10.Can a chief minister change the name of a city?
The chief minister along with the state cabinet decides to change the name of a city.
Notable city names that were officially changed by legislation after independence include:
• Vadodara from Baroda respelled in 1974
• Thiruvananthapuram from Trivandrum respelled in 1991
• Mumbai from Bombay, renamed in 1995
• Kochi from Cochin respelled in 1996
• Chennai from Madras, renamed in 1996
• Kolkata from Calcutta respelled in 2001
• Kadapa from Cuddapah respelled in 2005
• Puducherry from Pondicherry, renamed in 2006
• Bengaluru from Bangalore respelled in 2007
• Belagavi), from Belgaum in 2014
• Tumakuru from Tumkur in 2014
• Hubballi from Hubli in 2014
• Shivamogga), from Shimoga in 2014
• Hosapete from Hospet in 2014
• Mysuru from Mysore in 2014
• Kalaburagi from Gulbarga in 2014
• Chikkamagaluru from Chikmagalur in 2014
• Vijayapura from Bijapur in 2014
• Ballari from Bellary in 2014
• Mangaluru from Mangalore in 2014
• Rajahmahendravaram from Rajahmundry in 2015
• Gurugram from Gurgaon in 2016