Indian Places – New Names and Old Names
| New Name | Old Name |
|---|---|
| Prayagraj | Allahabad |
| Bengaluru | Bangalore |
| Chennai | Madras |
| Guwahati | Gauhati |
| Karnataka | Mysore (former state name) |
| Kolkata | Calcutta |
| Kozhikode | Calicut |
| Mumbai | Bombay |
| Panaji | Panjim |
| Patna | Pataliputra |
| Thiruvananthapuram | Trivandrum |
| Vadodara | Baroda |
| Varanasi | Banaras |
Countries and Places Around the World – New Names and Old Names
| New Name | Old Name |
|---|---|
| Ankara | Angora |
| Beijing | Peking |
| Cambodia | Kampuchea |
| Dhaka | Dacca |
| Ghana | Gold Coast |
| Indonesia | Batavia (former colonial capital name) |
| Iran | Persia |
| Iraq | Mesopotamia (historical region) |
| Japan | Nippon |
| Malaysia | Malaya |
| Myanmar | Burma |
| Netherlands | Holland |
| Sri Lanka | Ceylon |
| Taiwan | Formosa |
| Thailand | Siam |
| Yangon | Rangoon |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Zaire |
| Zimbabwe | Rhodesia |