Renamed Indian cities

1. Chennai, formerly Madras, renamed in 1996

2. Jabalpur, formerly Jubbulpore, renamed in 1947


3. Kanpur, formerly Cawnpore, renamed in 1948


4. Kochi, formerly Cochin, renamed in 1996


5. Kolkata, formerly Calcutta, renamed in 2001


6. Mumbai, formerly Bombay, renamed in 1995


7. Puducherry, formerly Pondicherry, renamed in 2006


8. Thiruvananthapuram, formerly Trivandrum, renamed in 1991


9. Vadodara, formerly Baroda, renamed in 1974


10. Varanasi, formerly Benares


11. Guwahati, formerly Gauhati


12. Indore, formerly Indhur


13. Kozhikode, formerly Calicut


14. Panaji, formerly Panjim


15. Pune, formerly Poona


16. Sagar, formerly Saugor


17. Shimla, formerly Simla


18. Thanjavur, formerly Tanjore


19. Thoothukudi, formerly Tuticorin


20. Thrissur, formerly Trichur


21. Tiruchirapalli,formerly Trichinopoly or its shortened 

version, Trichy


22. Udhagamandalam,formerly Ootacamund or its shortened 

version, Ooty


23. Vijayawada, formerly Bejawada


24. Visakhapatnam, formerly Waltair and before that, 

Vizagapatnam or its shortened version, Vizag


25. Avantika to Ujjain


26. Vorugallu to Warangal

27. Cambay to Khambhat


28. Bulsar to Valsad


29. Bangalore to Bengaluru (change effective from 1 November 2006)


30. Bhopal Bairagarh to Sant Hirda Ram Nagar, Bhopal


31. Jullunder to Jalandhar


32. Ropar to Rupnagar


33. Mohali to SAS Nagar


34. Nawan Shahar to Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar


35. Cape Comorin to Kanyakumari