Talk:List of renamed places in India

message: Would it be possible to list the dates at which the renames occured?  --Ben Houston 22:10, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Dates were added where available. -- 85.181.14.0 15:30, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Request for Dates

message: A Scotsman, I do not mind Edinburgh, being Edimburgo in Italian and Spanish, Edinborg in Icelandic, Edinburgas in Lithuanian. likewise the Italians do not seem to mind their cities being known by English names, eg. Leghorn, Livorno; Florence, Firenze; Naples, Napoli etc. Why is it that there is such a problem with people referring to Bombay, Calcutta and Madras by their accepted and common names in the English language? By all means the use of the local vernacular name should be used when speaking the language, but not in English.
When I go to the city in Sweden, I do not go to Goteborg, I go to Gothenburg. Brendandh 21:17, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: well, it is silly... but people continue to call the places the names they are popularly known by. for instance, you'd have a tough time getting a cab to take you to rajiv chowk in delhi, but everyone knows connaught place (or "palace"). on the other hand, the only person who would know the place verapoly would be the archbishop of verapoly... everyone else knows varapuzha. bombay, calcutta, bangalore and madras are still known by those names amongst those who speak english as a first-ish language. and will continue to be known by those names for a while to come... joseph 19:34, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  At least in the case of bombay, that name continues to be commonly used by many of the cities residents, as well as by many in India in general. As i understand it, the name change was instigated by a far-right Indian-fascist political party when they were briefly in power back in 1996, due to their anti-British ideology. Even the Russians do not insist that in English speaking countries refer to their capital as Moskva!
Firejuggler86 (talk) 22:31, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Plain silly

message: I would like this to be renamed List of public places in India renamed after independence, so that other renamings could be entered. It hasn't been just cities and states, it's at least two airports: Leh Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport , Indira Gandhi International Airport, quite a few major streets and roads, like the Grand Trunk Road, , more examples here , at least one square , Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research. I'd imagine there'd be other public places, memorials, landmarks, universities, monuments (e.g. Ochterlony Monument) etc. Novickas (talk) 19:25, 4 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  I think it's probably better to keep the list as narrow as possible - only to list notable streets etc., to prevent clutter (I've removed all the non-notable entries already) and to limit it to places renamed as a result of independence. I'd still support limiting it to cities and states, but consensus seems to be against meon that one. Claritas §  09:02, 5 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Name change proposal

message: As far as Indian lists are concerned there are at least three. There should only be one. That should be reserved for here. There is also a list at List of city name changes and also (STILL) one at Renaming of cities in India. There may be more... This is crazy. One list would cut down a lot on administration and make the whole process of cataloguing more efficient. In addition we should think of formatting the list in a way that would lend itself to downloading onto a spreadsheet. BeckenhamBear (talk) 15:01, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Merging with other articles and Spreadsheet capability required

message: Cool Govind s choudhary (talk) 16:29, 7 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hi