Think Gurgaon is the only one city which lost its “mojo” after the recent re-naming to #Gurugram? Nah! These are other cities- which were renamed.
1.Bangalore to Bengaluru : 2006
2.Baroda to Vadodara: 1974
3.Bellary to Ballari: 2014
4.Benaras to Varanasi: 1956
5.Bombay to Mumbai: 1996
6.Calcutta to Kolkata: 2001
7.Cochin to Kochi: 1996
8.Craganore to Kondungallur
9.Gauhati to Guwahati: 1983
10.Hubli to Hubbali: 2014
11.Madras to Chennai: 1996
12.Mangalore to Mangaluru
13.Mysore to Mysuru: 2014
14.Pondicherry to Puducherry: 2006
15.Poona to Pune: 1978
16.Simla to Shimla
17.Trichur to Thrissur: 2014
18.Trivandrum to Thiruvananthapuram : 1991
19.Tumkur to Tumakaru: 2014
20.Waltair to Vishakhapatnam: 1987
By: Archa Dave