List of Renamed Government Schemes
| Original Name: | New Name: |
|---|---|
| Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account | Jan Dhan Yojana |
| National Girl Child Day Program | Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Yojana |
| Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan | Swachh Bharat Mission |
| Rajiv Awas Yojana | Sardar Patel National Mission for Urban Housing |
| Indira Awaas Yojana | Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awaas Yojana |
| Swavalamban Yojana | Atal Pension Yojana |
| Rajiv Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana | Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana |
| Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission | Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation |
| National Project on Management of Soil Health and Fertility | Soil Health Card scheme |
| Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana | Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana |
| Direct Benefits Transfer for LPG | PAHAL |
| Jan Aushadhi scheme | Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Yojana |
| National Manufacturing Policy | Make In India |
| National e-governance Plan | Digital India |
| National Skill Development Programme | Skill India |
| Universal Immunisation Programme | Mission Indradhanush |
| National Rural Livelihood Mission | Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana |
| National Optic Fibre Network | Bharat Net |
List of Renamed Cities
| Old Name of City | New Name of City | Name of the State | Changed Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jubbulpore | Jabalpur | Madhya Pradesh | 1947 |
| Cawnpore | Kanpur | Uttar Pradesh | 1948 |
| Simla | Shimla | Himachal Pradesh | 1948 |
| Tanjore | Thanjavur | Tamil Nadu | 1948 |
| Calicut | Kozhikode | Kerala | 1949 |
| Benares | Varanasi | Uttar Pradesh | 1956 |
| Allepey | Alappuzha | Kerala | 1957 |
| Panjim | Panaji | Goa | 1961 |
| Trichinapoly | Tiruchirapalli | Tamil Nadu | 1971 |
| Baroda | Vadodara | Gujarat | 1974 |
| Poona | Pune | Maharashtra | 1978 |
| Gauhati | Guwahati | Assam | 1983 |
| Waltair | Vishakhapatnam | Andhra Pradesh | 1987 |
| Trivandrum | Thiruvananthapuram | Kerala | 1991 |
| Bombay | Mumbai | Maharashtra | 1996 |
| Madras | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 1996 |
| Cochin | Kochi | Kerala | 1996 |
| Calcutta | Kolkata | West Bengal | 2001 |
| Pondicherry | Puducherry | Union Territory | 2006 |
| Bangalore | Bengaluru | Karnataka | 2006 |
| Belgaum | Belagavi | Karnataka | 2014 |
| Mysore | Mysuru | Karnataka | 2014 |
| Mangalore | Mangaluru | Karnataka | 2014 |
| Trichur | Thrissur | Kerala | 2014 |
| Tumkur | Tumakaru | Karnataka | 2014 |
| Hubali | Hubbali | Karnataka | 2014 |
| Bellary | Ballari | Karnataka | 2014 |
| Gulbarga | Kalaburagi | Karnataka | 2014 |
| Bijapur | Vijapura | Karnataka | 2014 |
| Gurgaon | Gurugram | Haryana | 2016 |
| Mewat | Nuh | Haryana | 2016 |
| Allahabad | Prayagraj | Uttar Pradesh | 2018 |
| New Raipur | Atal Nagar | Chattisgarh | 2018 |
| Faizabad | Ayodhya | Uttar Pradesh | 2018 |
List of Renamed Railway Stations
| Old Name of Railway Station | New Name | Name of State | Changed Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangalore City | Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna | Karnataka | 2015 |
| Oshiwara | Ram Mandir | Maharashtra | 2016 |
| Elphinstone Road | Prabha Devi | Maharashtra | 2016 |
| Mughalsarai station | Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction | Uttar Pradesh | 2018 |
| Manduadih | Banaras Railway Station | Uttar Pradesh | 2018 |
List of Renamed Airports
| Old Name of Airport | New Name | Location | Changed Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangalore International Airport (BIA) | Bengaluru Nadaprabhu Kempegowda International Airport. | Bengaluru, Karnataka | 2013 |
| Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) | Mumbai, Maharashtra | 2016 |
| Indian Air Force Airport, Gorakhpur | Mahayogi Gorakhnath Airport | Gorakhpur, U.P. | 2017 |
| Indian Air Force Airport, Agra | Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Airport | Agra, U.P. | 2017 |
| Agartala Airport | Maharaja Bir Bikram Manikya Kishore Airport | Tripura, Agartala | 2018 |
Others:
Some of the approved name change proposals are:
- Rajahmundry as Rajamahendravaram in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh
- Outer Wheeler as APJ Abdul Kalam Island, situated in Bhadrak district of Odisha
- Arikkod as Areekode in Malappura district of Kerala
- Pindari as Pandu-Pindara in Jind district of Haryana
- Samphur as Sanphure in Kiphire district of Nagaland.
Other renaming proposals approved by the ministry include
- Landgewadi to Narsinhagaon in Sangali district of Maharashtra
- Garhi Sampla as Ch. Sir Chhotu Ram Nagarin Rohtak district of Haryana
- Khatu Kalan village as Bari Khatu in Nagour district of Rajasthan
- Mihgawan Chhakka and Mihgawan Tilia as Mihgawan Sarkar and Mihgawan Ghat respectively in Panna district of Madhya Pradesh
- Shukratal Khadar as Sukhtirth Khadar and Shukratal Bangar as Sukhtirth Bangar in Muzaffarnagar district in Uttar Pradesh.
- Approval was also given to add the word "Maharaj" in Mumbai's iconic Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus. It is now known as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus.
Things to Remember
- In the past, we also saw the iconic Connaught Place of New Delhi getting its name changed to Rajiv Chowk. and the
- Port Blair Airport of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands changing to Veer Savarkar International Airport.
- New Delhi’s Aurangzeb Road was changed to “Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam Road”
- Race Course Road got changed to “Lok Kalyan Marg”.
- Gurgaon of the National Capital Region got changed to “Gurugram”.
- India's Planning Commission became "NITI Aayog". 'NITI' is an acronym for "National Institution for Transforming India".
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