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Recently Name Changed in India
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Recently in News: The recent use of ‘President of Bharat’ in an official G20 summit dinner invitation has sparked speculations about a potential name change for India to ‘Bharat.’ While this development has drawn criticism from opposition parties, it’s not uncommon for countries to undergo name changes. Let’s explore some examples from around the world.
Recently Name Changed in India 2024
| Old Name | New Name |
|---|---|
| Port Blair | Sri Vijaya Puram |
| Kasimpur Halt railway station | Jais City railway station |
| Jais railway station | Guru Gorakhnath Dham railway station |
| Bani railway station | Swami Paramhans railway station |
| Misrauli railway station | Maa Kalika Dham railway station |
| Nihalgarh railway station | Maharaja Bijli Pasi railway station |
| Akbarganj railway station | Maa Ahorwa Bhawani Dham railway station |
| Warisganj railway station | Amar Shaheed Bhale Sultan railway station |
| Fursatganj railway station | Tapeshwarnath Dham railway station |
| Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA) | Niranjan Shah Stadium. |
| Ayodhya Airport | Maharishi Valmiki International Airport |
| Udhampur Railway Station | Martyr Captain Tushar Mahajan Railway Station |
| Khelo India Women’s League | Asmita Women’s League |
| National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) | Indian Institute of Management (IIM) (Located in Mumbai) |
| A Star named after Indian personality (registered in the International Space Registry) | Atal Bihari Vajpayee Star |
| Ahmedabad -Delhi Gujarat Sampark Kranti Express train | Akshardham Express |
| Mughal Gardens (at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi) | Amrit Udyan |
| Al Minhad area and its surrounding areas (UAE) | Hind City |
| Churchgate railway station (Mumbai) | Sir CD Deshmukh |
| Aurangabad | Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar |
| Kaliningrad Region in Poland | Królewiec |
| Bhavanapadu port in Andhra Pradesh (proposed) | Mulapeta port |
| Islam Nagar village (Madhya Pradesh) | Jagdishpur |
| Bandra-Versova Sea Link | Swatantrya Veer Savarkar Sea Link |
| Ahmednagar in Maharashtra | Ahilyanagar (Named after Punyashlok Ahilyadevi Holkar) |
| Nehru Memorial Museum and Library Society | Prime Ministers’ Museum and Library Society |
New Name of 21 Unnamed Islands in Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Prime Minister Narendra Modi named the 21 largest unnamed islands of Andaman and Nicobar Islands after Param Vir Chakra awardees in a ceremony on the occasion of Parakram Diwas.
Here is the list of Param Vir Chakra awardees and island names
| Sl. No. | Param Vir Chakra awardee | Island name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Major Somnath Sharma | Somnath Island |
| 2 | Subedar Karam Singh | Karam Singh Island |
| 3 | 2nd Lt. Rama Raghoba Rane | Rane Island |
| 4 | Nayak Jadunath Singh | Jadunath Island |
| 5 | Company Havildar Major Piru Singh | Piru Island |
| 6 | Capt GS Salaria | Salaria Island |
| 7 | Lieutenant Colonel Dhan Singh Thapa | Dhan Singh Island |
| 8 | Subedar Joginder Singh | Joginder Island |
| 9 | Major Shaitan Singh | Shaitan Singh Island |
| 10 | CQMH Abdul Hamid | Hamid Island |
| 11 | Lt Col Ardeshir Burzorji Tarapore | Tarapore Island |
| 12 | Lance Naik Albert Ekka | Ekka Island |
| 13 | Major Hoshiar Singh | Hoshiar Island |
