Indian Cities and Their Nicknames – Full list – GK Current Affairs

We the ENTRI team, from our years of experience in the field of educational field has found various important topics for the preparation of competitive examinations , Indian Cities , states and their nick name is one among the important topic for these exams so far. In this blog, we are giving you a brief list of  Indian cities and their nicknames which will help you to memorize easily. We assure you that this will benefit you to appear for competitive exams like PSC, SSC, RRB, Banking, because nowadays in most of the competitive examination this is a mandatory portion.

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Indian Cities and Their Nicknames

List of nicknames of Indian states

• 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

List of Indian Cities and their Nicknames

1. Agra – City of Taj, Petha Nagari
2. Ahmedabad

• Boston of India
• Manchester of India

1. Allahabad or Prayagraj

• Abode of the God
• City of Prime Ministers
• Sangam City

1. Amritsar – Golden City of India
2. Asansol – Land of Black Diamond
3. Bengaluru or Banglore o

• Electronic City of India
• Garden City of India
• IT Capital of India
• Science city of India
• Silicon Valley of India
• Space City Karnataka

1. Bhagalpur – The Silk City of India
2. Bhopal City of Lakes Madhya Pradesh
3. Indore Mini Mumbai Madhya Pradesh
4. Bhimavaram

• City of Prawns
• Second Bardoli of India

1. Bhubaneswar – Temple City of India
2. Chandigarh – The City Beautiful
3. Chennai

• Auto Hub of India
• Detroit of Asia
• Gateway of South India
• Health Capital of India
• Banking Capital of India
• Motor city of India

1. Coimbatore

• Textile City of India
• Manchester of South India
• Capital of Kongunadu
• Engineering City of India

1. Coorg  – Scotland of India
2. Darjeeling – Queen of the Hills
3. Dhanbad – The Coal Capital of India
4. Shillong – Scotland of East
5. Dibrugarh – Tea City of India
6. Durgapur – Rur of India
7. Gandhinagar – Green City
8. Guntur – City of Chillies , City of Spices
9. Guwahati – Gateway of North East India
10. Nilgiri – Blue Mountains
11. Hyderabad

• City of Pearls
• City of Nizams
• Hightech City
• World Capital of Biryani
• Bangle City
• Silicon valley of India

1. Hyderabad-Secunderabad – Twin City
2. Jaipur

• City of Palaces
• Paris of India
• Pink City

1. Jaisalmer – Golden City of India
2. Jamshedpur

• Pittsburgh of India
• Steel City of India

1. Jodhpur

• Blue City
• Sun City

1. Kakinada

• City of Kaja
• Pensioners Paradise

1. Kanpur

• Leather City of the World
• Manchester of North India

1. Kashmir – Switzerland of India
2. Kochi or Cochin

• Gateway to Kerala
• Queen of the Arabian Sea
• Garden of Spices

1. 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

1. Kolhapur City of Wrestlers
2. Lucknow

• • City of Nawabs
  • Constantinople of the East
  • Shiraz-e-Hind
  • The Golden City of India

1. Madurai

• Athens of the East
• City of Festivals
• City of Four Junctions
• Sleepless City
• Temple City

1. Malda – Mango City
2. Mangalore

• Cradle of Indian Banking
• Gateway of Karnataka
• Rome of the East

1. Mumbai

• • • City of Dreams
    • City of Seven Islands
    • Financial Capital of India
    • Gateway of India
    • Hollywood of India
    • Maximum City
    • Maya Nagari

1. Mundi – Power Hub City
2. Mussoorie – Queen of the Mountains, Hill Queen City
3. Mysore

• Green City
• Heritage City
• Sandal Wood City

1. Nagpur – Orange City
2. Nainital – City of Lakes
3. Nasik

• California of India
• Grape city of India
• Wine capital of India

1. New Delhi – City of Rallies
2. Patiala – Royal City
3. Panipat – City of Handloom, City of Weavers
4. Palanpur – City of Diamonds, Flower City
5. Pondicherry- Paris of the East
6. Prayag – Abode of the God
7. Pune – Queen of Deccan
8. Purulia – Manbhum City
9. Rajahmundry – Cultural City
10. Rishikesh – City of Sages, Yoga City
11. Siliguri – City of Hospitality, Gateway to the Doors
12. Srinagar – City of lakes
13. Surat

