Renamed Indian cities

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