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 |
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 |
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. | Proposed on 18.04.2017 |
Indian Air Force Airport, Agra | Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Airport | Agra, U.P. | Proposed on 18.04.2017 |
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".
