General Knowledge Tutorial on 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 | zürich (switzerland) |  |