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List of city and town nicknames in India

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This partial list of city nicknames in India compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities in India are known by (or have been known by) historically, officially, or unofficially, to locals, outsiders, or their tourism chambers of commerce.

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[VotE-55] See List of places called Venice of the East for other places with this nickname.

[PotE-70] See Paris of the East for other places with this nickname.

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City/town	Nickname
Guntur	Chilli capital of India^[1]
Hyderabad	City of Pearls^[2] City of Nizams Capital of Telangana
Nellore	Shrimp Capital of India City of Paddy ( Nelli in Tamil is Grain of Paddy)
Rajamahendravaram	Cultural Capital of Andhra Pradesh^[3]
Tenali	Andhra Paris^[4]
Vijayawada	The Land of Victory^[5]
Visakhapatnam	City of Destiny^[6] The Jewel of the East Coast Port City^[7]

City/town	Nickname
Muzaffarpur	The Land of Leechi^[8]
Darbhanga	Cultural Capital Of Bihar^[9]
Bhagalpur	Silk City of Bihar^[10]^[11]
Gaya	The City of Enlightenment^[12]^[13]
Purnia	Mini Darjeeling
Hajipur	Bananas City^[14]
Begusarai	Industrial Capital of Bihar

City/Town	Nickname
Ahmedabad (Amdavad, Karnavati, Ashaval)	Manchester of India Commercial Capital of Gujarat Financial Capital of Western India Boston of India Heritage City of Gujarat Twin City (with Gandhinagar) Night City
Bardoli	Butter City
Gandhinagar	Green City Capital of Gujarat Twin City (with Ahmedabad)
Surat	City of Diamonds Silk City of India Textile hub of India city of bridges Mini Bharat (Small India) cleanest city city of sun city of golden opportunities Future Economic hub of India
Navsari	known as "Paarsipuri" ( CITY OF Parsi') Twin City of Surat
Rajkot	called as "Chitranagri" (City of Paintings).
Anand	Milk City
Jamnagar	Jewel of Kathiawar Paris of Saurashtra Oil city Mini Kashi Brass city
Morbi	City of ceramic tiles
Ankleshwar	chemical hub of India (1500 chemical plants) Industrial hub of Gujarat (Asia's largest industrial estate and consists of approximately 3,000 individual units) "City of Oil"
Vadodara (Baroda)	Kala Nagari (City of Arts) Sayaji Nagari (City of Maharaja Sayajirao) Banyan City^[21] Cultural Capital of Gujarat (Sanskari Nagari)^[22]

City/town	Nickname
Jamshedpur	Steel City of India^[23] Pittsburg of India Jampot^[24]
Dhanbad	Coal Capital of India^[25]
Ranchi	City of Waterfalls^[26]

City/town	Nickname
Bangalore (Bengaluru)	Silicon Valley of India^[27] Science City of India^[28] Garden City of India^[29] Capital of Karnataka Electronic Capital of India
Kodagu	Scotland of India^[30]
Mangaluru	• Capital of Tulunad Rome of The East^[31] Ice Cream Capital of India^[32] Gateway of Karnataka Cradle of Indian Banking
Mysuru	Sandalwood City^[33] Cultural Capital of Karnataka^[34]
Dharwad	Home of Universities
Sakleshpura	Poor Man's Ooty^[35]^[36]
Shivamogga	GateWay of Malenadu Land of hidden waterfall and forts

List_of_city_and_town_nicknames_in_India

List of city and town nicknames in India

Andhra Pradesh and Telangana

Bihar

Chhattisgarh

Gujarat

Jharkhand

Karnataka

Kerala

Rajasthan

Tamil Nadu

Uttarakhand

Uttar Pradesh

West Bengal

Maharashtra

See also

Notes

References

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City/town	Nickname
Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum)	Evergreen City of India The Paradise of the South (south referring to southern India) God's Own Capital Capital of Kerala City of Peace Pearl of Arabian Sea Land of Anatha Padmanabha(Ananthapuri)
Kochi (Cochin)	The Queen of Arabian Sea^[37]^[38] Commercial Capital of Kerala^[39] Judicial Capital of Kerala^[40] Gateway to Kerala^[41] Hub of Malayalam Film Industry^[42]^[43]^[44]^[45]^[46]^[47]
Thrissur (Trichur)	The Cultural capital of Kerala^[48] Land of Poorams^[49] The land of Vadakkumnathan^[50] Gold capital of India^[51]
Kozhikode (Calicut)	City of Spices.^[52]
Kannur (Cannanore)	City of Looms and Lores.^[53]
Kollam (Quilon)	The Prince of Arabian Sea Cashew Capital of the World^[54]
Alappuzha (Alleppey)	Venice of the East^{[lower-roman 1]}
Kasaragod	Land of Seven Languages^[55] Harkwillia^[56]
Palakkad (Palghat)	Gateway of Kerala^[57] Land of Palm trees^[58] Rice bowl of Kerala^[59]
Malappuram	Soccer Capital^[60]

City/town	Nickname
Jaipur	Pink City of India^[61] Mini Kashi Heritage City Capital of Rajasthan Paris of India Rajwaro ka Shahar
Ajmer	Khwaja ki Nagri
Udaipur	City of Lakes^[62] Venice of the East^{[lower-roman 1]}^[62]^[63] White City^{[lower-roman 1]}^[62]^[63]
Sariska	Tiger Reserve
Jodhpur	Blue City^[64] Sun City

City/town	Nickname
Chennai (Madras)	Detroit of Asia^[65] Healthcare Capital of India^[66] Banking Capital of India Electronics Manufacturing Hub of India City of Flyovers Gateway of South India Capital of Tamil Nadu
Thanjavur (Chola Empire)	Rice bowl of Tamil Nadu Capital of Chola Dynasty Capital of East Asia at 10th Century Carnatic Music Capital Thiruvaiyaru Cultural and Historical Hub Of Chola Dynasty - Tamil Nadu
Coimbatore (Kongu,Cheran)	Manchester of South India^[67]^[68] Capital of Kongu Nadu Capital of Chera Nadu Engineering City of South India Pump City of India Motor sport capital of India
Salem (Seralam, Cheralam, Sailam)	Mango City Geologist Paradise Mini London of Tamil Nadu Steel City Capital of Mazhanadu
Tiruppur	Dollar City of India Baniyan City Knit Wear Capital of India
Erode	Turmeric City of India
Puducherry (Pondicherry)	Paris of the East^{[lower-roman 2]} City of Dawn
Thoothukudi	Pearl City of India^[69] Gateway of Tamil Nadu
Tirunelveli	City of paddy fields^[70] Halwa City Oxford City of South India
Yercaud	Poor Man's Ooty^[71]^[72] Jewel of the South^[73]
Ooty	Queen of Hill Stations^[74]
Kodaikanal	Princess of Hill stations^[75]
Madurai (Vaigai; Pandiya Nadu)	Athens of East City of Jasmine^[76] City of Festivals Temple City City that never sleeps Cultural Capital of Tamil Nadu Capital of Pandya Nadu
Kumbakonam	Cambridge of south India

City/town	Nickname
Dehradun	City of Love Capital of Uttarakhand School Capital of India
Rishikesh	Adventure Capital of India^[77] Rafting Capital of India^[77] Yoga Capital of the World^[78]

City/town	Nickname
Mathura	Krishna Nagari
Agra	TajNagri City of Taj Pethanagri
Lucknow	City of Nawabs^[79] Capital of Uttar Pradesh
Kanpur	Leather City^[80]
Baghpat	Land of Tigers^[81]
Ballia	Baghi Ballia^[82]

City/town	Nickname
Calcutta (Kolkata)	City of Joy, Joyful City^[83] Cultural Capital of India City of Castles City of Museums^[84] Gateway of Eastern India Capital of West Bengal
Siliguri	Gateway to the Dooars^[85] Gateway of Northeast India City of Hospitality
Darjeeling	Queen of the Hills^[86]
Malda	Mango City^[87]
Midnapore	City of Tribal Tradition, Historical city
Bishnupur	Temple City of Bengal^[88]
Durgapur	Ruhr of India^[89]
Asansol	City of Brotherhood^[90] Land of Black Diamond
Howrah	Sheffield of India^[91] Glasgow of India
Krishnanagar	Land of Figurines^[92] Village of "Reui"
Nabadwip	Oxford of Bengal^[93]

City/town	Nickname
Bombay (Mumbai)	New York City of India Mayanagri The City That Never Sleeps City of Dreams City of Seven Islands Hollywood of India Gateway of India Economic & Financial Capital of India
Pune	Cultural capital of Maharashtra Oxford of the East The Queen of Deccan
Nagpur	Tiger Capital of India Heart of India The Orange City
Navi Mumbai	Flamingo City
Aurangabad	City of Gates	Thane	City of Lakes
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