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ListofcitynicknamesinIndia

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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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