Derived from the name of Goddess Shyamala Devi, a reincarnation of Ma Kali, Shimla adopted its Indian spelling right after Independence. Also known as the holy city of Kashi, UP's Varanasi ...

Bangalore: After India got independence from the British rule in 1947, some of the major Indian cities have undergone place name changes as their states underwent a new reformation. These city names ...

When it comes to names of hundreds of cities, towns and localities in the State, one cannot any longer ask “what’s in a name?” Out of names of 1,018 places examined by the authorities ...

Indeed, in recent years, several towns and cities whose names reflect the Muslim empires that dominated the Indian subcontinent centuries ago have been renamed by BJP governments. In 2018 ...

Mumbai’s switch was one of a number of Indian city name changes in recent years, notably Chennai, which used to be Madras, and Calcutta, now known as Kolkata. Twenty years after Bombay was ...