Nicknames of Indian Cities (Complete State-wise List)
Nicknames of Indian Cities (Complete List)
Cities of India and Origin of Nickname
- Nicknames are formulated for cities to showcase the cities uniqueness or Strength or Distinction among other cities.
- The nicknames of the cities or regions are linked with the distinctive features such as unique geographical location, natural scenic beauty, natural formations like lakes, type of industry etc.
- Sometimes, it also symbolises the descriptive name for a place or region such as aliases and slogans which have been known by historically, officially and unofficially, to locals, outsiders or their tourism boards or chambers of commerce.
- Here, we are giving the Statewise list of Indian Cities with their Nicknames which will be very useful for the preparation of different competitive examinations like PSC, SSC, RRB, Banking,.
- We have also covered a article on the Riverside Cities of India or Indian Cities situated on River banks, to read that article you can Click Here.
List of Nicknames of Indian Cities (Complete State-wise List)
So, here we present the Complete Statewise List of Nicknames of Cities of India –
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State |
City |
Nickname of the City |
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Andhra Pradesh
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Visakhapatnam |
The Jewel of the East Coast City of Destiny Goa of the East |
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Bhimavaram |
Second Bardoli of India, City of Prawns |
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Guntur |
City of Chilies |
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Arunachal Pradesh |
Itanagar |
Land of Rising Sun |
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Assam |
Dibrugarh |
Tea City of India |
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Guwahati |
Gateway of North East India |
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Bihar |
Muzaffarpur |
The Land of Litchi Sweet City |
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Bhagalpur |
The Silk City of India |
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Nalanda |
land of knowledge |
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Gaya |
The City of Enlightenment |
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Chhattisgarh
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Bhilai |
Steel City of India |
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Korba |
Power hub of India |
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Kanker |
Gateway of bastar |
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Delhi |
New Delhi |
City of Rallies |
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Gujarat
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Surat |
Diamond City of the World |
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Ahmedabad |
Manchester of India Boston of India INDIA’S first world heritage city |
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Kutch |
City of largest salt desert in the world Called as Rann of Kutch |
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Bardoli |
Butter City |
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Haryana
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Panipat |
City of Weavers |
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Kurukshetra |
City of Mahabharata |
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Gurugram |
Millennium City of India |
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Himachal Pradesh |
Shimla |
Queen of hills |
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Jammu and Kashmir |
Kashmir |
Switzerland of India |
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Srinagar |
City of lakes |
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Jharkhand |
Jamshedpur |
Steel City of India Pittsburg of India |
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Dhanbad |
Coal Capital of India |
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Karnataka
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Bengaluru
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Space City Garden City of India Silicon Valley of India Science City IT City of India Electronic City of India |
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Mangalore |
Rome of the East Cradle of Indian Banking Gateway of Karnataka Jewel of the West Coast |
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Coorg |
Scotland of India |
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Mysore |
Sandalwood City City of Palaces |
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Kerala
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Kochi |
Queen of Arabian Sea Gateway to Kerala |
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Kollam |
Cashew Capital of the World |
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Kozhikode |
City of Spices |
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Trivandrum |
Evergreen City of India |
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Alappuzha |
Venice of the East |
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Kottayam |
City of Letters City of Latex City of Mural |
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Madhya Pradesh
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Bhopal |
City of Lakes |
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Indore |
Mini Mumbai |
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Ujjain |
City of Temples |
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Maharashtra
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Mumbai
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City of seven island City of dreams Gateway of India Manchester of India Hollywood of India Financial Capital of India |
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Nagpur |
Orange City Tiger Capital |
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Pune |
Oxford of the East Queen of the Deccan |
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Nasik |
Grape City Wine Capital |
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Kolhapur |
City of Wrestlers |
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Akola |
The Cotton City |
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Meghalaya |
Shillong |
Scotland of East |
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Nagaland |
Zunheboto |
Land of Warriors |
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Odisha
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Bhubaneswar |
Temple City of India |
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Cuttack |
The Silver City |
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Puri |
Holy Capital of Orissa Spiritual capital of Odisha |
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Punjab
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Amritsar |
Golden City of India |
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Patiala |
Royal City |
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Ludhiana |
Manchester of Punjab, City of industries, Home of cycles |
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Rajasthan
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Jaipur |
Pink City City of Palaces Paris of India |
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Jodhpur |
Sun City Blue City |
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Jaisalmer |
Golden City |
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Udaipur |
City of Lakes White City Venice of the East |
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Tamil Nadu
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Chennai |
Auto Hub of India Detroit of Asia Gateway of South India Health Capital of India Banking Capital of India Motor city of India Electronic Manufacturing Hub in India |
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Coimbatore
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Manchester of South India Textile city of India Engineering City of India |
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Madurai |
City of Festivals Temple city Athens of the East |
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Tirunelvel |
City of Paddy fields Halwa city of India Oxford city of South India |
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Sivakasi |
Crackers City of India |
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Salem |
Mango City |
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Ooty |
Queen of Hill Stations |
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Kanchipuram |
Temple city Silk city of India |
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Tiruchirappali or |
Rock Fort City Energy Equipment & Fabrication Capital of India |
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Tuticorin |
Pearl City Pearl Harbor of India |
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Telangana
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Hyderabad |
Biryani Capital of India City of Pearls City of Nizams |
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Hyderabad-Secunderabad |
Twin City |
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Uttar Pradesh
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Agra |
City of Taj Petha Nagari |
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Allahabad |
Abode of God City of Prime Ministers Sangam City |
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Varanasi |
City of Temples, Holy City, Religious Capital of India |
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Kanpur |
Leather City, Manchester of the East |
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Lucknow |
City of Nawabs, City of Marbels, Shiraz-e-Hind City of Elephants Constantinople of the East |
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Meerut |
Sports Capital of India, Scissor City |
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Firozabad |
Bangle city of India |
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Uttarakhand
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Mussorie |
Hill Queen City Queen of the Mountains |
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Rishikesh |
City of Sages, Yoga City |
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West Bengal
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Darjeeling |
Queen of the Hills |
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Kolkata |
City of Castles City of Joy City of Buildings Gateway of Eastern India |
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Asansol |
Land of Black Diamonds |
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Durgapur |
Ruhr of India |
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Malda |
Mango City |
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Siliguri |
Gateway of North East India, City of Hospitality |
So, That all for this article related to Statewise Complete List of Nicknames of Indian Cities.
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