Old and New Name of Countries and Cities | Download PDF
There are various important cities, states and Countries get their names changed in the course of time. This is the list which provides the details of all important Changed names of Cities, States and Countries.
List of Old and New Names of Countries and Cities in the World:
| Old Name of City/State/Country | New Name of City/State/Country |
| 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) |
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List of Old and New Names of Cities in India:
| Old Name of City/State/Country | New Name of City/State/Country |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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