Why Do Names Of Indian Cities Keep Changing? - Newsy

Transcript: Bombay was renamed Mumbai. Bangalore became Bengaluru. Calcutta switched to Kolkata. Why are we seeing new names for old Indian cities? On Wednesday, a city outside New Delhi, called Gurgaon, changed its name to Gurugram. Gurugram is one of more than 100 cities in India that’s had a name change. So why are these cities switching? Turns out, British rule played a large part. Kolkata was British India’s former capital, but the British called it Calcutta. Now, even decades after Britain released i