List of city and town nicknames in India

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This partial list of city nicknames in India compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities in India are known by (or have been known by) historically, officially, or unofficially, to locals, outsiders, or their tourism chambers of commerce.

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Andhra Pradesh and Telangana

City/townNickname
Guntur
Hyderabad
  • City of Pearls [2]
  • City of Nizams
  • Capital of Telangana
Nellore
  • Shrimp Capital of India
  • City of Paddy ( Nelli in Tamil is Grain of Paddy)
Rajamahendravaram
  • Cultural Capital of Andhra Pradesh [3]
Tenali
  • Andhra Paris [4]
Vijayawada
  • The Land of Victory [5]
Visakhapatnam
  • City of Destiny [6]
  • The Jewel of the East Coast
  • Port City [7]

Bihar

City/townNickname
Muzaffarpur
Darbhanga
Bhagalpur
Gaya
Purnia
  • Mini Darjeeling
Hajipur
Begusarai
  • Industrial Capital of Bihar

Chhattisgarh

City/TownNickname
Korba
  • Silk City of Western Chhattisgarh
  • Financial Capital of Chhattisgarh
  • Power Hub of India [15] [16]
  • Heritage City
  • Industrial Hub of Chhattisgarh [17]
  • Coal City of Central India [18]
  • Aluminium City
  • Only City with both(Industries and Forest Cover) in India [19]
  • City with Largest Mine in Asia [20]
  • Bauxite City
  • Haematite City

Gujarat

City/TownNickname
Ahmedabad (Amdavad, Karnavati, Ashaval)
  • Manchester of India
  • Commercial Capital of Gujarat
  • Financial Capital of Western India
  • Boston of India
  • Heritage City of Gujarat
  • Twin City (with Gandhinagar)
  • Night City
Bardoli
  • Butter City
Gandhinagar
  • Green City
  • Capital of Gujarat
  • Twin City (with Ahmedabad)
Surat
  • City of Diamonds
  • Silk City of India
  • Textile hub of India
  • city of bridges
  • Mini Bharat (Small India)
  • cleanest city
  • city of sun
  • city of golden opportunities
  • Future Economic hub of India
Navsari
  • known as "Paarsipuri" ( CITY OF Parsi')
  • Twin City of Surat
Rajkot
  • called as "Chitranagri" (City of Paintings).
Anand
  • Milk City
Jamnagar
  • Jewel of Kathiawar
  • Paris of Saurashtra
  • Oil city
  • Mini Kashi
  • Brass city
Morbi
  • City of ceramic tiles
Ankleshwar
  • chemical hub of India (1500 chemical plants)
  • Industrial hub of Gujarat (Asia's largest industrial estate and consists of approximately 3,000 individual units)
  • "City of Oil"
Vadodara (Baroda)
  • Kala Nagari (City of Arts)
  • Sayaji Nagari (City of Maharaja Sayajirao)
  • Banyan City [21]
  • Cultural Capital of Gujarat (Sanskari Nagari) [22]

Jharkhand

City/townNickname
Jamshedpur
  • Steel City of India [23]
  • Pittsburg of India
  • Jampot [24]
Dhanbad
  • Coal Capital of India [25]
Ranchi
  • City of Waterfalls [26]

Karnataka

City/townNickname
Bangalore (Bengaluru)
Kodagu
  • Scotland of India [30]
Mangaluru • Capital of Tulunad
  • Rome of The East [31]
  • Ice Cream Capital of India [32]
  • Gateway of Karnataka
  • Cradle of Indian Banking
Mysuru
  • Sandalwood City [33]
  • Cultural Capital of Karnataka [34]
Dharwad
  • Home of Universities
Sakleshpura
Shivamogga
  • GateWay of Malenadu
  • Land of hidden waterfall and forts

