List of renamed public places in Tamil Nadu
Ever since the British left India in 1947, many streets, places and buildings throughout India were assigned new "Indian names". Tamil Nadu was no exception to this trend.
Even the state and its capital, Chennai along with many other cities, towns, streets and organisations were renamed post Indian Independence. Before the name changes, Madras (the city) used to be the capital of the much larger Madras (the state).
Geography
State
- Madras Presidency was renamed Madras (State) after independence in 1947.
- Madras (State) was renamed Tamil Nadu in 1969.
Districts
- Chidambaranar district was renamed Thoothukudi district in 1997
- Dr. Ambedkar Vellore district was renamed Vellore district in 1997
- Thiruvannamalai Sambuvarayer district was renamed to Thiruvannamalai district in 1997
- Villupuram Ramasamy Padayatchiyar District was renamed to Villupuram district in 1997
Cities
- Madras, the capital of Tamil Nadu (formerly Madras (state)) was renamed Chennai in 1996.
- Madurai was renamed to Mathurai in 2020.
- Trichy/Trichinopoly renamed to Thiruchirapalli
- Tuticorin, sea gateway of Tamil Nadu was renamed Thoothukudi
- Coimbatore was renamed as Koyampuththoor in 2020
Towns and municipalities
Tirupattur renamed as Thirupathur.
- Thiruvaikuntam from Srivaikuntam
- Tiruvannamalai from Trinomali/Trimomalee
- Tiruchengode from Trichengode
- Kanyakumari from Cape Comorin
- Tharangampadi from Tranquebar
- Thanjavur from Tanjore
- Kumbakonam from Kudanthai
- Mayiladuthurai from Mayavaram, Mayuram
- Udagamandalam/Udagai from Ootacamund or Ooty
- Ramanathapuram from Ramnad
- Parangipettai from Porto novo
- Thirunelveli/Nellai from Tinnevelly
- Sathurangapattinam from Sadras
- Thiruvallur - Trivellore
- Kollidam - Coleroon, distributary of River Kaveri
- Magudanchaavadi - McDonald's Choultry (Salem District)
- Kodiakkarai - Point Calimere
- Kalambur - Aliyabadh
- Negapatnam to Nagapattinam
- Wandiwash to Vandavasi
- Gingee to Senji
- Conjeevaram to Kanchipuram
Neighbourhoods
- Egmore to Ezhumbur
- Triplicane to Thiruvallikeni
- Mylapore to Mayilapoor
- Purasawalkam to Purasaivakkam
- Aminjikarai to Amainthakarai
- Poonamallee to Poovirunthavalli
- Kilpauk to Keezhpaakkam
- Kellys to Killiyoor
- Perambur to Peramboor
- Ayanavaram to Ayanpuram
Roads
- Mount Road to Anna Salai after C. N. Annadurai
- Edward Elliot Road to Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai after Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- Elliot's Beach Road to Sardar Patel Road after Vallabhbhai Patel
- Mowbray's Road to T.T.K Road after T. T. Krishnamachari
- Commander-in-chief Road to Ethiraj Salai after V. L. Ethiraj
- Nungambakkam High Road to Mahatma Gandhi Salai after Mahatma Gandhi
- Warren Road to Bhaktavatsalam Salai after M. Bhaktavatsalam
- Lloyds Road to Avvai Shanmugam Salai after T. K. Shanmugam
- Oliver Road to Musiri Subramaniam Salai after Musiri Subramania Iyer
- Montieth Road to Red Cross Road after Red Cross Movement
- Pycrofts Road to Bharathi Salai after Subramania Bharati
- Lattice Bridge Road (LB Road) to Kalki Salai to Dr.Muthulakshmi Salai after Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddi
- Marshall's Road to Rukmini Lakshmipathi salai after Rukmini Lakshmipathi
- South Boag Road to Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan salai after Sivaji Ganesan
- Chamiers Road to Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar Road after U. Muthuramalingam Thevar
- Griffith Road to Maharajapuram Santhanam Road after Maharajapuram Santhanam
- Harris Road to Adithanar Salai after S. P. Adithanar
- Old Mamallapuram Road to Rajiv Gandhi Salai after Rajiv Gandhi.
