List of renamed public places in Tamil Nadu
Ever since the British left India in 1947, many streets, places and buildings throughout India were assigned new "Indian names". Tamil Nadu was no exception to this trend.
Even the state and its capital, Chennai along with many other cities, towns, streets and organisations were renamed post Indian Independence. Before the name changes, Madras (the city) used to be the capital of the much larger Madras (the state).
Geography
State
- Madras Presidency was renamed Madras (State) after independence in 1947.
- Madras (State) was renamed Tamil Nadu in 1968.
Cities
- Madras, the capital of Tamil Nadu (formerly Madras (state)) was renamed Chennai in 1996.
- Madura renamed to Madurai
- Trichy/Trichinopoly renamed to Thiruchirapalli
Towns and municipalities
- Tiruvannamalai from Trinomali/Trimomalee
- Thoothukudi from Tuticorin
- Tiruchengode from Trichengode
- Kanyakumari from Cape Comorin
- Tharangampadi from Tranquebar
- Thanjavur from Tanjore
- Kumbakonam from Kudanthai
- Mayiladuthurai from Mayavaram, Mayuram
- Udagamandalam/Udagai from Ootacamund or Ooty
- Ramanathapuram from Ramnad
- Parangipettai from Porto nova
- Thirunelveli/Nellai from Tinnevelly
- Sathurangapattinam from Sadras
- Thiruvallur - Trivellore
- Kollidam - Coleroon, distributary of River Kaveri
- Magudanchaavadi - McDonald's Choultry (Salem District)
- Kodiakkarai - Point Calimere
- Kalambur - Aliyabadh
- Negapatnam to Nagapattinam
- Wandiwash to Vandavasi
Neighbourhoods
- Egmore to Ezhumbur
- Triplicane to Thiruvallikeni
- Mylapore to Mayilapur
- Purasawalkam to Purasaiwalkam
- Aminjikarai to Amainthakarai
- Poonamallee to Poovirunthavalli
- Kilpauk to Keezhpaakkam
- Kellys to Killiyoor
Roads
- Royapettah High Road to Thiru-Vi-Kalyanasundaranar Salai.
- Mount Road to Anna Salai.
- Edward Elliot Road to Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai
- Elliot's Beach Road to Sardar Patel Road
- Mowbray's Road to T.T.K Road after Thiruvallur Thattai Krishnamachari
- Commander-in-chief Road to Ethiraj Salai after V. L. Ethiraj
- Nungambakkam High Road to Mahatma Gandhi Salai.
- Warren Road to Bhaktavatsalam Salai
- Lloyds Road to Avvai Shanmugam Salai
- Oliver Road to Musiri Subramaniam Salai
- Montieth Road to Red Cross Road
- Pycrofts Road to Bharathi Salai
- Lattice Bridge Road (LB Road) to Kalki Salai to Dr.Muthulakshmi Salai after Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddi
- Marshall's Road to Rukmani Lakshmipathy salai
- South Boag Road to Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan salai
- Chamiers Road to Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar Road
- Griffith Road to Maharajapuram Santhanam Road
- Harris Road to Adithanar Salai
- Old Mamallapuram (Mahabalipuram) Road to Rajiv Gandhi IT Expressway.
- Beach Road became Kamarajar Salai
- Ponamallee High Road became Periyar EVR Salai after Erode Venkata Ramaswamy Naicker
- Royapettah High Road became Thiru Vi Ka Salai after Vriddachalam Kalyanasunduram
Region
- Coromandal Coast renamed to Chozhamandalam coast
Transport
The Tamil Nadu state owned transport corporations operated buses to facilitate public transport in the state and interstate connectivity through roads. It named various corporations by prominent personalities/kings of regional/national importance. However the practice was scrapped and it started naming the corporations as TNSTC – Regional Division (Ex TNSTC Villupuram Division) after communal violence broke in the district of Virudhunagar during May 1997 after formation of Veeran Sundaralingam Transport corporation in which buses bearing the name Veeran Sundaralingam were burnt by some groups.
- Pallavan Transport Corporation (PTC) & Dr.Ambedkar Transport Corporation (DATC) to Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) (TN-01/02)
- Thiruvalluvar Transport Corporation (TTC) & Rajiv Gandhi Transport Corporation (RGTC) to State Express Transport Corporation (SETC) (TN-01/07)
- Thanthai Periyar Transport Corporation (TPTC) to TNSTC Villupuram DIV I (TN-32)
- Pattukottai Azhagiri Transport Corporation (PATC) to TNSTC Villupuram DIV II (Vellore) (TN-23)
- Puratchi Thalaivar M.G.R Transport Corporation (PTMGRTC) to TNSTC Villupuram DIV III (Kanchipuram) (TN-21)
- Chozhan Transport Corporation to TNSTC Kumbakonam DIV I (TN-49 then TN-68)
- Deeran Chinnamalai Transport Corporation (DCTC) to TNSTC Kumbakonam DIV II (Trichy) (TN-45)
- Marudu Pandiyar Transport Corporation to TNSTC Kumbakonam DIV III (Karaikudi) (TN-63)
- Veeran Azhagu Muthukon Transport Corporation to TNSTC Kumbakonam DIV IV (Pudukkotai) (TN-55)
- Anna Transport Corporation to TNSTC Salem DIV I (TN-27)
- Annai Sathya Transport Corporation to TNSTC Salem DIV II (Dharmapuri) (TN-29)
- Cheran Transport Corporation to TNSTC Coimbatore DIV I(TN-37 then TN-38)
- Jeeva Transport Corporation to TNSTC Coimbatore DIV II (Erode) (TN-33)
- Bharathiyar Transport Corporation to TNSTC Coimbatore DIV III Ooty then merged to TNSTC Coimbatore DIV I(TN-43)
- Pandiyan Transport Corporation to TNSTC Madurai DIV I (TN-59 then TN-58)
- Kattabomman Transport Corporation to TNSTC Madurai DIV II (Tirunelveli) (TN-72)
- Nesamany Transport Corporation to TNSTC Madurai DIV III (Nagercoil) (TN-74)
- Rani Mangamma Transport Corporation to TNSTC Madurai DIV IV (Dindigul) (TN-57)
- Veeran Sundaralingam Transport Corporation to TNSTC Madurai DIV V (Virudhunagar) (TN-67)
Infrastructure
- Chepauk Stadium or MCC (Madras Cricket Club) ground to M.A. Chidambaram Stadium
References
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