Kerala

City/townNickname
Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum)
  • Evergreen City of India
  • The Paradise of the South (south referring to southern India)
  • God's Own Capital
  • Capital of Kerala
  • City of Peace
  • Pearl of Arabian Sea
  • Land of Anatha Padmanabha(Ananthapuri)
Kochi (Cochin)
Thrissur (Trichur)
  • The Cultural capital of Kerala [48]
  • Land of Poorams [49]
  • The land of Vadakkumnathan [50]
  • Gold capital of India [51]
Kozhikode (Calicut)
  • City of Spices. [52]
Kannur (Cannanore)
  • City of Looms and Lores. [53]
Kollam (Quilon)
  • The Prince of Arabian Sea
  • Cashew Capital of the World [54]
Alappuzha (Alleppey)
Kasaragod
  • Land of Seven Languages [55]
  • Harkwillia [56]
Palakkad (Palghat)
  • Gateway of Kerala [57]
  • Land of Palm trees [58]
  • Rice bowl of Kerala [59]
Malappuram
  • Soccer Capital [60]

Rajasthan

City/townNickname
Jaipur
  • Pink City of India [61]
  • Mini Kashi
  • Heritage City
  • Capital of Rajasthan
  • Paris of India
  • Rajwaro ka Shahar
Ajmer
  • Khwaja ki Nagri
Udaipur
Sariska
  • Tiger Reserve
Jodhpur
  • Blue City [64]
  • Sun City

Tamil Nadu

City/townNickname
Chennai (Madras)
Thanjavur

(Chola Empire)

Coimbatore

(Kongu,Cheran)

  • Manchester of South India [67] [68]
  • Capital of Kongu Nadu
  • Capital of Chera Nadu
  • Engineering City of South India
  • Pump City of India
  • Motor sport capital of India
Salem (Seralam, Cheralam, Sailam)
  • Mango City
  • Geologist Paradise
  • Mini London of Tamil Nadu
  • Steel City
  • Capital of Mazhanadu
Tiruppur
  • Dollar City of India
  • Baniyan City
  • Knit Wear Capital of India
Erode
Puducherry (Pondicherry)
Thoothukudi
  • Pearl City of India [69]
  • Gateway of Tamil Nadu
Tirunelveli
Yercaud
Ooty
  • Queen of Hill Stations [74]
Kodaikanal
  • Princess of Hill stations [75]
Madurai (Vaigai; Pandiya Nadu)
  • Athens of East
  • City of Jasmine [76]
  • City of Festivals *Temple City *City that never sleeps
  • Cultural Capital of Tamil Nadu
  • Capital of Pandya Nadu
Kumbakonam
  • Cambridge of south India

Uttarakhand

City/townNickname
Dehradun
  • Capital of Uttarakhand
  • School Capital of India
Rishikesh
  • Adventure Capital of India [77]
  • Rafting Capital of India [77]
  • Yoga Capital of the World [78]

Uttar Pradesh

City/townNickname
Mathura
  • Krishna Nagari
Agra
  • TajNagri
  • City of Love
  • City of Taj
  • Pethanagri
Lucknow
  • City of Nawabs [79]
  • Capital of Uttar Pradesh
Kanpur
Baghpat
  • Land of Tigers [81]
Ballia

West Bengal

City/townNickname
Calcutta (Kolkata)
  • City of Joy, Joyful City [83]
  • Cultural Capital of India
  • City of Castles
  • City of Museums [84]
  • Gateway of Eastern India
  • Capital of West Bengal
Siliguri
Darjeeling
  • Queen of the Hills [86]
Malda
Midnapore
  • City of Tribal Tradition, Historical city
Bishnupur
  • Temple City of Bengal [88]
Durgapur
Asansol
  • City of Brotherhood [90]
  • Land of Black Diamond
Howrah
  • Sheffield of India [91]
  • Glasgow of India
Krishnanagar
  • Land of Figurines [92]
  • Village of "Reui"
Nabadwip
  • Oxford of Bengal [93]

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Maharashtra

City/townNickname
Bombay (Mumbai)
Pune
  • Cultural capital of Maharashtra
  • Oxford of the East
  • The Queen of Deccan
Nagpur
  • Tiger Capital of India
  • Heart of India
  • The Orange City
Navi Mumbai
  • Flamingo City
Aurangabad City of Gates Thane City of Lakes
RatnagiriCalifornia of India city of steel

See also

 city of steel

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 See List of places called Venice of the East for other places with this nickname.
  2. ↑ See Paris of the East for other places with this nickname.

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