This partial list of city nicknames in India compiles

the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities in India are known by (or have been known by
historically), officially and unofficially, to locals, outsiders or their tourism boards or chambers of
commerce.

Nickname of cities[edit]

City State Nickname(s)

Agra Uttar Pradesh

City of Taj

Boston of India
Ahmedabad Gujarat

Manchester of India[1]

Allahabad Uttar Pradesh

Sangam City

Golden City
Amritsar Punjab

Holy City

Asansol West Bengal

Land of Black Diamond

West Bengal

Bardhaman
City of
Peace

City of Temples
Bhubaneswar odisha
Temple city of india

Bengaluru Karnataka
Electronic City of India[1]

Garden City of India[2][3]

 City State Nickname(s)

Silicon Valley of India[1]

Pensioners Paradise[4]

Space City[1]

Science city of India[5]

IT Capital of India

Alappuzha Kerala
The Venice of the East

Chandigarh U.T
City beautiful

Gateway of South India

Detroit of Asia[6]

Automobile Capital of India[7]

HealthCare Capital of India

Chennai Tamil Nadu

Educational Capital of India

Tourism Capital of India

Cultural Capital of India

Second IT Capital of India

Dravidian Capital of India

Coimbatore Tamil Nadu

Textile City of India

Manchester of South India[8][9]

 City State Nickname(s)

Pump city

Coorg Karnataka
Scotland of India

Darjeeling West Bengal

Queen of the Hills

Dibrugarh Assam
Tea City of India

Durgapur West Bengal

Ruhr of India

Guwahati Assam
Gateway of North East India

City of Pearls (Historically known as a pearl and

Hyderabad Telangana
diamond trading centre, and it continues to be known as the
City of Pearls)[10]

Jaipur Rajasthan
Pink City[11]

Jaisalmer Rajasthan
Golden City of India[12][13]

Steel City of India[14]

Jamshedpur Jharkhand

Pittsburgh of India[15][16]

Leather city[17]
Kanpur Uttar Pradesh
Manchester of North India[1]

Queen of the Arabian Sea

Kochi Kerala

God's Own Country[18]

 City State Nickname(s)

Kolkata West Bengal

City of Joy

Kolhapur Maharashtra
City of Wrestlers[19]

Prince of Arabian sea

Kollam Kerala
Cashew Capital of the World[20]

Shiraz-e-Hind

Lucknow Uttar Pradesh

Constantinople of the East

City of Nawabs[21][22]

Ludhiana Punjab
Manchester of India[23]

Athens of the East

Madurai Tamil Nadu

City of Festivals[1]

Temple city[24]

Malda West Bengal

Mango City of Bengal

Mangalore Karnataka
Rome Of The East

City Of Delicacies

Cradle Of Indian Banking[25]

Gateway Of Karnataka[26]

Coastal Paradise Of India

 City State Nickname(s)

Chemical Capital Of India

Ice Cream City Of India

Rainy City Of India

City of Seven Islands[1]

Financial Capital of India

Mumbai Maharashtra
Gateway of India[1]

Hollywood of India[1]

Maximum City[27]

Mussoorie Uttarakhand
Queen of the Mountains[1]

Muzaffarpur Bihar
The Land of Leechi[28] Sweet City

Nagpur Maharashtra
Orange City[29]

New Delhi Delhi

City of Rallies[1]

Patiala Punjab
Royal City[30]

Panipat Haryana
City of Weavers[31]

Pondicherry Puducherry
Paris of the East (3)

Pune Maharashtra
Queen of Deccan[32]

Rishikesh Uttrakhand
City of Sages
 City State Nickname(s)

Yoga City

Siliguri West Bengal

Gateway to the Dooars[33]

Shillong Meghalaya
Scotland of the East

Tezpur Assam
City of Blood[34]

Sivakasi Tamil Nadu

Little Japan

Halwa city of india

Tirunelveli Tamil Nadu

Oxford city of Southindia

City of paddy fields

Tiruchirappalli Tamil Nadu

Rock Fort City

Knitwear Capital of India

Tiruppur Tamil Nadu

Dollar City of India[35]

