Many Indian cities and towns are known by one or more nicknames officially and unofficially, to locals, outsiders or their tourism boards or chambers of commerce. These nicknames are inherited or fondly called based on their historical importance, abundance of some specific things or some other known or unknown reasons.
List of Indian Cities and their Nicknames is one of the key static GK topics for any time competitive exams in Assam ranging from APSC, Assam TET, Assam Police, PNRD, etc to even for various Grade IV recruitment.
Here is the list of Indian Cities and their Nicknames.
Name of City
|
Nick Name/s
|
Kolkata
|
City of
Joy
Cultural
Capital of India
City of
Palaces
City of
Castles
|
Visakhapatnam
|
The
Jewel of the East Coast
|
Bhagalpur
|
Silk
City
|
Gaya
|
The
City of Enlightenment
|
Shimla
|
Queen
of hills
|
Ahmedabad
|
Manchester
of India
Boston of
India
|
Surat
|
Diamond
City of India
|
Baroda
(Vadodara)
|
Banyan City
Power Hub of India
|
Malda
|
Mango
city
|
Siliguri
|
Gateway
of east India
|
Kurukshetra
|
City
of Mahabharata
|
Panipat
|
City
of weavers
|
Jamshedpur
|
Steel
City of India
|
Dhanbad
|
The
Coal Capital of India
|
Bengaluru
(Bengaluru)
|
Silicon Valley of India
Science City of India
Garden City of India
|
Mysore
(Mysuru)
|
City
of Palaces
|
Kochi
|
Queen
of Arabian Sea
|
Kozhikode
(Calicut)
|
City
of Spices.
|
Mumbai
|
City
of dreams
|
Nagpur
|
Orange
City
|
Pune
|
Oxford
of the East
|
Bhubaneswar
|
The
Temple City
|
Puri
|
Holy
Capital
|
Ludhiana
|
Manchester
of Punjab
|
Amritsar
|
City
of golden temple
|
Jaipur
|
Pink
City
|
Jodhpur
|
Blue
City
|
Udaipur
|
City
of Lakes
|
Jaiselmer
|
Golden
city
|
Chennai
(Madras)
|
Detroit
of Asia
Gateway
of South India
Automobile
hub of Asia
|
Coimbatore
|
Manchester
of the South India
Hardware
City of India
|
Puducherry
(Pondicherry)
|
Paris
of the East
|
Sivakasi
|
Crackers
City of India
|
Ooty
|
Queen
of Hill Stations
|
Kodaikanal
|
Princess
of Hill stations
|
Madurai
|
Athens of the East
City of Festivals
City of Four Junctions
Temple city
Sleepless City
|
Kanchipuram
|
Temple
city
Silk
city of India
|
Hyderabad
|
City
of Pearls
City
of Nizams
|
Noida
|
IT capital of North India
Singapore of India
India's first smart city
|
Agra
|
City
of Love
City
of Taj
|
Varanasi
|
The
City of Ghats
The
City of Shiva
The
City of light
The
City of Temples
The
City of Music
Spiritual
Capital of India
|
Prayag
Raj (Allahabad)
|
Sangam
City
City
of Prime Ministers
Abode
of God
King
of Pilgrims
|
Kanpur
|
Manchester
of the East
|
Lucknow
|
City
of Nawabs
|
Vrindavan
|
City
of widows
|
Jaipur
|
Pink
city
|
Shillong
|
Scotland
of the East
|
Guwahati
|
City
of Eastern Astrology
Gateway
of North East India
|
Guntur
|
City
of Chillies
City
of Spices
|
