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ThispartiallistofcitynicknamesinIndiacompilesthealiases,sobriquetsandslogansthatcitiesinIndiaareknownby(orhavebeenknownby
historically),officiallyandunofficially,tolocals,outsidersortheirtourismboardsorchambersofcommerce.
Citynicknames
City
State
Nickname(s)
Agra
UttarPradesh
TajNagari
Ahmedabad
Gujarat
BostonofIndia[1]
ManchesterofIndia[2]
Allahabad
UttarPradesh
AbodeoftheGod
SangamCity
CityofPrimeMinisters
Amritsar
Punjab
GoldenCity
Asansol
WestBengal
LandofBlackDiamond
Karnataka
ElectronicCityofIndia[1]
GardenCityofIndia[3][4]
SiliconValleyofIndia[1]
PensionersParadise[5]
Bengaluru
SpaceCity[1]
SpaceCity[1]
SciencecityofIndia[6]
ITCapitalofIndia
Bhagalpur
Bihar
TheSilkCityofIndia
Bhopal
MadhyaPradesh
CityofLakes(1)
Indore
MadhyaPradesh
MiniMumbai
Bhubaneswar
Odisha
TempleCityofIndia(1)
Chandigarh
Chandigarh
TheCityBeautiful[7][8]
Chennai
TamilNadu
GatewayofSouthIndia
DetroitofAsia[9]
AutoHubofIndia[10]
HealthCapitalofIndia
Coimbatore
TamilNadu
TextileCityofIndia
ManchesterofSouthIndia[11][12]
Coorg
Karnataka
ScotlandofIndia
Darjeeling
WestBengal
TheQueenoftheHills
Dhanbad
Jharkhand
TheCoalCapitalofIndia
Dibrugarh
Assam
TeaCityofIndia
Durgapur
WestBengal
RuhrofIndia
Gandhinagar
Gujarat
Greencity
Guwahati
Assam
GatewayofNorthEastIndia
Nilgiri
TamilNadu
BlueMountains
Telangana
CityofPearls(Historicallyknownasapearlanddiamondtradingcentre,anditcontinues
tobeknownastheCityofPearls)[13]
CityofNizams
WorldCapitalofBiryani
HITECHCity
Jaipur
Rajasthan
PinkCity[14]
ParisofIndia
CityofPalaces
Jaisalmer
Rajasthan
GoldenCityofIndia[15][16]
Hyderabad
SteelCityofIndia[17]
Jamshedpur
Jharkhand
SteelCityofIndia[17]
PittsburghofIndia,forbeingrichinminerals.[18][19]
Kanpur
UttarPradesh
LeatherCityoftheWorld(Thecitycarriesthenicknamebecauseitsthecenterof
Indiasleatherproduction)[20]
ManchesterofNorthIndia[1]
Kashmir
JammuandKashmir
SwitzerlandofIndia
Kerala
GatewaytoKerala
QueenoftheArabianSea
God'sOwnCountry[21]
Kolkata
WestBengal
CityofJoy
CityofPalaces
CulturalCapitalofIndia
GatewayofEasternIndia
HeavenoftheAged
Kolhapur
Maharashtra
CityofWrestlers[22]
Kerala
PrinceofArabiansea
CashewCapitaloftheWorld[23]
GatewaytoBackwaters
UttarPradesh
ShirazeHind
ConstantinopleoftheEast
TheGoldenCityofIndia
CityofNawabs[24][25]
Kochi
Kollam
Lucknow
CityofNawabs[24][25]
Madurai
TamilNadu
AthensoftheEast
CityofFestivals[1]
CityofFourJunctions
Templecity
SleeplessCity[26]
Malda
WestBengal
MangoCity
Karnataka
RomeoftheEast
CradleofIndianBanking[27]
GatewayofKarnataka[28]
Mumbai
Maharashtra
CityofSevenIslands[1]
FinancialCapitalofIndia
CityofDreams
GatewayofIndia[1]
HollywoodofIndia[1]
MaximumCity[29]
Mundi
MadhyaPradesh
PowerHubCity
Mussoorie
Uttarakhand
QueenoftheMountains[1]
Mysore
Karnataka
HeritageCity
GreenCity
Mangalore
Nagpur
Maharashtra
OrangeCity[30]
Nainital
Uttarakhand
CityofLakes(1)
NewDelhi
Delhi
CityofRallies[1]
Patiala
Punjab
RoyalCity(CityofMaharajasofPatialaknownforRoyalPatialaPeg,PatialaJutti,
PatialaSalwar.Itisthebiggestcentreof"Education"intheentireAsia)[31]
Panipat
Haryana
CityofWeavers(Cityoftextlesandcarpets.Itisthebiggestcentreof"ShoddyYarn"in
theworld)[32]
CityofHandloom
Pondicherry
Puducherry
ParisoftheEast(3)
Prayag
UttarPradesh
AbodeoftheGod
Pune
Maharashtra
QueenofDeccan[33]
Purulia
WestBengal
ManbhumCity
Rishikesh
Uttrakhand
CityofSages
YogaCity
Siliguri
WestBengal
GatewaytotheDooars[34]
CityofHospitality
Srinagar
JammuandKashmir
Cityoflakes
Tezpur
Assam
CityofBlood[35]
Thane
Maharashtra
CityofLakes(1)
Tiruchirappalli TamilNadu
RockFortCity(MalaikottaiMaanagaraminTamil)
EnergyequipmentandfabricationcapitalofIndia
TuckerTrichy
Tirunelveli
TamilNadu
CityofPaddyfields
OxfordcityofSouthIndia
HalwacityofIndia
Rajasthan
WhiteCity
CityofLakes(1)[36]
VeniceoftheEast(4)[36][37]
Udaipur
Varanasi
UttarPradesh
SpiritualcapitalofIndia
ReligiouscapitalofIndia
CityofLights
CityofTemples
CityofLearning
OldestlivingcityonEarth
OldestlivingcityonEarth
HolyCity
Jodhpur
Rajasthan
Nasik
Surat
Gujarat
BlueCity
SunCity
Maharashtra
DiamondCityOfIndia
CityOfDiamonds
TextilecityOfIndia
Visakhapatnam AndhraPradesh
CityOfDestiny[38]
Kakinada
AndhraPradesh
PensionersParadise[39]
CityofKaja
Vijayawada
AndhraPradesh
ThePlaceofVictory[40]
Bhimavaram
AndhraPradesh
SecondBardoliofIndia[41]
CityofPrawns
Wine
capitalof
India
Grape
cityof
India
California
ofIndia
CityofPrawns
Rajahmundry
AndhraPradesh
CulturalCity[42]
Guntur
AndhraPradesh
CityofChillies[43]
Vaniyambadi
TamilNadu
LeathercityofSouthIndia
Warangal
Telangana
CityofLakes
CityofTemples
SecondcityofNizam
Zunheboto
Nagaland
LandOfWarriors
(1)(Forotherplaceswiththesamenicknameas'CityofLakes',seeCityofLakes)
(2)(Forotherplaceswiththesamenicknameas'CityofPalaces',seeCityofPalaces)
(3)(Forotherplaceswiththesamenicknameas'ParisoftheEast',seeParisoftheEast)
(4)(Forotherplaceswiththesamenicknameas'VeniceoftheEast',seeListofplacescalledVeniceoftheEast)
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