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Indian Cities and Their Nicknames

City State Nickname/Nicknames

Agra Uttar Pradesh Taj Nagari
Boston of India
Ahmedabad Gujarat
Manchester of India
Abode of the God
Allahabad Uttar Pradesh Sangam City
City of Prime Ministers
Amritsar Punjab Golden City
Asansol West Bengal Land of Black Diamond
Electronic City of India
Garden City of India
Silicon Valley of India
Bengaluru Karnataka Pensioners Paradise
Space City
Science city of India
IT Capital of India
Bhagalpur Bihar The Silk City of India
Bhopal Madhya Pradesh City of Lakes
Indore Madhya Pradesh Mini Mumbai
Bhubaneswar Odisha Temple City of India
Chandigarh Chandigarh The City Beautiful
Gateway of South India
Detroit of Asia
Chennai Tamil Nadu
Auto Hub of India
Health Capital of India
Textile City of India
Coimbatore Tamil Nadu
Manchester of South India
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City State Nickname/Nicknames

Coorg Karnataka Scotland of India
Darjeeling West Bengal The Queen of the Hills
Dhanbad Jharkhand The Coal Capital of India
Shillong Meghalaya Scotland of East
Dibrugarh Assam Tea City of India
Durgapur West Bengal Ruhr of India
Gandhinagar Gujarat Green city
Guwahati Assam Gateway of North East India
Nilgiri Tamil Nadu Blue Mountains
City of PearlsCity of NizamsWorld
Hyderabad Telangana Capital of Biryani
HITECH City
Pink City
Jaipur Rajasthan Paris of India
City of Palaces
Jaisalmer Rajasthan Golden City of India
Steel City of India
Jamshedpur Jharkhand
Pittsburgh of India
Leather City of the World
Kanpur Uttar Pradesh
Manchester of North India
Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir Switzerland of India
Gateway to Kerala
Kochi Kerala
Queen of the Arabian Sea
City of Joy
City of Palaces
Kolkata West Bengal Cultural Capital of India
Gateway of Eastern India
Heaven of the Aged
Kolhapur Maharashtra City of Wrestlers
Prince of Arabian sea
Kollam Kerala Cashew Capital of the World
Gateway to Backwaters
Shiraz-e-Hind
Lucknow Uttar Pradesh The Golden City of India
City of Nawabs

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City State Nickname/Nicknames

Athens of the East
City of Festivals
Madurai Tamil Nadu City of Four Junctions
Temple city
Sleepless City
Malda West Bengal Mango City
Rome of the East
Mangalore Karnataka Cradle of Indian Banking
Gateway of Karnataka
City of Seven Islands
Financial Capital of India
Maya Nagari
Mumbai Maharashtra City of Dreams
Gateway of India
Hollywood of India
Maximum City
Mundi Madhya Pradesh Power Hub City
Mussoorie Uttarakhand Queen of the Mountains
Heritage City
Mysore Karnataka
Green City
Nagpur Maharashtra Orange City
Nainital Uttarakhand City of Lakes
New Delhi Delhi City of Rallies
Patiala Punjab Royal City
City of Weavers
Panipat Haryana
City of Handloom
Pondicherry Puducherry Paris of the East
Prayag Uttar Pradesh Abode of the God

Pune Maharashtra Queen of Deccan

Purulia West Bengal Manbhum City

City of Sages
Rishikesh Uttrakhand
Yoga City

Gateway to the Dooars

Siliguri West Bengal
City of Hospitality

Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir City of lakes

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City State Nickname/Nicknames

Tezpur Assam City of Blood

Thane Maharashtra City of Lakes

Rock Fort City

Tiruchirappalli Tamil Nadu Energy equipment and fabrication
capital of India

City of Paddy fields

Tirunelveli Tamil Nadu Oxford city of South India
Halwa city of India
White City
Udaipur Rajasthan City of Lakes
Venice of the East

Spiritual capital of India

Religious capital of India
City of Lights
Varanasi Uttar Pradesh City of Temples
City of Learning
Oldest living city on Earth
Holy City

Jodhpur Rajasthan Blue CitySun City

Wine capital of India

Nasik Maharashtra Grape city of India
California of India
Diamond City Of India
Surat Gujarat City Of Diamonds
Textile city of India
Cultural City Of India
Vadodara Gujarat Banyan City
World Capital Of Garba

Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh City Of Destiny

Pensioners Paradise
Kakinada Andhra Pradesh
City of Kaja

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City State Nickname/Nicknames

Vijayawada Andhra Pradesh The Place of Victory

Second Bardoli of India

Bhimavaram Andhra Pradesh
City of Prawns

Rajahmundry Andhra Pradesh Cultural City

Guntur Andhra Pradesh City of Chillies

Vaniyambadi Tamil Nadu Leather city of South India

City of LakesCity of Temples

Warangal Telangana
Second city of Nizam

Zunheboto Nagaland Land Of Warriors

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