Nicknames of Indian Cities/States

Dear Readers,
Nicknames of Indian Cities is an important topic for competitive exams. So today we are presenting you a short note on nicknames of Indian cities, which are State-wise with respect to memorize easily and also for the benefit of aspirants appearing for RBI, NABARD, SSC, IBPS SO, PO, SBI PO/SO
2018-19 and other competitive exams.

List of Nicknames of Indian Cities

Name of the City	Nicknames	State
Agra	City of Taj Petha Nagari	Uttar Pradesh
Ahmedabad	Boston of India Manchester of India India’s First World Heritage City	Gujarat
Allahabad or Prayagraj	Abode of the God City of Prime Ministers Sangam City	Uttar Pradesh
Amritsar	Golden City of India	Punjab
Asansol	Land of Black Diamond	West Bengal
Ajmer	Khwaja ki Nagri	Rajasthan
Bengaluru or Bangalore	Electronic City of India Garden City of India IT Capital of India Science city of India Silicon Valley of India Space City	Karnataka
Bhagalpur	The Silk City of India	Bihar
Bhopal	City of Lakes	Madhya Pradesh
Indore	Mini Mumbai	Madhya Pradesh
Bhimavaram	City of Prawns Second Bardoli of India	Andhra Pradesh
Bhubaneswar	Temple City of India	Odisha
Chandigarh	The City Beautiful	Chandigarh
Chennai	Auto Hub of India Detroit of Asia Gateway of South India Health Capital of India Banking Capital of India Motor city of India	Tamil Nadu
Coimbatore	Textile City of India Manchester of South India Capital of Kongunadu Engineering City of India	Tamil Nadu
Coorg	Scotland of India	Karnataka
Darjeeling	Queen of the Hills	West Bengal
Dhanbad	The Coal Capital of India	Jharkhand
Shillong	Scotland of East	Meghalaya
Dibrugarh	Tea City of India	Assam
Durgapur	Ruhr of India	West Bengal
Gandhinagar	Green City	Gujarat
Guntur	City of Chillies , City of Spices	Andhra Pradesh
Guwahati	Gateway of North East India	Assam
Nilgiri	Blue Mountains	Tamil Nadu
Hyderabad	City of Pearls City of Nizams Hitech City World Capital of Biryani Bangle City	Telangana
Hyderabad-Secunderabad	Twin City	Telangana
Jaipur	City of Palaces Paris of India Pink City	Rajasthan
Jaisalmer	Golden City of India	Rajasthan
Jamshedpur	Pittsburgh of India Steel City of India	Jharkhand
Jodhpur	Blue City Sun City	Rajasthan
Jalgaon	Banana City	Maharashtra
Kakinada	City of Kaja Pensioners Paradise	Andhra Pradesh
Kanpur	Leather City of the World Manchester of North India	Uttar Pradesh
Kashmir	Switzerland of India	Jammu and Kashmir
Kochi or Cochin	Gateway to Kerala Queen of the Arabian Sea Garden of Spices	Kerala
Kolkata	City of Joy City of Palaces Cultural Capital of India Gateway of Eastern India Heaven of the Aged City of Castles City of Buildings	West Bengal
Kolhapur	City of Wrestlers	Maharashtra
Kollam	Cashew Capital of the World Gateway to Backwaters Prince of Arabian sea	Kerala
Lucknow	City of Nawabs Constantinople of the East Shiraz-e-Hind The Golden City of India	Uttar Pradesh
Madurai	Athens of the East City of Festivals City of Four Junctions Sleepless City Temple City	Tamil Nadu
Malda	Mango City	West Bengal
Mangalore	Cradle of Indian Banking Gateway of Karnataka Rome of the East	Karnataka
Mumbai	City of Dreams City of Seven Islands Financial Capital of India Gateway of India Hollywood of India Maximum City Maya Nagari	Maharashtra
Mundi	Power Hub City	Madhya Pradesh
Mussoorie	Queen of the Mountains,Hill Queen City	Uttarakhand
Mysore	Green City Heritage City Sandal Wood City	Karnataka
Muzaffarpur	Land of Lychees Sweet City	Bihar
Nagpur	Orange City	Maharashtra
Nainital	City of Lakes	Uttarakhand
Nasik	California of India Grape city of India Wine capital of India	Maharashtra
New Delhi	City of Rallies	Delhi
Patiala	Royal City	Punjab
Panipat	City of Handloom City of Weavers	Haryana
Palanpur	City of Diamonds Flower City	Gujrat