Pearl City
Tuticorin Tamil Nadu
Salt Capital of Tamil Nadu

White City

Udaipur Rajasthan
City of Lakes[36]

Venice of the East (4)[36][37]

Varanasi Uttar Pradesh

Spiritual capital of India
 City State Nickname(s)

Blue City
Jodhpur Rajasthan
Sun City

Wine capital of India

Nashik Maharashtra
Grape city of India

California of India

Diamond City Of India

Surat Gujarat
City Of Diamonds

Textile city Of India

Trivandrum Kerala
Evergreen City of India[38]

Andhra
Visakhapatnam
Pradesh City Of Destiny[39]

Zunheboto Nagaland
Land Of Warriors

(1)
(For other places with the same nickname as 'Paris of the East', see Paris of the East)

(2)
(For other places with the same nickname as 'Venice of the East', see List of places called
Venice of the East)

S.No City Name Nick Names

Hyderabad-Secunderabad
1 Twin City
(Telangana)

2 Hyderabad (Telangana) City of Nizams, City of Pearls, Bangle City, Hitech City

3 Tenali (Andhra Pradesh) Andhra Paris

4 Guntur (Andhra Pradesh) City of Chillies, City of Spices

5 Bhimavaram (Andhra Pradesh) Secon Bardoli of India

6 Rajahmundry (Andhra Pradesh) Cultural City

7 Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh) Fertilizer City, Pensioners Paradise, Second Madras

8 Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) Place of Victory, Land of Victory

9 Amritsar (Punjab) Golden City

10 Patiala (Punjab) Royal City

11 Muzzaffarpur (Bihar) Lychee City

12 Ahmedabad (Gujarat) Manchester of India, Boston of India

13 Palanpur (Gujarat) City of Diamonds, Flower City

14 Surat (Gujarat) Diamond City

15 Bardoli (Gujarat) Butter City

16 Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) City of Lakes

17 Mundi (Madhya Pradesh) Power Hub City

18 Srinagar (Jammu & Kashmir) City of Rivers

19 Panipat (Haryana) City of Weavers, Eco-City

20 Gurgaon (Haryana) Millennium City

Allahabad or Prayag (Uttar

21 Abode of the God, Sangam City, City of Prime Ministers
Pradesh)

22 Agra (Uttar Pradesh) Taj Nagari, Petha Nagari

Varanasi or Benares or Banaras or

23 City of Temples, Holy City, Religious Capital of India
Kashi (Uttar Pradesh)

24 Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) Leather City, Manchester of the East

25 Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) Sports Capital of india, Scissor City

26 Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) City of Nawabs, City of Marbels, City of Elephants

27 Mysore (Karnataka) Sandal Wood City

28 Coorg (Karnataka) Scotland of India

29 Auroville (Pondicherry) City of Dawn

30 Jamshedpur (Jharkhand) Steel city, Pittsburg of India

31 Dhanbad (Jharkhand) Coal Capital of India

32 Udaipur (Rajasthan) Lake City, White City, Venice of the East

33 Jaipur (Rajasthan) Pink City, City of Palaces, Paris of India

34 Jodhpur (Rajasthan) Sun City, Blue City

35 Jaisalmer (Rajasthan) Golden City

36 Tezpur (Assam) City of Blood

37 Bhuvaneshwar (Orissa) Temple City

38 Cuttack (Orissa) Silver City

39 Yavatmal (Maharashtra) Cotton City

City of Seven Islands, Gateway of India, Hollywood of

40 Mumbai (Maharashtra)
India, City of Dreams

41 Thane (Maharashtra) City of Lakes

42 Nasik (Maharashtra) Grape City, Wine Capital

43 Pune (Maharshtra) Deccan Queen

44 Nagpur (Maharashtra) City of Orange

45 Kolhapur (Maharashtra) City of Wrestlers

46 Ichalkaranji (Maharashtra) Manchester of Maharashtra

Bengaluru or Bangalore Garden City, Electronic City, Silicon Valley, Space City,
47
(Karnataka) Pensioners Paradise

