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Some of these local name changes were changes made in all languages: the immediate local name, and also all India's other languages. An example of this is the renaming of predominantly Hindi-speaking Uttaranchal ( Hindi : उत्तराञ्चल ) to a new local Hindi name (Hindi: उत्तराखण्ड Uttarakhand ).
Since India gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1947, names of many cities, streets, places, and buildings throughout the Republic of India have been systematically changed, often to better approximate their native endonymic pronunciation. Certain traditional names that have not been changed, however, continue to be popular.
This is a list of cities and towns whose names were officially changed at one or more points in history. It does not include gradual changes in spelling that took place over long periods of time. see also: Geographical renaming, List of names of European cities in different languages, and List of renamed places in the United States
Jawaharnagar or Jawahar Nagar may refer to these places in India named after its first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru: Jawahar Nagar, a neighbourhood of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; Jawaharnagar (Gujarat Refinery), a town and oil refinery in Gujarat, India; Jawahar Nagar, Jaisalmer, a village in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India
Jawaharnagar Municipal Corporation is the civic body governing Indian city of Jawaharnagar. Municipal Corporation mechanism in India was introduced during British Rule with formation of municipal corporation in Madras ( Chennai ) in 1688, later followed by municipal corporations in Bombay ( Mumbai ) and Calcutta ( Kolkata ) by 1762. [ 1 ]
Jawahar Nagar (Tamil: ஜவஹர் நகர்), named after the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, is a developed residential area in North Chennai, [1] [2] a metropolitan city in Tamil Nadu, India.
Jawaharnagar is a city of, and a municipal corporation located in, Medchal-Malkajgiri district in the Indian state of Telangana. It was upgraded to Municipal corporation in 2019. [ 2 ] Previously, it was a part of Shamirpet mandal but now falls under the newly formed Kapra mandal.
Jayanagar Assembly constituency is one of the 224 constituencies in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, a southern state of India. It is also part of Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency .