Many towns have changed names over the years. In many cases the change in the spelling of a place stems from a desire for the name to more closely reflect the pronunciation of the name in the local language. Older spellings were generally assigned in the Roman script by the British and in some cases did not correspond closely to the spoken version of the name.
The list below gives several instances of changed names. The column on the left is the IR spelling of the name today. In many cases (especially for places in Kerala, the spelling on the right (the non-railway spelling) is actually newer, being used everywhere except in railway contexts).
Alleppey -- Alappuzha Balasore -- Baleshwar Bardhhaman -- Burdwan Bharuch -- Broach Brahmapur -- Berhampur Calicut -- Kozhikode Cannanore -- Kannur Chengalpattu -- Chingleput Cochin -- Kochi Chennai -- Madras Guwahati -- Gauhati Jalandhar -- Jullender Kolkata -- Calcutta Mumbai -- Bombay Palghat -- Palakkad Pune -- Poona Quilon -- Kollam Sewagram -- Wardha East Sridham -- Gotegoan Srirampur -- Serampore Tarangambadi -- Tranquebar Tellicherry -- Thalasseri Thiruchchirapalli -- Trichinopoly Trichur -- Trissur Trivandrum -- Thiruvananthapuram Udhagamandalam -- Ootacamund (Ooty) Vadodara -- Baroda Varanasi -- Benares Vasai -- Bassein Vijayawada -- Bezwada Vishakhapatnam -- Waltair
Source - IFRCA.org
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