48 Yercaud (Tamil Nadu) Poor Mans Ooty

49 Vaniyambadi (Tamil Nadu) Leather City of South India

50 Salem (Tamil Nadu) Mango City

51 Namakkal (Tamil Nadu) Egg City

Tiruchirappali or Trichy (Tamil Rock Fort City, Energy Equipment & Fabrication Capital
52
Nadu) of India

53 Nilgris (Tamil Nadu) Blue Mountains

Gateway of South India, Detroit of Asia or India, Motor

54 Chennai (Tamil Nadu)
city of India, Banking capital of India, Autohub of India

55 Madurai (Tamil Nadu) City of Festivals, Temple City, Sleepless City

Manchester of the South, Textile city of India, Capital of

56 Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu)
Kongu Nadu, Engineering City of India

57 Tuticorin (Tamil Nadu) Pearl City, Pearl Harbor of India

58 Rishikesh (Uttarkand) City of Sages, Yoga City

59 Nainital (Uttarkhand) City of Lakes

60 Mussorie (Uttarakhand) Hill Queen City

61 Kollam (Kerala) Cashew Capital of the World, Prince of Arabian Sea

62 Alappuzha (Kerala) Venice of the East

63 Trivandrum (Kerala) City of Statues

64 Kochi or Cochin (Kerala) Queen of Arabian Sea, Garden of Spices

65 Kolkatta (West Bengal) City of Castles, City of Buildings

66 Asansol (West Bengal) Land of Black Diamonds

67 Darjeeling (West Bengal) The Queen of the Hills

68 Durgapur (West Bengal) Ruhr of India

69 Malda (West Bengal) Mango City

70 Siliguri (West Bengal) Gateway of North East India, City of Hospitality

71 Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh) Land of Rising Sun

Dispur (Assam) (A locality in the

72 Guwahati city, which is capital of City of Temples
Assam)

City of Eastern Astrology, City of Temples, Gateway of

73 Guwahati (Assam)
North East India

74 Shillong (Meghalaya) Scotland of the East

New Delhi (NCR-National Capital

75 City of Rallies
Region)

76 Noida (NCR) IT Capital of NCR

Nick names of some popular cities in India:

NICK NAME CITY STATE

Golden City Amritsar Punjab

Pink City Jaipur Rajasthan

Orange City Nagpur Maharashtra

Golden City of India, Sun City Jaisalmer Rajasthan

City of Nawabs Luck now Uttar Pradesh

City of Seven Islands and City of Dreams Mumbai Maharashtra

City of Festivals, City of four Junctions Madurai Tamil Nadu

Twin Cities Hyderabad, Secunderabad Andhra Pradesh

City of Weavers Panipat Haryana

The Lake City Sri Nagar Jammu and Kashmir

Space City Benguluru Karnataka

City of Lakes Udaipur Rajasthan

City of Temples Varanasi Uttar Pradesh

City of Sages Rishikesh Uttarakhand

City of Rallies New Delhi New Delhi

Garden City, Silicon Valley of India Bengaluru Karnataka

Temple City of India Bhubaneswar Orissa

Heaven of India Jammu & Kashmir Jammu & Kashmir

Switzerland of India Kashmir Kashmir

Scotland of India Coorg Karnataka

Manchester of India Ahmedabad Gujarat

Manchester of South India Coimbatore Tamil Nadu

Pitsburg of India Jamshedpur Jharkhand

Hollywood of India Mumbai Maharashtra

Queen of the Hills Darjeeling West Bengal

Queen of the Arabian Sea Kochi Kerala

Queen of Deccan Pune Maharashtra

Gateway to the Duars Siliguri West Bengal

Taj Nagri Agra Uttar Pradesh

Blue Mountains Nilgiri Tamil Nadu

Detroit of Asia, Electronic Manufacturing Hub in India Chennai Tamil Nadu