GK Question: Important Old and New Names of Cities, States and Countries
1.
Angora: Ankara
2.
Peking: Beijing
3.
Bangalore: Bengaluru
4.
Dahomey: Benin
5.
Bechunaland: Botswana
6.
Kampuchea: Cambodia
7.
Cape Canaveral: Cape Kennedy
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Madras: Chennai
9.
Ivory Coast: Cote D'Ivoire
10.
Dacca: Dhaka
11.
Spanish Guinea: Equatorial Guinea
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Abyssinia: Ethiopia
13.
Gold Coast: Ghana
14.
Gauhati: Guwahati
15.
British Guiana: Guyana
16.
Salisbury: Harare
17.
Sandwich Island: Hawaiian Islands
18.
Saigon: Ho Chi Minh City
19.
Dutch East Indies: Indonesia
20.
Persia: Iran
21.
Mesopotamia: Iraq
22.
Constantinople: Istanbul
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Jubbulpore: Jabalpur
24.
Batavia: Jakarta
25.
Jullundhar: Jalandhar
26.
Nippon: Japan
27.
Cawnpore: Kanpur
28.
Leopoldville: Kinshasa
29.
Cochin: Kochi
30.
Calcutta: Kolkata
31.
Quilon: Kollam
32.
Calicut: Kozhikode
33.
Petrogad: Leningrad
34.
Basutoland: Lesothe
35.
Central Province: Madhya Pradesh
36.
Nyasaland: Malawi
37.
Malaya: Malaysia
38.
Manchukuo: Manchuria
39.
Bombay: Mumbai
40.
Burma: Myanmar
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South West Africa: Namibia
42.
Orissa: Odisha
43.
Christina: Oslo
44.
Palghat: Palakkad
45.
Panjim: Panaji
46.
Pondicherry: Puducherry
47.
Poona: Pune
48.
Aurangabad: Sambhaji Nagar
49.
Simla: Shimla
50.
Ceylon: Sri Lanka
51.
Dutch Guyana: Surinam
52.
Formosa: Taiwan
53.
Zanzibar: Tanzania
54.
Siam: Thailand
55.
Holland: The Netherlands
56.
Ellice Islands: Tuvalu
57.
Uttaranchal: Uttarakhand
58.
Baroda: Vadodra
59.
The New Hebrides: Vanuatu
60.
Banaras: Varanasi
61.
Rangoon: Yangon
62.
Congo: Zaire
63.
Northern Rhodesia: Zambia
64.
Southern Rhodesia: Zimbabwe