Oct 27 2006
Bangalore changing it’s name to Bengaluru
Bangalore latest Indian city to dump English name – USATODAY.com
NEW DELHI — Bangalore, India’s high-tech capital, is getting a new name. The Indian state of Karnataka plans to announce Nov. 1 that its state capital will become Bengaluru, the city’s name in Kannada, the local language.The change, which won’t be official until the state Cabinet gives its approval — possibly this week — and a few other formalities, follows several others:
- Bombay to Mumbai in 1995.
- Madras to Chennai in 1996.
- Calcutta to Kolkata in 2001.
- Dozens of smaller cities have switched names; Pondicherry, a former French colonial outpost, became Puducherry in September.
