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What were the old names of the present states of India?

 

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India is our country which has always been rich in colorfull and knowledge. In this way thousands of histories are buried in India, whose imagination till today our modern science has not been able to lift the veil of the secret. India was and will remain a shadow. India's style has always been different, its art, its history, its wealth of knowledge, which has always illuminated the whole world with the light of knowledge. Today's report is completely based on different names of Hindustan which are centuries old and this name is always found to describe the place by those names but today our young generation is not aware of such old names. Know something about it, then today's report is about all the old names associated with India.

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All State Present name and past name of INDIA

Present Name

Past Name

/History 

Kashmir,

 

Kashyapamar

The name Kashmir has been revised according the name of Rishi Kashyap.

Himachal Pradesh

Trigarta

The state lies in the foothills drained by three rivers, Ravi, Beas, Satluj. Hence the name

Punjab

Taki

The kingdom embraced the entire plain of the Taki from the Indus to the Beas and from the foothills to its junction. Five rivers below Multan- Chenub, Jhelum river, Ravi, Beas, Satluj

Uttarakhand

MansasKhand,Tangan Desh, Khas Desh, Keadar Khand, Garhwal & KUmaun, Uttranchal

Hariyana

Brahmavarta, Aryavarta and Brahomoupdesa  (During the olden period)

1st November 1996 it was rename Haryana

Rajasthan

Rajputana

When India became independent, 23 princely states were consolidated to form the State of Rajasthan. Rename 26 January 1950

Jharkhand

Time of Mughal period – Kukara

1765, it came under the control of the British Empire and became formally known under its present title, "Jharkhand"

Bihar

Magadha in ancient times.

In 1756, Bihar was part of Bengal, December 12, 1911 establish and March 22, 1912. Bihar finally figured as a separate state on India's map on April 1, 1912. 

 

west Bengal

Kalinga

“Bengal Province” before independence

1947 Bangla became “West Bangla”

Sikkim

Drenjong

15 May 1975 Sikkim Establish

Assam

'Pragjyotisha' and 'Kamrupa' (found the name In the ancient Sanskrit literature)

15 August 1947 establish Assam, Assam became a constituent state of India in 1950

 

Arunachal Pradesh

It was part of Assam, until it was made the Indian union territory of

North East Frontier Agency (from the British colonial era).

1987 it became an Indian state

Nagaland

'Nakanchi' or 'Naganchi'

 December 1st, 1963, as the 16th State of the Indian Union.

Manipur

illi-Koktong, Poirei-Lam, Sanna-Leipak, Mitei-Leipak, Meitrabak Manipur (present day) 21 January 1972 Establish

Mizoram

Lushai Hills District

1987 it achieved statehood

In 1972 it became the Union Territory of Mizoram

Tripura

Kirat Desh

on January 21, 1972 establish gained full statehood

Meghalaya

Meghalaya was previously part of Assam

2nd April 1970 Meghalaya as an Autonomous State

21st January 1972 as a full-fledged State

Uttar Pradesh

Brahmrishi Desh / the Madhya Desh

It was rename two time- 1st April 1937 United Provinces

                                         2nd 24 January 1950 Uttar Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

it it was actually called Madhya Bharat here it was divide two different part Berar and Central Provinces. 17 September 1903 Berar with the Central Provinces.

1950, the Central Provinces and Berar was renamed Madhya Pradesh.

Chhattisgarh

Dakshin Kosala / South Kosala

Chattisgar establish 1st November 2000

 

Orissa

Kalinga (Another ancient name of this region was Utkal)

 

Gujarat

Bombay State

On 1 May 1960, it was divided by the two state

Maharashtra

Bombay State

On 1 May 1960, it was divided by the two state

Andhra Pradesh

Madras State

November 1, 1956 establish Andhra Pradesh

 

Karnataka

Mysore/ State of Mysore

It’s was rename 1973

Kerala

Travancore-Cochin

It’s was rename Kerala in 1956

TamilNadu

Madras state

was renamed Tamil Nadu in in 1969


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