RENAMED- INGLISH- AN ENGLISH MADE IN INDIA

RENAMED
AN
ENGLISH
MADE
IN
INDIA
SONALI MIRPURI

Introduction
'Renamed' is not only the output of 60 odd days of study, discovery,
interpretation and adaptation but also, more importantly, the
conceptual understanding of localised cultures through language.
In India, many traditional place names were changed during British
rule, as well during the earlier Muslim conquests. Since the British
left India in 1947, many cities, streets, places, and buildings
throughout India have been changed. Certain traditional names
that have not been changed, however, continue to be popular.
The booklet aims at highlighting the fact that we have decolonized
English through just renaming places in India. Although we have
been influenced by the Britishers, we made it imperative to make
each and every place in India our own again, and amplify how we
have become independent.
Enjoy my illustrated maps of different states in India!

Kandanavrolu to Kurnool
Srikakulamu to Srikakulam
Waltair to Visakhapatnam
Waltair to Visakhapatnam
Cocanada to Kakinada
Ellore to Eluru
Amarapura to Amaravati
Garthapuri to Guntur
Vangalaprolu to Ongole district
Nelliooru to Nellore

Andhra Pradesh
• Amarapura to Amaravati
• Dasanapura to Darsi
• Gadapa to Kadapa to Kurpah to
Cuddapah to Kadapa
• Garthapuri or Guntur (Guntur
district)
• Helapuri (Eastern Chalukya times) or
Eluru to Ellore to Eluru (change
effective 1949)
• Kakinandiwada to Cocanada to
Kakinada
• Kandanavrolu to Kandenavolu to
Kurnool
• Vangalaprolu or Vangavolu to
Vangolu to Ongolu to Ongole
(Prakasam District)
* Certain names have not been added

Sibsagar to Sivasagar
Gauhati to Guwahati
Nowgong to Nagaon

Assam
• Nowgong to Nagaon
• Gauhati to Guwahati (change
effective 1983)
• Sibsagar to Sivasagar

New Raipur to Atal Nagar

Chhattisgarh
• New Raipur to Atal Nagar (2018)

Panjim to Panaji
Sanquelim to Sankhali

Goa
• Panjim to Panaji
• Sanquelim to Sankhali

Cambay to Khambhat
Baroda to Vadodara
Bhavena to Bhavnagar
Broach to Bharuch
Suryapur to Surat
Bulsar to Valsad

Gujarat
• Viravati to Chandravati, Chandravati
to Vadpatra, Vadpatra to Baroda,
Baroda to Vadodara (change effective
1974)
• Broach to Bharuch
• Cambay to Khambhat
• Bulsar to Valsad
• Suryapur to Surat
• Bhavena (Gohilwad) to Bhavnagar

Mustafabad to Saraswati Nagar
Amin to Abhimanyupur
Gurgaon to Gurugram

Haryana
• Gurgaon to Gurugram
• Mustafabad to Saraswati Nagar
• Amin to Abhimanyupur

Mandav Nagar to Mandi
Simla to Shimla

Himanchal Pradesh
• Simla to Shimla
• Mandav Nagar to Mandi

Gulbarga to Kalaburgi
Bijapur to Vijayapura
Belgaum to Belagavi
Bellary to Ballari
Shimoga to Shivamogga
Chikmagalur to Chikkamagaluru
Tumkur to Tumakuru
Bangalore to Bengaluru
Mysore to Mysuru

Karnataka
• Bendakalooru to Bangalore to
Bengaluru
• Mangalooru to Mangalore to
Mangaluru
• Mahishasooru to Mysore to Mysuru
• Hoobhalli to Hubli to Hubballi
• Tumkur to Tumakuru
• Shivana Mogga to Shimoga to
Shivamogga
• Venugram to Belgaum to Belagavi
• Bellary to Ballari
• Gulbarga to Kalaburgi
• Madanayakana Keri to Marcera to
Madikeri
• Bijapur to Vijayapura
• Hospet to Hosapete
• Chikmagalur to Chikkamagaluru

Cannanore to Kannur
Calicut to Kozhikode
Palghat to Palakkad
Trichur to Thrissur
Cochin to Kochi
Alleppey to Alappuzha
Quilon to Kollam
Trivandrum to Thiruvananthapuram

Kerala
• Trivandrum to Thiruvananthapuram
(change effective from 1991)
• Cochin to Kochi (change effective
from 1996)
• Calicut to Kozhikode
• Quilon to Kollam
• Trichur to Thrissur
• Cannanore to Kannur
• Palghat to Palakkad
• Alleppey to Alappuzha
• Badagara to Vatakara
• Tellicherry to Thalassery
• Parur to Paravur
• Nethirimangalam to Pattambi
* Certain names have not been added

Saugor to Sagar
Bhelsa to Vidisha
Bhopal Bairagarh to Sant Hirda Ram Nagar, Bhopal
Avantika to Ujjain
Rassen to Raisen Viratnagari to Shahdol
Jubbulpore to Jabalpur
Ahilyanagari/Indur to Indore
Mandu to Mandavgarh

Madhya Pradesh
• Ahilyanagari/Indur to Indore
• Avantika to Ujjain
• Bhelsa to Vidisha
• Rassen to Raisen
• Saugor to Sagar
• Jubbulpore to Jabalpur
• Bhopal Bairagarh to Sant Hirda
Ram Nagar, Bhopal
• Bellasgate to Bheraghat
• Ojjain to Ujjaini
• Mandu to Mandavgarh
• Viratnagari to Shahdol
• Mhow to Dr. Ambedkar Nagar

