Renaming of cities in India
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The process of renaming of cities in India started after the end of the British imperial period in 1947 and continues to date. There were political controversies about several renamings. Not all proposed renamings were actually implemented. Every renaming of a city in India has to be approved by the central government.
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[edit] Important examples
Major cities that have been renamed after independence include Kanpur (formerly Cawnpore), Thiruvananthapuram (formerly Trivandrum), Mumbai (formerly Bombay), Chennai (formerly Madras), Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), Pune (formerly Poona), Bengaluru (formerly Bangalore), Mysuru (formerly Mysore), and Kochi (formerly Cochin). The degree to which these name changes have caught on in popular English use varies. For example, Chennai and Mumbai have caught on (although Indians will still say "Bombay" in conversation) whereas Bengaluru is still almost universally referred to as Bangalore.
[edit] Primary reasons for renaming urban sites
There are several different reasons for proposals of renaming cities, that include:
- to adjust the spelling in English language to the spelling in the local language and thus to correct misspellings or Anglicisation introduced by the British colonial authorities.
- to switch from a name of European origin to a name of Indian origin.
- to switch from a name of Muslim origin to a name of Hindu origin[citation needed].
- to switch from a modern Indo-Aryan language form to its Sanskrit ancestral form.
[edit] Proposed changes
Other name changes that have been proposed include
- Ahmedabad to Karnavati,[1]
- Kanpur to Khankar Vidyarthi Nagar,[2]
- Lakhanpur[3] or Lakhnavati,[3]
- Lucknow to Lakshmanpuri,[4] Lakhanpur[3] or Lakhnavati,[3]
- Patna to Pataliputra,[5]
- Aurangabad to Sambhajinagar,[6]
- Osmanabad to Dharashiv,[6]
- Allahabad to Prayag[3] or Tirth Raj Prayag,[7]
- Faizabad to Saket,[3]
- Mughalsarai to Deen Dayal Nagar,[8]
- Bhopal to Bhojpal,[9]
- Indore to Indur,[9]
- Jabalpur to Jabalipuram[9] and
- Delhi to Dilli, Indraprastha[citation needed].
- Vishakapatnam to Vishaka[9]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-468087,prtpage-1.cms
- ^ http://www.milligazette.com/Archives/01042001/Art22.htm
- ^ a b c d e f http://www.milligazette.com/Archives/15022001/Art08.htm
- ^ http://www.milligazette.com/Archives/01042001/Art22.htm
- ^ http://news.smashits.com/NewsPrint.asp?nid=62938
- ^ a b http://www.islamicvoice.com/2001-08/community.htm#bac
- ^ http://www.expressindia.com/news/ie/daily/20010312/ied12028.html
- ^ http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/feb/11deen.htm
- ^ a b c d http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-828162,prtpage-1.cms
