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General Knowledge - Old and New Name
Changed Name (in India)
The following table enlists the changed name of the Indian Cities −
| Old Name | New Name | Image |
|---|---|---|
| Bangalore | Bengaluru |  |
| Madras | Chennai |  |
| Calcutta | Kolkata |  |
| Bombay | Mumbai |  |
| Mangalore | Mangaluru |  |
| Mysore | Mysuru |  |
| Cawnpore | Kanpur |  |
| Baroda | Vadodra |  |
| Pataliputra | Patna |  |
| Pondicherry | Puducherry |  |
| Poona | Pune |  |
| Trivandrum | Thiruvananthapuram |  |
| Quilon | Kollam |  |
| Aleppey | Alappuzha |  |
| Cochin | Kochi |  |
| Calicut | Kozhikode |  |
| Palghat | Palakkad |  |
| Trichur | Thrissur |  |
| Cannanore | Kannur |  |
| Saket | Ayodhya |  |
| Umravti | Amravati |  |
| Tanjore | Thanjavur |  |
| Lakhnau | Lucknow |  |
| Trichy | Tiruchirappalli |  |
| Jeypore | Jaipur |  |
| Orissa | Odisha |  |
| Ootacamund | Udhagamandalam |  |
| Panjim | Panaji |  |
| Vizagapatam | Visakhapatnam |  |
| Belgaum | Belagavi |  |
| Hubli | Hubballi |  |
| Gulbarga | Kalburgi |  |
| Bijapur | Vijayapura |  |
| Banaras | Varanasi |  |
Old Name & New Name
The following table enlists the old and respective new name of the Indian Cities −
| Old Name | New/Modern Name |
|---|---|
| Prayag | Allahabad |
| Patliputra | Patna |
| Bhagyanagar | Hyderabad |
| Calcutta | Kolkata |
| Calicut | Kozhikode |
| Madras | Chennai |
| Bombay | Mumbai |
| Baroda | Vadodara |
| Cochin | Kochi |
| Benares | Varanasi |
| Tuticorin | Thoothukudi |
| Cape Comorin | Kanya Kumari |
| Gulbarga | Kalaburagi |
| Belgaum | Belagavi |
| Bangalore | Bengaluru |
| Mysore | Mysuru |
| Tumkur | Tumakuru |
Changed Name (World)
The following table enlists changed name of the major countries of the world −
| Old Name | New Name | Image |
|---|---|---|
| Abyssinia | Ethiopia (East Africa) |  |
| Angora | Ankara (Turkey) |  |
| Basutoland | Lesotho (South Africa) |  |
| Batavia | Jakarta (Indonesia) |  |
| Burma | Myanmar (Asia) |  |
| Ceylon | Sri Lanka (South Asia) |  |
| Christina | Oslo (Norway) |  |
| Congo | Zaire (Central Africa) |  |
| Constantinople | Istanbul (Turkey) |  |
| Dacca | Dhaka (Bangladesh) |  |
| Dutch East Indies | Indonesia (South-East Asia) |  |
| Dutch Guyana | Surinam (South America) |  |
| Edo | Tokyo |  |
| Ellice Islands | Tuvalu (South Pacific Ocean) |  |
| Formosa | Taiwan (East Asia) |  |
| Gold Coast | Ghana (West Africa) |  |
| Greenland | Kalaallit Nunaat |  |
| Holland | The Netherlands (West Europe) |  |
| Kampuchea | Cambodia (Asia) |  |
| Leopoldville | Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo) |  |
| Mesopotamia | Iraq (South-West Asia) |  |
| Mahmoodpur | Lahore (Pakistan) |  |
| New Hebrides | Vanuatu (South Pacific Ocean) |  |
| Nippon | Japan (East Asia) |  |
| Northern Rhodesia | Zambia (South-Central Africa) |  |
| Nyasaland | Malawi (South-Central Africa) |  |
| Oea | Tripoli (North Africa) |  |
| Peking | Beijing (China) |  |
| Persia | Iran (South-West Asia) |  |
| Rangoon | Yangon (Myanmar) |  |
| Raj Shahi | Islamabad (Pakistan) |  |
| Rhodesia | Zimbabwe (South-Central Africa) |  |
| Saigon | Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) |  |
| Salisbury | Harare (Zimbabwe) |  |
| Sandwich Wands | Hawaiian Islands (The United States) |  |
| Siam | Thailand (Asia) |  |
| South West Africa | Namibia (South-West) |  |
| Spanish Guinea | Equatorial Guinea (West Africa) |  |
| Stalingrad | Volgograd (Russia) |  |
| Tanganyika & Zanzibar | Tanzania (South-East Africa) |  |
| Turicum | Zrich (Switzerland) |  |
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