Miscellany: Nicknames of Indian Cities (free read in e-library)

Cities Name

State

Nicknames of Indian Cities

Chennai

Tamil Nadu

Gateway of South India, Detroit of Asia

Coimbatore

Tamil Nadu

Manchester of South India

Pondicherry

Puducherry

Paris of the East

Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir

Switzerland of India

Jamshedpur

Jharkhand

Steel City of India, Pittsburgh of India

Bhubaneswar

Odisha

Temple City of India

Cuttack

Odisha

The Silver City

Shillong

Meghalaya

Scotland of East

Damodar Valley

Meghalaya

Ruhr of India

Hyderabad, Secunderabad

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Twin City

Amritsar

Punjab

The city of Golden Temple

Jaisalmer

Rajasthan

Golden City

Jaipur

Rajasthan

Pink City

Jodhpur

Rajasthan

Blue City, Sun City

Udaipur

Rajasthan

City of Lakes

Bhopal

Madhya Pradesh

City of Lakes

Ahmedabad

Gujarat

Manchester of India, Boston of India, INDIA'S first world heritage city

Surat

Gujarat

Diamond City of India

Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh

City of Nawabs

Muzaffarpur

Bihar

The Land of Litchi, Sweet City

Kanpur

Uttar Pradesh

Leather City of The World

Mumbai

Maharashtra

City of Seven, Islands Gateway of India, Financial Capital of India

Pune

Maharashtra

Deccan Queen

Nagpur

Maharashtra

Orange City

Jalgaon

Maharashtra

Banana City

Yavatmal

Maharashtra

Cotton City

Nashik

Maharashtra

Wine Capital of India

Bengaluru

Karnataka

Space City, Garden City of India, Silicon Valley of India, Science City

Mangalore

Karnataka

Rome of the East, Cradle of Indian Banking

Coorg

Karnataka

Scotland of India

Mysore

Karnataka

Sandalwood City

Kolkata

West Bengal

City of Joy, City of Palaces

Asansol

West Bengal

Land of Black Diamond

Visakhapatnam

Andhra Pradesh

City of Destiny, Goa of the East

Hyderabad

Telangana

City of Pearls, Hi-Tech City

Kochi

Kerala

Queen of Arabian Sea

Kozhikode (Calicut)

Kerala

City of Spices

Thrissur (Trichur)

Kerala

Gold Capital of India

Kollam

Kerala

Cashew Capital of the World

Madurai

Tamil Nadu

City of Festivals, Athens of the East