Stadium
- Warren Road to Bhaktavatsalam Salai
- Lloyds Road to Avvai Shanmugam Salai
- Oliver Road to Musiri Subramaniam Salai
- Montieth Road to Red Cross Road
- Pycrofts Road to Bharathi Salai
- First Line Beach Road to Rajaji Salai
- Royapettah High Road to Thiru.Vi.Ka. Salai
- Lattice Bridge Road to Dr. Muthulakshmi Salai and Kalki Krishnamoorthy Salai
- Chamier Road to Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar Road
- Griffith Road to Maharajapuram Santhanam Road
- Triplicane to Tiruvallikeni
- Mylapore to Mayilapur
Bombay/Mumbai
- Sahar International Airport to Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport
- New Bombay to Navi Mumbai
- Victoria Terminus (VT) to Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST)
- Prince of Wales Museum to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya
- Victoria Gardens to Jijamata Udyaan
- Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute to Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI)
- Bombay Municipal Corporation (Municipal Corporation of Greater Bombay) to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai) (BMC)
- New Bombay Municipal Corporation to Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC)
- Flora Fountain to Hutatma Chowk
- Crawford Market to Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Market
- Bombay Central to Mumbai Central
- Bombay Blues to Mumbai Blues (shop)
- Bombay Electric Supply and Transport to Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST)
- Bombay Hospital to Mumbai Hospital (yet to be implemented)
- Apollo Pier Road to Chhatrapati Shivaji Marg
- Arthur Road to Sane Guruji Marg
- Apollo Street to Bombay Samachar Marg
- Andheri Versova Road to Jaiprakash Marg
- Azad Road to Veer M Manekar Marg
- Andheri Kurla Road to Sir Mathuradas V Marg
- Argyle (Part) to Sant Tukaram Marg
- Bhatia Baug (VT) to Nagar Chowk
- Ballard Road to Shoorjee Vallabhdas Marg
- Bastian Road to Amrit Keshav Naik Marg
- Bazar Gate Street to Perin Nariman Street
- Bellasis Road to Jehangir Behram Road
- Bombay Agra Road to Lal Bhadur Shastri Marg
- Bruce Street to Homi Modi Street
- Carnac Road to Lokmanya Tilak Marg
- Cadell Road to Veer Savarkar Marg
- Cruickshank Road to Mahapalika Marg
- Carnegy Road to Nathibai Thackersey Road
- Central Avenue Marg to Swami Dayanand Marg
- Charni Road to Rammohan Roy Marg
- Chakala Street to Sherif Devji Street
- Churchgate Street to Veer Nariman Marg
- Clark Road to Keshavrao Khadye Marg
- Duncan Road to Maulana Azad Marg
- Dougal Road to Narottam Morarji Marg
- Delisle Road to N M Joshi Marg
- Dadar M Road (North) to Dadasaheb Falke Marg
- Dhobi Talao to K Vasudeo B Fadke Choke
- Dugall Road to Narottam Morarji Marg
- Eliphistone Circle to Mahatma Gandhi Marg
- Explanade Road to P D Mello Marg
- Frere Road (Part) to Ganpatrao Kadam Marg
- Fergusson Road to General Bhonsle Marg
- Foreshore Road to Shahid Bhagat Singh Marg
- Forbes Street to Dr V B Gandhi Marg
- Foras Road to R S Nimbkar Marg
- Fort Street to Walchand Hirachand Road
- Girgaum Road to J Shankarseth Road
- Ghodbunder Road to S Vivekanand Marg
- Grant Road to M Shuakat Ali Road
- Graham Road to J N Herdia Marg
- Gowalia Tank Road to August Kranti Marg
- Ghatkopar Mohul Road to R Chembulkar Marg
- Hill Road (Bandra) to Ramdas Nayak Marg
- Homby Road to Dr Dadabhai Nawrojee Marg
