Renaming cities and other places

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Re: Renaming cities and other places

cities ke naam to nisbatan kam badle haiN…alphabetically to mushkil hai bas jitnaa yaad hai likh rahaa huN:

i notice that most names have been changed are in the South [restoring to their regional language names] while Muslim sounding names have been spared due to sensitivity.

banaras = varanasi
Trivandrum = Thiruvananthapuram
cochin = Kochi
Bombay = Mumbai
Calcutta = Kolkatta
Madras = Chennai
Bangalore = Bangaluru

oh, i found this list on Wiki…here it is:

Following city name changes have been proposed but i know in one instance [Allahabad] there is an immense opposition due to the word Allah in it’s name and also because there is a part of the city which is already named Prayag…Prayag is also a Railway Statio.