India
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See also: List of renamed Indian public places- Bengaluru in Kannada language : still Bangalore in English
- Chennai in Tamil language and now English : Madras (historically/old-fashioned)
- Jaipur : Jaypore (historically/old-fashioned)
- Kanpur : Cawnpore (historically/old-fashioned)
- Kolkata in Bengali language : Calcutta (historically/old-fashioned)
- Lakshadweep : Laccadive Islands (historically/old-fashioned)
- Mumbai in Marathi language and now English : Bombay (historically/old-fashioned)
- Pune : Poona (historically/old-fashioned)
- Shimla : Simla (historically/old-fashioned)
- Varanasi : Benares (historically/old-fashioned)
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