Information on Cities and Towns of India

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Information on Cities and Towns of India
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●●Nicknames of Indian Cities

1) Jaisalmer—-Golden City
2) Jaipur—-Pink City
3) Jodhpur—-Sun City
4) Bengaluru—-Garden City
5) Lucknow—-City of Nawabs
6) Kutch—-Flamingo City
7) Udaipur—-Lake City
8) Kolkata—-City of Palaces
●●Cities – Founders/Designers
1. Bhopal —-Raja Bhoj
2. Chandigarh—-Le Corbusier – Designer
3. Hyderabad—-Quli Qutub Shah
4. New Delhi—-Edward Lutyens – Designer
5. Jaipur Sawai —-Jai Singh
6. Bhubhaneswar—- Dr. Otto Kolenigs Berger – Designer
7. Fatehpur Sikri—- Akbar
8. Agra—-Badal Singh
9. Nagpur Bhakt —-Buland
10. Jaunpur—-Feroz Shah Tughlaq (named after his father Mohd bin Tughlaq or Jauna Khan)
●●New Name & Old Name
1. Chennai—-Madras
2. Kolkata—-Calcutta
3. Mumbai—-Bombay
4. Vadodara—-Baroda
5. Kozhikode—-Calicut
6. Kochi—-Cochin
7. Varanasi—-Benares
8. Thoothukud—-i Tuticorin
# Modern Name & Ancient Name
9. Allahabad—-Prayag
10. Peshawar—-Purushapura
11. Patna—-Patliputra
12. Hyderabad—-Bhagyanagar
●● Important Industrial Towns of India – Small and Medium Scale Industries
1. Adoni—- Andhra Pradesh—- Cotton Textile
2. Aligarh—-Uttar Pradesh—-Locks
3. Anand —-Gujarat —-Dairy
4. Firozabad —-Uttar Pradesh—-Glass
5. Kanpur —-Uttar Pradesh—-Leather
6. Ludhiana—-Punjab—-Bicycle parts, sewing machines, hosiery.
7. Jalandhar—-Punjab—-Sports goods
8. Moradabad—-Uttar Pradesh—-Brass works
9. Mysore—-Karnataka—-Silk
10. Surat—-Gujarat—-Diamonds, textiles
11. Sivakasi—-Tamilnadu—-Fireworks, matches
12. Nepanagar—-Madhya Pradesh—-Newsprint
13. Gadwal—-Andhra Pradesh—-Sarees
14. Lucknow—-Uttar Pradesh—-Chikan embroidery

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