| 14 | 2nd Lt. Arun Khetrapal | Khetrapal Island |
| 15 | Flying Officer Nirmaljit Singh Sekhon | Sekhon Island |
| 16 | Major Ramaswamy Parameswaran | Ramaswamy Island |
| 17 | Naib Subedar Bana Singh | Bana Island |
| 18 | Captain Vikram Batra | Batra Island |
| 19 | Lt Manoj Kumar Pandey | Pandey Island |
| 20 | Subedar Major Sanjay Kumar | Sanjay Island |
| 21 | Subedar Major Yogendra Singh Yadav | Yogendra Island |
Complete List of Recently Name Changed in India 2022
| Old Name | New Name |
|---|---|
| Daulatabad Fort | Devgiri Fort |
| Rajpath | Kartavya Path |
| Chandigarh International Airport | Shaheed Bhagat Singh |
| Aurangabad | Sambhaji Nagar |
| Osmanabad | Dharashiv |
| Navi Mumbai Airport | DB Patil International Airport |
| ‘Miyan Ka Bada | Mahesh Nagar Halt |
| Yes Mutual Fund | White Oak Capital Mutual Fund |
| Kevadia Railway Station | Ekta Nagar Railway Station |
| Jhansi Railway Station | Veerangana Laxmibai Railway Station’ |
| Jawaharlal Nehru Road | Narendra Modi Marg’ 2022 |
Complete List of Recently Name Changed in India 2021
| Old Name | New Name |
|---|---|
| Sardar Patel Stadium | Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium |
| Kings XI Punjab | Punjab Kings |
| Majerhat bridge | Jai Hind” bridge |
| Hoshangabad | Narmadapuram |
| Howrah-Kalka Mail | “Netaji Express” |
| Dragon Fruit | ‘Kamalam’ |
| Ayodhya airport | Maryada Purushottam Sri Ram Airport, |
| Gorewada International Zoo | ‘Balasaheb Thackeray Gorewada International Zoological Park. |
| Chenani Nashri Tunnel, J&K | Shyama Prasad Mukherjee tunnel |
| Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, Delhi | Arun Jaitley Stadium |
| Rohtang Tunnel, Himachal Pradesh | Atal Tunnel |
| Kandla Port, Gujarat | Deendayal Port |
| Ekana cricket stadium,Lucknow | Atal Bihari Vajpayee Stadium |
| Habibganj Railway Station, Madhya Pradesh | Atal Bihari Vajpayee Station |
| Bhopal Metro, Madhya Pradesh | Raja Bhoj Metro |
| Delhi metro’s Pragati Maidan station | Supreme Court station |
| Mukarba Chowk , Delhi | Vikram Batra Chowk |
| MB Road | Acharya Sri Mahapragya Marg |
| Institute of Financial Management (NIFM), Faridabad | Arun Jaitley Institute of Financial Management |
| Pravasi Bhartiya Kendra , Delhi | Sushma Swaraj Bhawan |
| Foreign Service Institute | Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service |
| Ambala City Bus Stand, Haryana | Sushma Swaraj Bus Stand |
| Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses , New Delhi | Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses |
| World’s largest cricket stadium, Motera Stadium in Ahmedabad | Sardar Vallabhbhai Stadium |
| Aurangabad Airport, Maharashtra | Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj Airport |
| Historic City Chowk in Jammu | Bharat Mata Chowk |
| Mumbai Central Terminus station | Nana Shankarseth Terminus Station |
| Amin village, Haryana | Abhimanyupur |
| Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Urdu, Arabi-Farsi University In Lucknow | Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Languages University |
| Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology (CIPET) ,Tamil Nadu | Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering & Technology |
| Kolkata Port Trust | Syama Prasad Mukherjee Port |
| Maharashtra Govt rename its Environment Ministry | Environment and Climate Change Ministry |
| NASA HQ Washington, D.C | Mary W. Jackson |
| Indian Agricultural research Institute (IARI), Jharkhand | Shyama Prasad Mukherjee |