Nagpore to Nagpur
Ambanagari to Amravati
Nasik to Nashik
Khadki to Aurangabad
Thana to Thane Bhir to Beed
Bombay to Mumbai
Poona to Pune Ambarapur to Ausa

Maharashtra
• Bombay to Mumbai (change
effective from November 1995)
• Nasik to Nashik
• Nagpore to Nagpur
• Khadki to Aurangabad
• Devagiri to Daulatabad
• Ambarapur to Ausa
• Poona to Pune
• Thana to Thane
• Bhir to Beed
• Ratnapur to Latur
• Mominabad to Ambajogai
• Ambanagari to Amravati
• Campoolie to Khopoli

Saiha to Siaha

Mizoram
• Saiha to Siaha

Wheeler Island to Abdul Kalam Island

Odisha
• Wheeler Island to Abdul Kalam
Island (change effective 4 September
2015)

Pondicherry to Puducherry

Puducherry
• Pondicherry to Puducherry (change
effective from 1 October 2006)
• Yanaon to Yanam (change effective
from merger with Indian Union)

Jullunder to Jalandhar
Nawanshahr to Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar
Ropar to Rupnagar
Mohali to Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar

Punjab
• Jullunder to Jalandhar
• Ropar to Rupnagar
• Mohali to Sahibzada Ajit Singh
Nagar
• Nawanshahr to Shaheed Bhagat
Singh Nagar

Dhedhi Dhani to Mansanagar
Ajaymeru to Ajmer

Rajasthan
• Ajaymeru to Ajmer
• Dhedhi Dhani to Mansanagar
(District Sikar). (change effective from
27 April 2011)

Madras to Chennai
Conjeevaram to Kanchipuram
Trinomalee to Tiruvannamalai
Trichinopoly to Tiruchirapalli
Karuvur to Karur
Tanjore to Thanjavur
Virudupatti to Virudhunagar
Tinnevelly to Tirunelveli
Cape Comorin to Kanyakumari
Madurai to Mathurai
Tuticorin to Thoothukudi

Tamil Nadu
• Cape Comorin to Kanyakumari
• Ootacamund to Udagamandalam
• Conjeevaram to Kanchipuram
• Karuvur to Karur
• Madras to Chennai (change
effective from August 1996)
• Madura to Madurai to Mathurai
• Porto Novo to Parangipettai
• Mayavaram to Mayiladuthurai
• Tanjore to Thanjavur
• Tinnevelly to Tirunelveli
• Trichinopoly to Tiruchirapalli
(change effective 1971)
• Trinomalee to Tiruvannamalai
• Tuticorin to Thoothukudi
• Virudupatti to Virudhunagar
• Coimbatore to Koyampuththoor
• Vellore to Veloor
* Certain names have not been added

Adlapur to Adilabad
Elagandla to Karimnagar
Siddapur to Medak
Bhuvanagiri to Bhongir
Orugallu to Warangal
Kambhammettu to Khammam
Rukmampet to Mahabubnagar

Telangana
• Adlapur to Adilabad
• Elagandla to Karimnagar
• Indur to Nizamabad
• Siddapur or Metukuseema or
Gulshanabad to Medak
• Rukmampet or Palamoor to
Mahabubnagar
• Orugallu to Warangal to
Ekasilanagaram (not to be confused
with old Ekasilanagaram of
Vontimitta) or Warangal
• Bhuvanagiri to Bhongir
• Kambhammettu to Khammam

Lakshminagar to Muzaffarnagar
Allygurh to Aligarh
Faizabad to Ayodhya
Cawnpore to Kanpur
Banaras to Varanasi
Allahabad to Prayagraj

Uttar Pradesh
• Allygurh to Aligarh
• Cawnpore to Kanpur (change
effective 1948)
• Banaras to Varanasi (change
effective 1956)
• Kanpur Dehat to Ramabai Nagar
district (change effective 2010) and
back to Kanpur Dehat (change
effective 2012)
• Allahabad to Prayagraj (change
effective 2018)
• Faizabad District to Ayodhya
District (change effective on 6
November 2018)
• Muzaffarnagar to Lakshminagar
(change effective 1986) and back to
Muzaffarnagar
• Mughalsarai to Pandit Deen Dayal
Upadhyay Nagar (2018)

Burdwan to Bardhaman
Midnapore to Medinipur
Chandernagore to Chandannagar
Chinsurah to Chuchura
Calcutta to Kolkata

West Bengal
• Calcutta to Kolkata (change
effective from 1 January 2001)
• Burdwan to Bardhaman
• Chinsurah to Chuchura
• Barahanagore to Baranagar
• Midnapore to Medinipur
• Contai to Kanthi
• Krishnagar to Krishnanagar
• Chandernagore to Chandannagar

JAMMU
&
KASHMIR
LADAKH
ALL COLOURED STATES HAVE
HAD CHANGES IN THE NAMES
OF THEIR CITIES, STREETS,
PLACES AND BUILDINGS
HIMANCHAL
PRADESH
PUNJAB
UTTARAKHAND
HARYANA
ARUNACHAL
PRADESH
SIKKIM
RAJASTHAN
UTTAR PRADESH
BIHAR
MEGHALAYA
ASSAM
NAGALAND
MANIPUR
JHARKHAND
GUJARAT
GUJARAT
MADHYA PRADESH
WEST
BENGAL
TRIPURA
MIZORAM
CHHATTISGARH
ODISHA
MAHARASHTRA
TELANGANA
GOA
KARNATAKA
ANDHRA
PRADESH
ANDAMAN
&
NICOBAR
ISLANDS
PUDUCHERRY
TAMIL NADU
KERALA