List of renamed places in Pakistan
Many traditional places, cities, roads, streets, and buildings names were changed in Pakistan before and after the independence of the country. Here is a list of renamed places in Pakistan.
Renamed Cities
- Raj Shahi → Islamabad
- Kolachi → Karachi
- Shalkot → Quetta
- Mahmudpur → Lahore
- Sagala → Sialkot
- Nerunkot → Hyderabad (changed – 1768)
- Lyallpur → Faisalabad (changed – 1977)
- Nawabshah → Benazirabad (changed – 2008)
- Montgomery → Sahiwal (changed – 1966)
- Fort Sandeman → Zhob (changed – 30 July 1976)
- Shahenshah → Hussain Shah (changed – 2004)
- Khanpur → Gujranwala
- Khangarh → Jacobabad
- Salwankot→ Sialkot
- Campbellpur → Attock (1978)
- Pipri → Bin Qasim
- Ajodhan → Pakpattan
- Rowdayana → Swat
- Pushkalavati → Charsadda
Renamed Places
Karachi
- Gandhi Garden - Karachi Zoological Garden
- Dharam Pura - Mustafa Abad
Lahore
- Kirshan Nagar and Dev Samaj areas - Islam Pura
- Sant Nagar - Sunnat Nagar- Sandha.[1]
- Shadman Chowk - Bhagat Singh (proposed)
- Mayo School of Arts - National College of Arts
- Tempbell Street * Hameed Nizami (founder of Daily Nawai Waqt)
- Lawrence garden - Baghe Jinnah
- Montgomery Hall - Quaid-e-Azam Library
- Minto Park - Iqbal Park
- Race Course park - Jeelani Park (on Lt. Retired Ghulam Jeelani Khan, who was the Governor of Punjab during the government of Zia ul Haq)
Renamed Districts
- Nawabshah District-Shaheed Benazirabad District[2]
Roads
Karachi
- Atmaram Street -Bagh-e-Zehra Street
- Barnes Street -Jamila Street
- Bonus Street -Fatima Jinnah Road
- Bunder Road -M. A. Jinnah Road
- Burns Road - Shahrah-e-Liaquat
- Clark Road -Shahrah-e-Iraq
- Clifton Road -Khayaban-e-Iqbal
- Commissariat Road- Kiyani Shaheed Road
- Connaught Road- Chaudhry Rehmat Ali Road
- Cowel Road -Sarmad Road
- Drigh Road -Shahrah-e-Faisal
- Elphinstone Street -Zaibunnisa Street
- Embankment Road- Nawab Mahabat Khan Road
- Frere Road- Shahrah-e-Liaquat
- Frere Street -Dr. Daudpota Road
- Garden Road- Sir Aga Khan III Road
- Gizri Road -Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman Road
- Golf Club Road- McLallan Road
- Grant Road -Hasrat Mohani Road
- Harchandrai Road- Hussain Bhai Bandukwala Road & Siddiq Wahab Road
- Harris Road -Aga Khan Road
- Havelock Road -Aiwan-e-Sadr Road
- Hiradharam Road -Mohammad Ali Bogra Road
- Hira Lal Ganatra Road- Aslam Road
- Hospital Road -Rafiqui Shaheed Road
- Ingle Road- M.R. Kiyani Road
- Inverarity Road- Sarwar Shaheed Road
- Kattyan Road -Stock Exchange Road
- Kingsway -Shahrah-e-Kamal Ata Turk
- Kutchery Road - Dr. Ziauddin Ahmed Road
- Lawrence Road -Nishtar Road
- Lidbetter Road- Japani Road
- Mansfield Street -Syedna Burhanuddin Road
- McLeod Road- I.I.Chundrigar Road
- Napier Road -Shahrah-e-Altaf Hussain
- Napier Street -Mir Karamali Talpur Road
- Newnham Road -Fakhr Matri Road
- Princess Street- Chand Bibi Street
- Queens Road -Moulvi Tamizuddin Khan Road
- Queensway -Shahrah-e-Iraq
- Ramachandra Temple Road -Babar Street
- Rampart Road -Adamji Dawood Road
- Scandal Point Road- Club Road
- Solomon David Road -Suleman Dawood Road
- Somerset Street -Raja Ghazanfar Ali Khan Road
- Srichand Vishindas Road -Haji Kassim Sommra Street
- Tahilram K. Road -G. Allana Road
- Udhavdas V. Street -Soomra Gali
- University Road - Jamiluddin Aali[3]
- Victoria Road -Abdullah Haroon Road
- Vishwanath Patel Road- Aslam Road
- Wood Street -Talpur Road
M. A. Jinnah Road "Bunder Road" I. I. Chundrigar Road Shara-e-Faisal Tariq Road Rashid Minhas Road University Road University Road Shahrah-e-Pakistan Habib Ibrahim Rahimtoola Road aka "Karsaz Road" Nazimabad A Road Khayaban-e-Sher Shah Suri Shahrah-e-Jahangir Khayaban-e-Iqbal Khayaban-e-Jami G. Alana Road aka "Maripur Road" Khalid bin Waleed Road Jamalludin Afghani Road Allama Iqbal Road Sir Syed Ahmed Road Shaheed-e-Millat Road Chaudhari Khaliquzzaman Road Beach Avenue Road Khayaban-e-Saadi Khayaban-e-Roomi Nishtar Road Alamgir Road Burns Road Moulvi Tamiz-Uddin Khan Road Tipu Sultan Road Napier Road Clifton Road Zaibunnisa Street Corridor I Corridor II Corridor III Korangi Road Sunset Boulevard Khayaban-e-Ittehad Shahrah-e-Firdousi Shahrah-e-Ghalib 5000 Road Mai Kolachi Bypass Amir Khusro Road Stadium Road
Lahore
- The Mall Road - Shahrah-e-Quaid-e-Azam
- Queen’s Road - Fatima Jinnah Road
- Mayo Road - Shahrah-e-Allama Iqbal
- Davis Road - Sir Aga Khan III Road
- Empress Road - Shahrah-e-Abdul Hameed bin Badees
- Egerton Road - Khalifa Shujauddin Road
See also
References
- The ever-changing names of places in Lahore
- "Nawabshah renamed after Benazir Bhutto". Dawn. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- Renaming roads