Complete List Of Indian Cities And Their Nicknames

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.

Complete List Of Indian Cities And Their Nicknames

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.

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