Nicknames of Indian Cities (PDF Version)

Dear Readers,
Nicknames of Indian Cities is an important topic for competitive exams. So today we are presenting you a short note on nicknames of Indian cities, which are State-wise with respect to memorize easily and also for the benefit of aspirants appearing for SSC CGL 2016, RRB NTPC 2016 and other competitive exams.

List of Nicknames of Indian Cities

Name of the City	Nicknames	State
Agra	City of Taj Petha Nagari	Uttar Pradesh
Ahmedabad	Boston of India Manchester of India	Gujarat
Allahabad	Abode of the God City of Prime Ministers Sangam City	Uttar Pradesh
Amritsar	Golden City	Punjab
Asansol	Land of Black Diamond	West Bengal
Bengaluru	Electronic City of India Garden City of India IT Capital of India Science city of India Silicon Valley of India Space City	Karnataka
Bhagalpur	The Silk City of India	Bihar
Bhopal	City of Lakes	Madhya Pradesh
Indore	Mini Mumbai	Madhya Pradesh
Bhimavaram	City of Prawns Second Bardoli of India	Andhra Pradesh
Bhubaneswar	Temple City of India	Odisha
Chandigarh	The City Beautiful	Chandigarh
Chennai	Auto Hub of India Detroit of Asia Gateway of South India Health Capital of India	Tamil Nadu
Coimbatore	Textile City of India Manchester of South India	Tamil Nadu
Coorg	Scotland of India	Karnataka
Darjeeling	Queen of the Hills	West Bengal
Dhanbad	The Coal Capital of India	Jharkhand
Shillong	Scotland of East	Meghalaya
Dibrugarh	Tea City of India	Assam
Durgapur	Rur of India	West Bengal
Gandhinagar	Green City	Gujarat
Guntur	City of Chillies	Andhra Pradesh
Guwahati	Gateway of North East India	Assam
Nilgiri	Blue Mountains	Tamil Nadu
Hyderabad	City of Pearls City of Nizams Hightech City World Capital of Biryani	Telangana
Hyderabad-Secunderabad	Twin City	Telangana
Jaipur	City of Palaces Paris of India Pink City	Rajasthan
Jaisalmer	Golden City of India	Rajasthan
Jamshedpur	Pittsburgh of India Steel City of India	Jharkhand
Jodhpur	Blue City Sun City	Rajasthan
Kakinada	City of Kaja Pensioners Paradise	Andhra Pradesh
Kanpur	Leather City of the World Manchester of North India	Uttar Pradesh
Kashmir	Switzerland of India	Jammu and Kashmir
Kochi	Gateway to Kerala Queen of the Arabian Sea	Kerala
Kolkata	City of Joy City of Palaces Cultural Capital of India Gateway of Eastern India Heaven of the Aged	West Bengal
Kolhapur	City of Wrestlers	Maharashtra
Kollam	Cashew Capital of the World Gateway to Backwaters Prince of Arabian sea	Kerala
Lucknow	City of Nawabs Constantinople of the East Shiraz-e-Hind The Golden City of India	Uttar Pradesh
Madurai	Athens of the East City of Festivals City of Four Junctions Sleepless City Temple City	Tamil Nadu
Malda	Mango City	West Bengal
Mangalore	Cradle of Indian Banking Gateway of Karnataka Rome of the East	Karnataka
Mumbai	City of Dreams City of Seven Islands Financial Capital of India Gateway of India Hollywood of India Maximum City Maya Nagari	Maharashtra
Mundi	Power Hub City	Madhya Pradesh
Mussoorie	Queen of the Mountains	Uttarakhand
Mysore	Green City Heritage City	Karnataka
Nagpur	Orange City	Maharashtra
Nainital	City of Lakes	Uttarakhand
Nasik	California of India Grape city of India Wine capital of India	Maharashtra
New Delhi	City of Rallies	Delhi
Patiala	Royal City
Panipat	City of Handloom City of Weavers	Haryana
Pondicherry	Paris of the East	Puducherry
Prayag	Abode of the God	Uttar Pradesh
Pune	Queen of Deccan	Maharashtra
Purulia	Manbhum City	West Bengal
Rajahmundry	Cultural City	Andhra Pradesh
Rishikesh	City of Sages Yoga City	Uttrakhand
Siliguri	City of Hospitality Gateway to the Doors	West Bengal
Srinagar	City of lakes	Jammu and Kashmir
Surat	City Of Diamonds Diamond City Of India Textile city Of India	Gujarat
Tezpur	City of Blood	Assam
	City of Lakes	Maharashtra
Tiruchirappalli	Energy equipment and fabrication capital of India Rock Fort City Tucker Trichy	Tamil Nadu
Tirunelveli	City of Paddy fields Halwa city of India Oxford city of South India	Tamil Nadu
Udaipur	City of Lakes Venice of the East White City	Rajasthan
Vadodara	Banyan City Cultural City Of India Sayaji Nagari World Capital Of Garba	Gujarat
Vaniyambadi	Leather city of South India	Tamil Nadu
Varanasi	City of Lights City of Temples City of Learning Holy City Oldest living city on Earth Religious capital of India Spiritual capital of India	Uttar Pradesh
Vijayawada	The Place of Victory	Andhra Pradesh
Visakhapatnam	City Of Destiny	Andhra Pradesh
Warangal	City of Lakes City of Temples Second city of Nizam	Telangana
Zunheboto	Land Of Warriors	Nagaland