Old and New names
| New Names | Old Names |
|---|---|
| Bangladesh | East Pakistan |
| Beijing | Peking |
| Belize | British Honduras |
| Benin | Dahomey |
| Botswana | Bechuanaland |
| Ethiopia | Abyssinia |
| Ghana | Gold Coast |
| Harare | Salisbury |
| Indonesia | Dutch East Indies |
| Iran | Persia |
| Iraq | Mesopotamia |
| Istanbul | Constantinople |
| Kinshasa | Leopoldville |
| Lesotho | Basutoland |
| Malawi | Nyasaland |
| Malaysia | Malaya |
| Myanmar | Burma |
| Namibia | South West Africa |
| The Netherlands | Holland |
| Sri Lanka | Ceylon |
| St. Petersburg | Leningrad |
| Taiwan | Formosa |
| Thailand | Siam |
| United Arab Republic | Arab Republic of Egypt |
| Yangon | Rangoon |
| Zaire | Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Zambia | Northern Rhodesia |
| Zimbabwe | Southern Rhodesia |
Changed Names of Some Indian Cities and States
| New Name | Old Name |
|---|---|
| Prayagraj | Allahabad |
| Sambhajinagar | Aurangabad |
| Varanasi | Banaras |
| Vadodara | Baroda |
| Bengaluru | Bangalore |
| Mumbai | Bombay |
| Kolkata | Calcutta |
| Kozhikode | Calicut |
| Kochi | Cochin |
| Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar | Mughalsarai |
| Chennai | Madras |
| Puducherry | Pondicherry |
| Thiruvananthapuram | Trivandrum |
| Uttarakhand | Uttaranchal |
| Odisha | Orissa |