- Marina Beach Road to Kamarajar Salai after K. Kamaraj
- Ponamallee High Road to EVR Periyar Salai after Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
- Royapettah High Road to Thiru Vi Ka Salai after Thiru. V. Kalyanasundaram
Region
- Coromandal Coast renamed to Chozhamandalam coast
Seaport
- Thoothukkudi Port Trust, second largest port in Tamil Nadu to V. O. Chidambaranar Port Trust
- Ennore Port, port in Tamil Nadu to Kamarajar Port Limited
Airport
- Terminal 1 in Chennai International Airport to Kamaraj Terminal
- Terminal 3 in Chennai International Airport to Anna Terminal
Railway Station
- Chennai Central Railway Station to Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station
- Maniyachchi Junction Railway Station to Vanchi Maniyachchi Junction Railway Station
- Maraimalai Nagar Railway Station to Maraimalai Nagar Kamarajar Railway Station
- Vyasarpadi Railway Station to Vyasarpadi Jeeva Railway Station
Metro Station
- Alandur Metro to Arignar Anna Alandur Metro
- Chennai Central Metro to Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Metro
- Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus Metro to Puratchi Thalaivi Dr. J. Jayalalithaa CMBT Metro
Bus Terminus
- Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus to Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G.R Bus Terminus
- Ettayapuram Bus Stand to Mahakavi Bharathiyar Bus Stand
- Kanniyakumari Bus Stand to Kavimani Desigavinayagam Bus Stand
- Kovilpatti Bus Stand to Arignar Anna Bus Stand
- Mattuthavani Integrated Bus Terminus to M.G.R Bus Stand
- Mathurai Central Bus Stand to Periyar Bus Stand
- Salem Central Bus Stand to Bharat Ratna Dr. M.G.R Central Bus Stand
- Thoothukkudi Central Bus Stand to Arignar Anna Bus Stand
- Tiruchendur Bus Stand to Thyagi Bhagat Singh Bus Stand
- Tirunelveli New Bus Stand to Bharat Ratna Dr. M.G.R Bus Stand
- Tirunelveli Junction Bus Stand to Tirunelveli Junction Periyar Bus Stand
- Vilathikulam Bus Stand to Bharathiyar Bus Stand
Transport
The Tamil Nadu state owned transport corporations operated buses to facilitate public transport in the state and interstate connectivity through roads. It named various corporations by prominent personalities/kings of regional/national importance. However the practice was scrapped and it started naming the corporations as TNSTC – Regional Division (Ex TNSTC Villupuram Division) after communal violence broke in the district of Virudhunagar during May 1997 after formation of Veeran Sundaralingam Transport corporation in which buses bearing the name Veeran Sundaralingam were burnt by some groups.
- Pallavan Transport Corporation (PTC) & Dr. Ambedkar Transport Corporation (DATC) to Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) (TN-01/02)
- Thiruvalluvar Transport Corporation (TTC) & Rajiv Gandhi Transport Corporation (RGTC) to State Express Transport Corporation (SETC) (TN-01/07)
- Thanthai Periyar Transport Corporation (TPTC) to TNSTC Villupuram DIV I (TN-32)
- Pattukottai Azhagiri Transport Corporation (PATC) to TNSTC Villupuram DIV II (Vellore) (TN-23)
- Puratchi Thalaivar M.G.R Transport Corporation (PTMGRTC) to TNSTC Villupuram DIV III (Kanchipuram) (TN-21)
- Chozhan Transport Corporation to TNSTC Kumbakonam DIV I (TN-49 then TN-68)
- Deeran Chinnamalai Transport Corporation (DCTC) to TNSTC Kumbakonam DIV II (Trichy) (TN-45)
- Marudu Pandiyar Transport Corporation to TNSTC Kumbakonam DIV III (Karaikudi) (TN-63)
- Veeran Azhagu Muthukon Transport Corporation to TNSTC Kumbakonam DIV IV (Pudukkotai) (TN-55)
- Anna Transport Corporation to TNSTC Salem DIV I (TN-27)
- Annai Sathya Transport Corporation to TNSTC Salem DIV II (Dharmapuri) (TN-29)
- Cheran Transport Corporation to TNSTC Coimbatore DIV I(TN-37 then TN-38)
- Jeeva Transport Corporation to TNSTC Coimbatore DIV II (Erode) (TN-33)
- Bharathiyar Transport Corporation to TNSTC Coimbatore DIV III Ooty then merged to TNSTC Coimbatore DIV I(TN-43)
- Pandiyan Transport Corporation to TNSTC Madurai DIV I (TN-59 then TN-58)
- Kattabomman Transport Corporation to TNSTC Madurai DIV II (Tirunelveli) (TN-72)
- Nesamany Transport Corporation to TNSTC Madurai DIV III (Nagercoil) (TN-74)
- Rani Mangamma Transport Corporation to TNSTC Madurai DIV IV (Dindigul) (TN-57)
- Veeran Sundaralingam Transport Corporation to TNSTC Madurai DIV V (Virudhunagar) (TN-67)
Infrastructure
- Chepauk Stadium or MCC (Madras Cricket Club) ground to M.A. Chidambaram Stadium
References
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