| Chauk Chauraha, Lucknow | Lalji Tandon Chauraha |
| Lucknow-Hardoi Road | Tandon Marg |
| Ministry of Human Resource Development | Ministry of Education |
| ‘Bilung’ village, Odisha | Popular folk song ‘Rangabati’ |
| Gwalior Chambal Expressway, Madhya Pradesh | Atal Bihari Vajpayee Chambal Progressway |
| Hubbbali Railways Station, Karnataka | Sidhdharoodha Swami Station |
| Ministry of Shipping | Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways |
| Raigir railway station, Telangana | Yadadri railway station |
| Naugarh railway station, Gorakhpur UP | Siddharthanagar railway station |
| Majerhat bridge, Kolkata | Jai Hind bridge |
| Dandupur railway station, Uttar Pradesh | Maa Barahi Devi Dham |
List Of City Name Change In India
| No. | Past Name | Present Name | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alleppey | Alappuzha | 1990 |
| 2 | Allahabad | Prayagraj | 2018 |
| 3 | Amin | Abhimanyupur | 2019 |
| 4 | Banaras | Varanasi | 1922 |
| 5 | Bangalore | Bengaluru | 2006 |
| 6 | Baroda | Vadodara | 1974 |
| 7 | Belgaum | Belagavi | 2014 |
| 8 | Bellary | Ballari | 2014 |
| 9 | Bijapur | Vijayapura | 1956 |
| 10 | Calicut | Kozhikode | ~ |
| 11 | Cannanore | Kannur | 1957 |
| 12 | Chirayinkil | Chirayinkeezhu | 2012 |
| 13 | Chikmagalur | Chikkamagaluru | 2014 |
| 14 | Cochin | Kochi | 1996 |
| 15 | Cuddapah | Kadapa | 2005 |
| 16 | Fort William ↓ Calcutta | Kolkata | 2001 |
| 17 | Gauhati | Guwahati | 1983 |
| 18 | Gulbarga | Kalburgi | 2014 |
| 19 | Gurgaon | Gurugram | 2016 |
| 20 | Hospet | Hosapete | 2014 |
| 21 | Hubli | Hubballi | 2014 |
| 22 | Indravati ↓ Umravti | Amravati | 1097 |
| 23 | Jajesmow | Jajmau | 1948 |
| 24 | Jubbulpore | Jabalpur | 1947 |
| 25 | Jeypore | Jaipur | 1727 |
| 26 | Kanhiyapur ↓ Cawnpore | Kanpur | 1948 |
| 27 | Karnavati | Ahmedabad | 1411 |
| 28 | Kattachakonam | Kesavadasapuram | 1949 |
| 29 | Lakshmanpuri ↓ Lakhanpur ↓ Lakhnau | Lucknow | 1528 |
| 30 | Madras | Chennai | 1996 |
| 31 | Mangalore | Mangaluru | 2014 |
| 32 | Mapuça | Mapusa | 1946 |
| 33 | Mumba ↓ Boa Baia ↓ Bombay | Mumbai | 1995 |
| 34 | Mustafabad | Saraswati Nagar | 2016 |
| 35 | Mysore | Mysuru | 2014 |
| 36 | New Bombay | Navi Mumbai | 1995 |
| 37 | New Raipur | Atal Nagar | 2018 |
| 38 | Ootacamund | Udhagamandalam | 1972 |
| 39 | Orissa | Odisha | 2011 |
| 40 | Palghat | Palakkad | 1866 |
| 41 | Panjim | Panaji | 1961 |
| 42 | Pataliputra | Patna | 490 BCE |
| 43 | Pondicherry | Puducherry | 2006 |
| 44 | Poona | Pune | 1978 |
| 45 | Qila Rai Pithora ↓ Siri ↓ Tughluqabad ↓ Jahanpanah ↓ Kotla Firoz Shah ↓ Purana Qila ↓ Indraprastha ↓ Shahjahanabad | Delhi | 1648 |
| 46 | Quilon | Kollam | 1949 |
| 47 | Rajahmundry | Rajamahendravaram | 2015 |
| 48 | Ratnapur | Latur | 1905 |
| 49 | Saket | Ayodhya | 1969 |
| 50 | Shimoga | Shivamogga | 2014 |
| 51 | Tanjore | Thanjavur | 1950 |
| 52 | Thirusirappalli ↓ Trichinopoly ↓ Trichy | Tiruchirappalli | 1971 |
| 53 | Thrishivaperur ↓ Trichur | Thrissur | 1949 |
| 54 | Trivandrum | Thiruvananthapuram | 1991 |
| 55 | Tumkur | Tumakuru | 2014 |
| 56 | Vizagapatam | Visakhapatnam | 1979 |
| 57 | Wheeler Island | Abdul Kalam Island | 2015 |
FAQ on Recently Name Changed in India
What is the official name of Aurangabad?
Ans: Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar is the Official Name of Aurangabad
What is the new name of Osmanabad Zilla?
Ans: Dharashiv is th New Name of Osmanabad Zilla
What is the New Name of Ahmednagar?
Ans: Ahilyanagar is the New Name of Ahmednagar
