Changed Geographical Names General Knowledge

Changed Geographical Names 

Old Names ………………...…  New Names

Abyssinia ………………………………. Ethiopia

Acre …………………………………….. Akko

Angora …………………………………. Ankara

Antioch …………………………………. Antakya

Athinai ………………………………….. Athens

Bativa …………………………………… Jakarta

Banaras ………………………………….Varanasi

Basutoland ……………………………...Lesotho

Bechauanaland …………………………Botswana

Bombay ………………………………….Mumbai

Burma ………………………………….. Maynmar

Ceylon …………………………………..Sri Lanka

Christiania ………………………………Oslo

Constantinopole ………………………..Istanbul

Congo …………………………………...Zaire

Holland …………………………………. Netherland

India …………………………………….. Bharat

Kampuchea ……………………………. Combodia

Krugn Thep …………………………….. Bankok

Leningrad ………………………………. St. Petesburg

Lyallpur …………………………………. Faisalabad

Mesopotamia …………………………... Iraq

Montogomery …………………………...Sahiwal

Northern Rhodesia ……………………..Zambia

Mysore ………………………………….. Kamataka

Peking ……………………………………Beijing

Persia …………………………………….Iran

Rhodesia ………………………………...Zimbabwe

South West Africa ………………………Namibia

Salisbury …………………………………Harare

Siam ………………………………………Thailand

Tripoli ……………………………………..Libya

United Provinces ………………………..Utter Pardesh

Vizagapatam …………………………….Visakhapatnam

Wien ………………………………………Vienna