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Sobriquet of Indian Cities

The following table enlists the major cities (of India) and their Sobriquet −

Sobriquet (Nickname)	New Name	Image
City of Taj	Agra (Uttar Pradesh)
Boston/Manchester of India	Ahmedabad (Gujarat)
Sangam City	Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)
Land of Black Diamond	Asansol (West Bengal)
City of Peace	Bardhaman (West Bengal)
Temple City of India	Bhubaneswar (Odisha)
The Venice of the East	Alappuzha (Kerala)
Garden City of India Silicon Valley of India Space City of India Science City of India IT Capital of India Pensioners Paradise	Bengaluru (Karnataka)
Detroit of Asia Automobile Capital of India HealthCare Capital of India	Chennai (Tamil Nadu)
Textile City of India Manchester of South India	Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu)
Scotland of India	Coorg (Karnataka)
School Capital of India	Dehradun (Uttarakhand)
Queen of the Hills	Darjeeling (West Bengal)
Tea City of India	Dibrugarh (Assam)
Ruhr of India	Durgapur (West Bengal)
Gateway of North East India	Guwahati (Assam)
Switzerland of the East	Haflong (Assam)
City of Pearls	Hyderabad (Telangana)
Pink City	Jaipur (Rajasthan)
Golden City of India	Jaisalmer (Rajasthan)
Steel City of India Pittsburgh of India	Jamshedpur (Jharkhand)
Perfume Capital of India	Kannauj (Uttar Pradesh)
Land of looms and lores	Kannur (Kerala)
Leather City of the World Manchester of The East	Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh)
Queen of the Arabian Sea	Kochi (Kerala)
City of Wrestlers	Kolhapur (Maharashtra)
City of Joy	Kolkata (West Bengal)
City of Letters City of Latex City of Mural	Kottayam (Kerala)
Prince of Arabian sea Cashew Capital of the World	Kollam (Kerala)
Shiraz-e-Hind Constantinople of the East City of Nawabs	Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)
Athens of the East City of Festivals Temple City Jasmine City City of Divine Nectar	Madurai (Tamil Nadu)
Mango City of Bengal	Malda (West Bengal)
Rome of The East City of Delicacies Cradle of Indian Banking Gateway of Karnataka	Mangalore (Karnataka)
City of Seven Islands Financial Capital of India City of Dreams City of Slums and Skyscrapers Gateway of India Hollywood of India	Mumbai (Maharashtra)
Queen of the Mountains	Mussoorie (Uttarakhand)
Orange City	Nagpur (Maharashtra)
Royal City	Patiala (Punjab)
City of Weavers	Panipat (Haryana)
City of Rallies World Cultural Capital Food Capital of Asia Fashion Capital of India	New Delhi
Paris of the East	Pondicherry (Puducherry)
Oxford of the East Queen of Deccan	Pune (Maharashtra)
Yoga City	Rishikesh (Uttarakhand)
Scotland of the East	Shillong (Meghalaya)
City of Blood	Tezpur (Assam)
White City City of Lakes Venice of the East	Udaipur (Rajasthan)
Spiritual capital of India Oldest city (in the world)	Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Blue City Sun City	Jodhpur (Rajasthan)
Wine capital of India Grape city of India California of India	Nashik (Maharashtra)
Diamond City of India City of Diamonds Textile city of India	Surat (Gujarat)
Evergreen City of India	Trivandrum (Kerala)
City of Destiny	Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh)
Land of Warriors	Zunheboto (Nagaland)
All Seasons State	Himachal Pradesh
Blue Mountains	Nilgiri (South India)
Sorrow of Bengal	Damodar River
Sorrow of Assam	Brahmaputra River
Spice Garden of India	Kerala
Land of Sunrise in India	Arunachal Pradesh (North-east India)
House of Clouds	Meghalaya (North-east India)
God’s Own Land of India	Kerala (South India)

Sobriquet (in the World)

The following table enlists the major countries with their sobriquet (in the world) −

Sobriquet (Nickname)	New Name	Image
Britain of the East	Japan (East Asia)
Battle field of Europe	Belgium (West Europe)
City of Cycles	Beijing (China)
City of Dreaming Spires	Oxford (UK)
City of Eternal Springs	Quito (Ecuador)
City of Sky Scrappers	New York (USA)
City of Magnificent Distances	Washington DC (USA)
City of Golden Gate	San Francisco (USA)
City of Seven Hills	Rome (Italy)
Forbidden City	Lhasa (Tibet)
Gateway of Tears	Strait of Bab-el Mandeb
George Cross Island	Malta (Mediterranean Sea)
Granite City	Aberdeen (Scotland)
Herring Pond	Atlantic Ocean
Holy Land	Palestine (West Asia)
Hermit Kingdom	Korea (East Asia)
Island of Cloves	Madagascar (Indian Ocean)
Land of Eagles	Albania (East Europe)
Land of Golden Fleece	Australia
Land of Lilies	Canada (North America)
Land of Golden Pagoda	Myanmar (Asia)
Land of Maple	Canada (North America)
Land of Thousand Lakes	Finland
Land of Morning Calm	Korea (East Asia)
Land of Rising Sun	Japan (East Asia)
Land of Setting Sun	UK (West Europe)
Land of Midnight Sun	Norway (North-west Europe)
Land of Tulips	Netherlands (West Europe)
Land of White Elephant	Thailand (Asia)
Land of Thunder Bolt	Bhutan (Asia)
Land of Thousand Elephants	Laos (Asia)
Manchester of the Orient	Osaka (Japan)
Land of Thunder Dragon	China (Asia)
Nation of Thousand Hills	Rwanda (Africa)
Pearl of Arabia	Bahrain (South-west Asia)
Pillars of Hercules	Strait of Gibraltar (Europe)
Roof of the World	Pamirs (Plateau) (Asia)
Sorrow of China	Huang Ho River
Sick Man of Europe	Turkey (Asia)
Sugar Bowl of World	Cuba (Caribbean Sea)
White City	Belgrade (Serbia)
Windy City	Chicago (USA)
World's Bread Basket	Prairies of North America
Island of Fire	Iceland (West Europe)
Land of Windmills	Holland (West Europe)
World Loneliest Islands	Tristan Da Cunha
Workshop of Europe	Belgium (West Europe)
White Man’s Grave	Guinea Coast (West Africa)
Store House of the World	Mexico (Central America)
Modern Babylon	London (UK)
Sea of the Mountains	British Columbia (West Canada)
Saw Mill of Europe	Sweden (North Europe)
The Eye of Greece	Athens (South-east Europe)
Rich Port	Puerto Rico (Caribbean Sea)
Rich Coast	Costa Rica (Central America)
Playground of Europe	Switzerland (Central Europe)
Pearl of Orient	Hong Kong (China)
Mother-in-Law of Europe	Denmark (West Europe)
Land of the Humming Bird	Trinidad (Caribbean Sea)
Land of the Flying Fish	Barbados (Caribbean Sea)
Land of Kangaroos	Australia
Gift of the Nile	Egypt (North-east Africa)
Dark Continent	Africa
Cockpit of Europe	Belgium (West Europe)
City of Popes	Rome (Italy)
City of Arabian Nights	Baghdad (Iraq)

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