Question: when was the name bombay officially changed to mumbai
Answer: Jabalpur ( Hindi : जबलपुर ) , from Jubbulpore , respelled in 1947 Jajmau ( Hindi : जाजमऊ ) , from Jajesmow , respelled in 1948 Kanpur ( Hindi : कानपुर ) , from Cawnpore , respelled in 1948 Vadodara ( Gujarati : વડોદરા ) , from Baroda , respelled in 1974 Thiruvananthapuram ( Malayalam : തിരുവനന്തപുരം ) , from Trivandrum , respelled in 1991 Mumbai ( Marathi : मुंबई ) , from Bombay , renamed in 1995 Kochi ( Malayalam : കൊച്ചി ) , from Cochin , respelled in 1996 Chennai ( Tamil : சென்னை ) , from Madras , renamed in 1996 Kolkata ( Bengali : কলকাতা ) , from Calcutta , respelled in 2001 Kadapa ( Telugu : కడప ) , from Cuddapah , respelled in 2005 Puducherry ( Tamil : புதுச்சேரி ) , from Pondicherry , respelled in 2006 Bengaluru ( Kannada : ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ) , from Bangalore , respelled in 2007 Belagavi from Belgaum in 2014 Tumakuru from Tumkur in 2014 Hubballi from Hubli in 2014 Shivamogga from Shimoga in 2014 Hos