• City Of Diamonds
• Diamond City Of India
• Textile city Of India Gujarat

1. Tezpur – City of Blood
2. Thane City of Lakes
3. Tiruchirappalli

• Energy equipment and fabrication capital of India
• Rock Fort City
• Tucker Trichy

1. Tirunelveli

• City of Paddy fields
• Halwa city of India
• Oxford city of South India

1. Udaipur

• City of Lakes
• Venice of the East
• White City

1. Vadodara

• Banyan City
• Cultural City Of India
• Sayaji Nagari
• World Capital Of Garba

1. Vaniyambadi –  Leather city of South India

69) Varanasi or Benares or Banaras or Kashi – Uttar Pradesh

• City of Lights
• City of Temples
• City of Learning
• Holy City
• Oldest living city on Earth
• Religious capital of India
• Spiritual capital of India

70) Dharmavaram – Silk City of Andhra Pradesh

71) Piduguralla – Lime City

72) Tirupati – Spiritual Capital of India, Spiritual Capital of Andhra Pradesh

73) Madanapalli – Andhra Ooty

74) Nalanda – land of knowledge

1. Korba -Power hub of India
2. Jagdalpur – Tourism capital of Chhattisgarh
3. Bhilai – Steel City of India
4. Kanker – Gateway of Bastar
5. Sakleshpur  – Poor Man’s Ooty
6. Ujjain – City Of Temples
7. Vijayawada –  The Place of Victory
8. Visakhapatnam – City Of Destiny
9. Warangal – Telangana

• City of Lakes
• City of Temples
• Second city of Nizam

1. Zunheboto – Land Of Warriors 
2. Tenali – Andhra Paris 
3. Muzzaffarpur – Lychee City 
4. Bardoli – Butter City – Gujarat
5. Gurgaon – Millennium City – Haryana
6. Meerut – Sports Capital of India, Scissor City
7. Auroville – City of Dawn –Pondicherry
8. Cuttack – Silver City 
9. Yavatmal – Cotton City 
10. Ichalkaranji – Manchester of Maharashtra
11. Yercaud – Poor Man’s Ooty 
12. Salem – Mango City
13. Namakkal – Egg City
14. Nilgris – Blue Mountains
15. Tuticorin

• Pearl City, 
• Pearl Harbor of India

1. Itanagar – Land of Rising Sun
2. Dispur – City of Temples
3. Noida – IT Capital of NCR
4. Shimla – The Queen of Hills
5. Ludhiana

• Manchester of Punjab, 
• City of industries, 
• Home of cycles

NICK NAMES OF VARIOUS DISTRICTS OF KERALA

1. Alappuzha – Venice of the East

1.  Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram) – City of Statues , Evergreen City of India
2.  Kozhikode (Calicut) – City of Spices
3.  Kannur (Cannanore) – City of Looms and Lores
4. Kottayam

• City of letters (Aksharanagri),
• City of Murals, 
• City of latex, 
• City of lakes

1. Kasaragod

• Land of Palm trees
• Rice bowl of Kerala

1. Thrissur

• The Cultural capital of Kerala, 
• Land of Poorams, 

• The land of Vadakkumnathan, 
• Gold capital of India.

1. Wayanad – God’s own district
2. Idukki – The land of spices in Kerala
3. Kollam  

• Cashew Capital of the World
• Gateway to Backwaters
• Prince of Arabian sea

1. Palakkad –  The Granary of Kerala
2. Pathanamthitta – Pilgrim Capital of Kerala
3. Malappuram – City of Hills, Mecca of Football
4. Ernakulam – Commercial hub of Kerala

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