State |
Capital changes and former names |
Andhra Pradesh |
Hyderabad, which was later replaced by Amaravati in 2014 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
Shillong, which was later replaced by Itanagar in 1974. |
Assam |
Shillong, which was later replaced by Dispur in 1972. |
Bihar |
Patna, which was earlier known as Pataliputra. |
Chhattisgarh |
Raipur, which was earlier known as Ratanpur. |
Delhi |
Shahjahanabad, which was later replaced by New Delhi in 1911. |
Goa |
Panaji, which was earlier known as Panjim. |
Gujarat |
Ahmedabad, which was earlier known as Karnavati. |
Haryana |
Chandigarh |
Himachal Pradesh |
Shimla, which was later replaced by Dharamshala in 1972. |
Jharkhand |
Ranchi, which was earlier known as Nonada. |
Karnataka |
Bangalore, which was earlier known as Bengaluru. |
Kerala |
Thiruvananthapuram, which was earlier known as Trivandrum. |
Madhya Pradesh |
Bhopal, which was earlier known as Bhojpal |
Maharashtra |
Mumbai, which was earlier known as Bombay. |
Manipur |
Imphal, which was earlier known as Yumphal. |
Meghalaya |
Shillong |
Mizoram |
Aizawl, which was earlier known as Aijal. |
Nagaland |
Kohima, which was earlier known as Kewhira. |
Odisha |
Bhubaneswar, which was earlier known as Bhuvaneshwar. |
Punjab |
Lahore, which was later replaced by Chandigarh in 1966. |
Rajasthan |
Jaipur, which was earlier known as Jainagara. |
Sikkim |
Gangtok, which was earlier known as Gangtaka. |
Tamil Nadu |
Chennai, which was earlier known as Madras. |
Telangana |
Hyderabad, which was earlier known as Bhagyanagar. |
Tripura |
Agartala, which was earlier known as Raghunandanpur. |
Uttar Pradesh |
Lucknow, which was earlier known as Lakhnau. |
Uttarakhand |
Dehradun, which was earlier known as Dehra. |
State capitals, changes and their former names
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