Pondicherry	Paris of the East	Puducherry
Prayag	Abode of the God	Uttar Pradesh
Pune	Queen of Deccan	Maharashtra
Purulia	Manbhum City	West Bengal
Rajahmundry	Cultural City	Andhra Pradesh
Rishikesh	City of Sages Yoga City	Uttrakhand
Siliguri	City of Hospitality Gateway to the Doors	West Bengal
Srinagar	City of lakes	Jammu and Kashmir
Surat	City of Diamonds Diamond City of India Textile city of India	Gujarat
Tezpur	City of Blood	Assam
Thane	City of Lakes	Maharashtra
Tiruchirappalli	Energy equipment and fabrication capital of India Rock Fort City Tucker Trichy	Tamil Nadu
Tirunelveli	City of Paddy fields Halwa city of India Oxford city of South India	Tamil Nadu
Udaipur	City of Lakes Venice of the East White City	Rajasthan
Vadodara	Banyan City Cultural City Of India Sayaji Nagari World Capital Of Garba	Gujarat
Vaniyambadi	Leather city of South India	Tamil Nadu
Varanasi or Benares or Banaras or Kashi	City of Lights City of Temples City of Learning Holy City Oldest living city on Earth Religious capital of India Spiritual capital of India	Uttar Pradesh
Vijayawada	The Place of Victory	Andhra Pradesh
Visakhapatnam	City of Destiny Goa of the East	Andhra Pradesh
Warangal	City of Lakes City of Temples Second city of Nizam	Telangana
Zunheboto	Land Of Warriors	Nagaland
Tenali	Andhra Paris	Andhra Pradesh
Muzzaffarpur	Lychee City	Bihar
Bardoli	Butter City	Gujarat
Gurgaon	Millennium City	Haryana
Meerut	Sports Capital of india, Scissor City	Uttar Pradesh
Auroville	City of Dawn	Pondicherry
Cuttack	Silver City	Orissa
Yavatmal	Cotton City	Maharashtra
Ichalkaranji	Manchester of Maharashtra	Maharashtra
Yercaud	Poor Man’s Ooty	Tamil Nadu
Salem	Mango City	Tamil Nadu
Namakkal	Egg City	Tamil Nadu
Tiruchirappali or Trichy	Rock Fort City, Energy Equipment & Fabrication Capital of India	Tamil Nadu
Nilgris	Blue Mountains	Tamil Nadu
Tuticorin	Pearl City, Pearl Harbor of India	Tamil Nadu
Alappuzha	Venice of the East	Kerala
Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram)	City of Statues Evergreen City of India	Kerala
Itanagar	Land of Rising Sun	Arunachal Pradesh
Dispur (A locality in the Guwahati city, which is capital of Assam)	City of Temples	Assam
Noida	IT Capital of NCR	NCR-National Capital Region
Shimla	The Queen of Hills	Himachal Pradesh
Ludhiana	Manchester of Punjab,  City of industries,  Home of cycles	Punjab
Dharmavaram	Silk City of Andhra Pradesh	Andhra Pradesh
Piduguralla	Lime City	Andhra Pradesh
Tirupati	Spiritual Capital of India, S piritual Capital of Andhra Pradesh	Andhra Pradesh
Madanapalli	Andhra Ooty	Andhra Pradesh
Nalanda	land of knowledge	Bihar
Korba	Power hub of India	Chhattisgarh
Jagdalpur	Tourism capital of Chhattisgarh	Chhattisgarh
Bhilai	Steel City of India	Chhattisgarh
Kanker	Gateway of Bastar	Chhattisgarh
Sakleshpur	Poor Man's Ooty	Karnataka
Kozhikode (Calicut)	City of Spices	Kerala
Kannur (Cannanore)	City of Looms and Lores	Kerala
Kottayam	City of letters (Aksharanagri), City of Murals,  City of latex,  City of lakes	Kerala
Kasaragod	Land of Palm trees,  Rice bowl of Kerala	Kerala
Thrissur	The Cultural capital of Kerala,  Land of Poorams,  The land of Vadakkumnathan,  Gold capital of India.	Kerala
Wayanad	God’s own district	Kerala
Ujjain	City Of Temples	Madhya Pradesh

List of Nicknames of Indian States

States	Nick Names
Andhra Pradesh	Egg Bowl of Asia, Kohinoor of India
Arunachal Pradesh	Land of Sunrise
Kerala	Spice Garden of India
Punjab	Land of Five rivers, Granary of India
Haryana	Milk Pail of India
Himachal Pradesh	All Season State, Apple State
Madhya Pradesh	Soya Region
Sikkim	Paradise of Botanists
Jammu and Kashmir	Heaven in India
Chhattisgarh	Rice Bowl of India

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