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

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

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

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