General Knowledge - Old and New Name

Changed Name (in India)

The following table enlists the changed name of the Indian Cities −

The following table enlists the old and respective new name of the Indian Cities −

The following table enlists changed name of the major countries of the world −

Old Name	New Name	Image
Abyssinia	Ethiopia (East Africa)
Angora	Ankara (Turkey)
Basutoland	Lesotho (South Africa)
Batavia	Jakarta (Indonesia)
Burma	Myanmar (Asia)
Ceylon	Sri Lanka (South Asia)
Christina	Oslo (Norway)
Congo	Zaire (Central Africa)
Constantinople	Istanbul (Turkey)
Dacca	Dhaka (Bangladesh)
Dutch East Indies	Indonesia (South-East Asia)
Dutch Guyana	Surinam (South America)
Edo	Tokyo
Ellice Islands	Tuvalu (South Pacific Ocean)
Formosa	Taiwan (East Asia)
Gold Coast	Ghana (West Africa)
Greenland	Kalaallit Nunaat
Holland	The Netherlands (West Europe)
Kampuchea	Cambodia (Asia)
Leopoldville	Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Mesopotamia	Iraq (South-West Asia)
Mahmoodpur	Lahore (Pakistan)
New Hebrides	Vanuatu (South Pacific Ocean)
Nippon	Japan (East Asia)
Northern Rhodesia	Zambia (South-Central Africa)
Nyasaland	Malawi (South-Central Africa)
Oea	Tripoli (North Africa)
Peking	Beijing (China)
Persia	Iran (South-West Asia)
Rangoon	Yangon (Myanmar)
Raj Shahi	Islamabad (Pakistan)
Rhodesia	Zimbabwe (South-Central Africa)
Saigon	Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)
Salisbury	Harare (Zimbabwe)
Sandwich Wands	Hawaiian Islands (The United States)
Siam	Thailand (Asia)
South West Africa	Namibia (South-West)
Spanish Guinea	Equatorial Guinea (West Africa)
Stalingrad	Volgograd (Russia)
Tanganyika & Zanzibar	Tanzania (South-East Africa)
Turicum	Zürich (Switzerland)