List Of City And Town Nicknames In India
This partial list of city nicknames in India compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities in India are known by (or have been known by) historically, officially, or unofficially, to locals, outsiders, or their tourism chambers of commerce.
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Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
| City/town | Nickname |
|---|---|
| Guntur |
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| Hyderabad |
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| Nellore |
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| Rajamahendravaram |
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| Tenali |
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| Vijayawada |
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| Visakhapatnam |
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Bihar
| City/town | Nickname |
|---|---|
| Muzaffarpur |
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| Darbhanga |
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| Bhagalpur |
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| Gaya |
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| Purnia |
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| Hajipur |
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| Begusarai |
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Chhattisgarh
| City/Town | Nickname |
|---|---|
| Korba |
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Gujarat
| City/Town | Nickname |
|---|---|
| Ahmedabad (Amdavad, Karnavati, Ashaval) |
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| Bardoli |
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| Gandhinagar |
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| Surat |
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| Navsari |
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| Rajkot |
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| Anand |
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| Jamnagar |
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| Morbi |
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| Ankleshwar |
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| Vadodara (Baroda) |
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Jharkhand
| City/town | Nickname |
|---|---|
| Jamshedpur |
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| Dhanbad |
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| Ranchi |
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Karnataka
| City/town | Nickname |
|---|---|
| Bangalore (Bengaluru) |
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| Kodagu |
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| Mangaluru | • Capital of Tulunad
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| Mysuru |
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| Dharwad |
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| Sakleshpura |
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| Shivamogga |
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Kerala
| City/town | Nickname |
|---|---|
| Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) |
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| Kochi (Cochin) |
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| Thrissur (Trichur) |
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| Kozhikode (Calicut) |
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| Kannur (Cannanore) |
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| Kollam (Quilon) |
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| Alappuzha (Alleppey) |
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| Kasaragod |
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| Palakkad (Palghat) |
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| Malappuram |
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Rajasthan
| City/town | Nickname |
|---|---|
| Jaipur |
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| Ajmer |
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| Udaipur |
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| Sariska |
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| Jodhpur |
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Tamil Nadu
| City/town | Nickname |
|---|---|
| Chennai (Madras) |
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| Thanjavur |
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| Coimbatore (Kongu,Cheran) |
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| Salem (Seralam, Cheralam, Sailam) |
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| Tiruppur | |
| Erode |
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| Puducherry (Pondicherry) |
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| Thoothukudi |
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| Tirunelveli |
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| Yercaud |
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| Ooty |
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| Kodaikanal |
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| Madurai (Vaigai; Pandiya Nadu) |
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| Kumbakonam |
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Uttarakhand
| City/town | Nickname |
|---|---|
| Dehradun |
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| Rishikesh |
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Uttar Pradesh
| City/town | Nickname |
|---|---|
| Mathura |
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| Agra |
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| Lucknow |
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| Kanpur |
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| Baghpat |
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| Ballia |
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West Bengal
| City/town | Nickname |
|---|---|
| Calcutta (Kolkata) |
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| Siliguri |
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| Darjeeling |
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| Malda |
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| Midnapore |
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| Bishnupur |
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| Durgapur |
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| Asansol |
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| Howrah |
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| Krishnanagar |
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| Nabadwip |
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Maharashtra
| City/town | Nickname | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bombay (Mumbai) |
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| Pune |
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| Nagpur |
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| Navi Mumbai |
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| Aurangabad | City of Gates | Thane | City of Lakes |
| Ratnagiri | California of India | city of steel See also | city of steel NotesReferences |
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