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

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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

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  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


  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

  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

  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

  5. Mumbai

    Chennai

    Kolkata

    Thiruvananthapuram

    Bengaluru - Bangalore

    Patliputra - Patna

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