- Horby Road to Lala Lajpat Rai Marg
- Huges Road to Nayaymurti L Patkar Marg
- Harvey Road to Pandit Ramabai Marg
- Haji Ali Chowk to Vatsala Bai Desai Chowk
- Home Street to Charanjit Rai Marg
- Hanes Street to Dr E Moses Marg
- Harkness Street to Jamnadas Mehta Road
- Jacob Circle to Gadge Maharaj Chowk
- Juhu Lane to C D Barfiwala Marg
- Kings Circle to Maheshwari Udyan
- Lamington Road to Dr A Nair Road
- Lohar Street to K M Sharma Road
- Lohar Street to N C Kelkar Marg
- Lady Jamshedji Road to Vithalbai Patel Marg
- Linking Road to Netaji Subhash Bose Marg
- Marine Lines Street to Sir Dinshaw Mulla Marg
- Medows Street to Nagindas Master Marg
- Mayo Road to Bhaurao Patil Marg
- Masjid Bunder Road to Yusuf Meherali Marg
- Military Road to Jawaharlal Nehru Marg
- Marine Drive to Netaji Subhash Marg
- New Queens Road to Mama Permanand Marg
- Napeansea Road to Jagmohandas Marg
- Parsee Bazar Street to Syed Abdullah Brelvi Marg
- Parel Groves Gate Road to Samaldas Gandhi Marg
- Portuguese Road to Raosaheb S K Bole Marg
- Pedder Road to Dr Deshmukh Road
- Pali Danda Marg to Ambedkar Marg
- Queens Road to Maharshi Karve Marg
- Ridge Road to Bal Gangadhar Kher Marg
- Rampat Road to Khushroo Dubash Marg
- Sandhurst Road to S V Patel Marg
- Sion Circle to M Laxmibai Chowk
- Tardeo Road to Jawjee Dadaji Marg
- Tulsi Pipe Road to Senapati Bapat Marg
- Thakurdwar Road to Dr Jaykar Marg
- Victoria Road to Sant Savtamali Road
- Warden Road to Bhulabhai Desai Road
- Worli Road to Vir Savarkar Marg
- Wittet Road & Fort Street to Walchand Hirachand Marg
- Waudby Road to Hajarimal Somani Marg
- Dalal Street to Nagarmal Saraf Street (yet to be implemented)
Bangalore/Bengaluru
- South Parade to Mahatma Gandhi Road
- Infantry Road to Anil Kumble Road
- Residency Road to Field Marshal Cariappa Road
- Brigade Road to Chinnappa Muthaliar Venkata Rao Road
- Cavalry Road to Kamaraja Rajpariwar Road
- Old Madras Road to Swami Vivekananda Road
- Sankey Road to T. Chowdaiah Road
- Cubbon Park to Tanga Mannu Naganna Park
Cawnpore/Kanpur
- Siddhpuri → Jajmau
- Bavan Ghotan Ki Nagri → Bithoor
- Satti Chaura Ghat → Massacre Ghat
- SPG Mission School(1840) → Christ Church College, Kanpur
- Government Research Institute, Cawnpore(1921) → Government Technological Institute(1921) → Harcourt Butler Technological Institute(HBTI)(1926)
- Girls' High School → Methodist High School(MHS)(1952)
- KEM(King Edward Memorial) Hall → Gandhi Bhawan(1947)
- Moti Stadium → Green Park Stadium
- Sceptic Tank → Moti Jheel
- Murray Company → Mari (Dead) Company
- Sahyugi Nagar → Saket Nagar
- Memorial Well → Nana Rao Park
- Hallet Hospital → Lala Lajpat Rai Hospital(LLR Hospital)
- Kanpur Electricity Supply Authority(KESA) → Kanpur Electricity Supply Company Ltd.(Kesco)
- Kanpur University(KU) → Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University(CSJM)
- Institute of Engineering and Technology,Kanpur(IET-K) → University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kanpur University(UIET)
- Govt. Central Textile Institute (GCTI) → Uttar Pradesh Textile Technology Institue (UPTTI)
- Uttar Pradesh Stock Exchange Association Limited → UP Stock Exchange (UPSE) (Dec 2009)
See also
References
- ^ BBC News | SOUTH ASIA | Calcutta's rebirth as Kolkata confirmed
- ^ Govt renames Assam state to Asom
- ^ "Orissa now Odisha". Times of India. Retrieved 2009-10-25.