What are the current names of the Indian cities that the british changed for example is it Mumbai or Bombay?

Question

Madras or Chennai?

Calcutta or Kolkata?

trivandrum or thiruvananthapuram?

include any other cities besides these that have a controversy and whether they have the british name or the original indian name

I am so confused because of the stupid White People lol jk

Answer 1

Besides the names mentioned by you, the names of following cities have also been changed by the ruling parties from time to time as far as I know.;

1)  Thrissur for trichur.

2)  Kozhikode for Calicut

3)  Kochi for Cochin

4) Kollam for Quilon

Answer 2

Some of the name changes are:

Given below is old vs new

Madras state - Tamil Nadu

Mysore State - Karnataka

Bombay - Mumbai

Madras- Chennai

Calcutta- Kolkata

Trivandrum- Thiruvananthapuram

Cochin- Kochi

Bangalore-Bengaluru

Poona-Pune

Vizagapatam - Vishakapatnam

Baroda - Vadodara

Mysore - Mysuru

Calicut - Kozhikode

Pondicherry - Puducherry

Tanjore - Thanjavur

Benares Varanasi

Answer 3

Some of the prominent name changes

Bombay - Mumbai

Madras- Chennai

Calcutta- Kolkata

Trivandrum- Thiruvananthapuram

Cochin- Kochi

Bangalore-Bengaluru

Poona-Pune

Vizagapatam - Vishakapatnam

Baroda - Vadodara

Mysore - Mysuru

Calicut - Kozhikode

Pondicherry - Puducherry

Tanjore - Thanjavur

Benares  Varanasi

for complete details state wise, chk the link

Answer 4

Some of the prominent name changes

Bombay - Mumbai

Madras- Chennai

Calcutta- Kolkata

Trivandrum- Thiruvananthapuram

Cochin- Kochi

Bangalore-Bengaluru

Poona-Pune

Vizagapatam - Vishakapatnam

Baroda - Vadodara

Mysore - Mysuru

Calicut - Kozhikode

Pondicherry - Puducherry

Tanjore - Thanjavur

Benares Varanasi

Answer 5

Mumbai

Chennai

Kolkata

Thiruvananthapuram

Bengaluru - Bangalore

Patliputra - Patna