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27 Indian Cities That Got Their Names Changed

Deepak Kiran

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1. Ahilyanagari/Indur to Indore​


On his journey towards conquering Ujjain, Raja Indra Singh had to take a stop which happened to be beside river ‘Khan.’ He was impressed by the scenery and decided to build the Indreshwar temple. He also established a city near the shore and named it as Indrapur. Later, when the power was handed down to the Marathas, they renamed the place as ‘Indur.’

Finally, during the British rule, this place was re-named again. And ever since, it is known as Indore

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2. Allahabad to Prayagraj​


Originally, Allahabad was known as Prayag, but later during the Mughal Raj, Akbar fell in love with this city. He wanted to build his forts inside city boundaries. In 1583 Akbar found his desired spot, which was the mountain from where he could see the confluence of river Ganga and Yamuna. Akbar decided to build four forts there and named the city as Illhabas.


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3. Kashi to Varanasi​


Kashi was the original name of this city and there is mention of this city in our Vedas too. Many other ancient Indian textbooks include this city’s name as well. It was considered to be one of the oldest city.

Though, in 1958 Kashi’s name was changed into the modern version ‘Varanasi’, which was basically the combination of two rivers, Varun and Asi (Asi Ghat).

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4. Bangalore to Bengaluru​


In 1791, when Tippu Sultan lost the third Anglo Mysore War, he also lost the city of Bengaluru. During the British Raj, Britishers started to call Bengaluru as Bangalore and that’s how the city has got its name change for the first time.

Though, on November 1, 2014, the government of India restored the name to its original name.

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5. Baroda to Vadodara​


Vadodara receives its name from the word ‘vatodar’, which means ‘the core of a Banyan tree’. During the British rule, foreign invaders changed the came according to their convenience and started calling it as Baroda.

Later, in 1974, the Indian government changed the name of the city back to Vadodara.

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6. Belgaum to Belagavi​

Derived from the Sanskrit word Velugrama which means bamboo village, Belagavi is the only name change that was not appreciated by the locals. Proposed by the Karnataka government on 27 October 2006, the name change finally took place after 8 years.

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7. Bombay to Mumbai​


In 1955 when Shiv Sena won the election in Maharashtra, they declared that they are going to change the name of Bombay city to Mumbai as Bombay sounds British and corrupt. Moreover, Mumbai is based on the name of a goddess ‘Mumba Devi.’

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8. Calcutta to Kolkata​


n 1686, when the European powers were trying to expand the British Raj, they captured many small villages in the area named as Sutanuti, Govindpur, and Kalikata. Based on the name of the last village captured, Kolkata got its first major name change and became Calcutta (Indian city of joy).



Later in January 2001, CM of West-Bengal re-named this city as Kolkata, which is also based on the name of the last village that existed before the British Raj.

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10. Cochin to Kochi (change effective from 1996)​


Kochi was the favorite destination for many traders and they all tried to give this city a different name. There were names like Cocym, Cochym, Cochin, Kochi used for the city. Britishers were finding it hard to pronounce these names, that’s why they changed it to Cochin.

In 1996, Government of India renamed the city to Kochi, which is pretty close to what it used to be called before British Raj.

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Deepak Kiran said:

10. Cochin to Kochi (change effective from 1996)​


Kochi was the favorite destination for many traders and they all tried to give this city a different name. There were names like Cocym, Cochym, Cochin, Kochi used for the city. Britishers were finding it hard to pronounce these names, that’s why they changed it to Cochin.

In 1996, Government of India renamed the city to Kochi, which is pretty close to what it used to be called before British Raj.

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