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General Knowledge :: CHANGED NAMES OF SOME CITIES, STATES
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No. |
Old Name |
New Name |
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01 |
Abyssinia |
Ethiopia |
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02 |
Ayudhan |
Pakpattan |
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03 |
Angora |
Ankara |
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04 |
Basutoland |
Lesotho |
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05 |
Bechuanaland |
Botswana |
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06 |
Bombay |
Mumbai |
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07 |
British Guiana |
Guyana |
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08 |
Calcatta |
Kolkotta |
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09 |
Kalachi |
Karachi |
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10 |
Kampuchea |
Cambodia |
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11 |
Cape Canaveral |
Cape Kennedy |
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12 |
Ceylon |
Sri-Lanka |
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13 |
Christina |
Oslo |
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14 |
Congo |
Zaire |
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15 |
Constantinople |
Istanbul |
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16 |
Dacca |
Dhaka |
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17 |
Dahomey |
Benin |
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18 |
Dutch East Indies |
Indonesia |
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19 |
Dutch Guyana |
Surinam |
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20 |
Greenland |
Kalaalit Nunaat |
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21 |
East Timor |
Loco Sae |
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22 |
Ellice Islands |
Tuvalu |
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23 |
Formosa |
Taiwan |
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24 |
Gold Coast |
Ghana |
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25 |
Holland |
The Netherlands |
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26 |
Nippon |
Japan |
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27 |
Leopoldville |
Kinshasa |
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28 |
Madagascar |
Malagasy |
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29 |
Malaya |
Malysia |
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30 |
Lyolpur |
Faisalabad |
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31 |
Montgomery |
Sahiwal |
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32 |
Madras |
Chunia |
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33 |
New Hebrides |
Vanuatu |
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34 |
Nothern Rhodesia |
Zambia |
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35 |
Nyasaland |
Malawi |
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36 |
Peking |
Beijing |
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37 |
Petrograd |
Leningrad |
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38 |
Persia |
Iran |
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39 |
Rhodesia |
Zimbabwe |
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40 |
Saigon |
Ho Chi Minh City |
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41 |
Salisbury |
Harare |
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42 |
Sandwich Wands |
Hawaiian Islands |
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43 |
Siam |
Thailand |
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44 |
South West Africa |
Namibia |
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45 |
Spanish Guinea |
Equatorial Guinea |
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46 |
Stalin grad |
Volgograd |
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47 |
Loyal pore |
Faisalabad |
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48 |
Tanganyika and Zanzibar |
Tanzania |
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49 |
Upper Volta |
Bourikina Fasso or Burkina Faso |
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