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ListofCitiesinIndiaandtheirNicknames
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ThispartiallistofcitynicknamesinIndiacompilesthealiases,sobriquetsandslogansthat
citiesinIndiaareknownby(orhavebeenknownbyhistorically),officiallyandunofficially,to
locals,outsidersortheirtourismboardsorchambersofcommerce.
CitywithStates NickNames

HyderabadSecunderabad(Telangana) TwinCity

CityofNizams,CityofPearls,BangleCity,Hitech
Hyderabad(Telangana)
City
Tenali(AndhraPradesh) AndhraParis
Guntur(AndhraPradesh) CityofChillies,CityofSpices
Bhimavaram(AndhraPradesh) SeconBardoliofIndia
Rajahmundry(AndhraPradesh) CulturalCity
FertilizerCity,PensionersParadise,Second
Kakinada(AndhraPradesh)
Madras
Vijayawada(AndhraPradesh) PlaceofVictory,LandofVictory
Amritsar(Punjab) GoldenCity
Patiala(Punjab) RoyalCity
Muzzaffarpur(Bihar) LycheeCity
Ahmedabad(Gujarat) ManchesterofIndia,BostonofIndia
Palanpur(Gujarat) CityofDiamonds,FlowerCity
Surat(Gujarat) DiamondCity
Bardoli(Gujarat) ButterCity
Bhopal(MadhyaPradesh) CityofLakes
Mundi(MadhyaPradesh) PowerHubCity
Srinagar(Jammu&Kashmir) CityofRivers

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Panipat(Haryana) CityofWeavers,EcoCity
Gurgaon(Haryana) MillenniumCity
AbodeoftheGod,SangamCity,CityofPrime
AllahabadorPrayag(UttarPradesh)
Ministers
Agra(UttarPradesh) TajNagari,PethaNagari
VaranasiorBenaresorBanarasorKashi CityofTemples,HolyCity,ReligiousCapitalof
(UttarPradesh) India
Kanpur(UttarPradesh) LeatherCity,ManchesteroftheEast
Meerut(UttarPradesh) SportsCapitalofindia,ScissorCity

Lucknow(UttarPradesh) CityofNawabs,CityofMarbels,CityofElephants

Mysore(Karnataka) SandalWoodCity
Coorg(Karnataka) ScotlandofIndia
Auroville(Pondicherry) CityofDawn
Jamshedpur(Jharkhand) Steelcity,PittsburgofIndia
Dhanbad(Jharkhand) CoalCapitalofIndia
Udaipur(Rajasthan) LakeCity,WhiteCity,VeniceoftheEast
Jaipur(Rajasthan) PinkCity,CityofPalaces,ParisofIndia
Jodhpur(Rajasthan) SunCity,BlueCity
Jaisalmer(Rajasthan) GoldenCity
Tezpur(Assam) CityofBlood
Bhuvaneshwar(Orissa) TempleCity
Cuttack(Orissa) SilverCity
Yavatmal(Maharashtra) CottonCity
CityofSevenIslands,GatewayofIndia,
Mumbai(Maharashtra)
HollywoodofIndia,CityofDreams
Thane(Maharashtra) CityofLakes
Nasik(Maharashtra) GrapeCity,WineCapital
Pune(Maharshtra) DeccanQueen
Nagpur(Maharashtra) CityofOrange
Kolhapur(Maharashtra) CityofWrestlers
Ichalkaranji(Maharashtra) ManchesterofMaharashtra
GardenCity,ElectronicCity,SiliconValley,Space
BengaluruorBangalore(Karnataka)
City,PensionersParadise
Yercaud(TamilNadu) PoorMansOoty

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Vaniyambadi(TamilNadu) LeatherCityofSouthIndia
Salem(TamilNadu) MangoCity
Namakkal(TamilNadu) EggCity
RockFortCity,EnergyEquipment&Fabrication
TiruchirappaliorTrichy(TamilNadu)
CapitalofIndia
Nilgris(TamilNadu) BlueMountains
GatewayofSouthIndia,DetroitofAsiaorIndia,
Chennai(TamilNadu) MotorcityofIndia,BankingcapitalofIndia,
AutohubofIndia
Madurai(TamilNadu) CityofFestivals,TempleCity,SleeplessCity

ManchesteroftheSouth,TextilecityofIndia,
Coimbatore(TamilNadu)
CapitalofKonguNadu,EngineeringCityofIndia

Tuticorin(TamilNadu) PearlCity,PearlHarborofIndia
Rishikesh(Uttarkand) CityofSages,YogaCity
Nainital(Uttarkhand) CityofLakes
Mussorie(Uttarakhand) HillQueenCity
CashewCapitaloftheWorld,PrinceofArabian
Kollam(Kerala)
Sea
Alappuzha(Kerala) VeniceoftheEast
Trivandrum(Kerala) CityofStatues
KochiorCochin(Kerala) QueenofArabianSea,GardenofSpices
Kolkatta(WestBengal) CityofCastles,CityofBuildings
Asansol(WestBengal) LandofBlackDiamonds
Darjeeling(WestBengal) TheQueenoftheHills
Durgapur(WestBengal) RuhrofIndia
Malda(WestBengal) MangoCity

Siliguri(WestBengal) GatewayofNorthEastIndia,CityofHospitality

Itanagar(ArunachalPradesh) LandofRisingSun

Dispur(Assam)(Alocalityinthe
CityofTemples
Guwahaticity,whichiscapitalofAssam)

CityofEasternAstrology,CityofTemples,
Guwahati(Assam)
GatewayofNorthEastIndia
Shillong(Meghalaya) ScotlandoftheEast
NewDelhi(NCRNationalCapitalRegion) CityofRallies

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