Renaming of cities in India

Major cities that have been renamed after independence include:
Shimla (formerly Simla)
Kanpur (formerly Cawnpore, renamed in 1948)
Thiruvananthapuram (formerly Trivandrum, renamed in 1991)
Mumbai (formerly Bombay, renamed in 1995)
Chennai (formerly Madras, renamed in 1996)
Kolkata (formerly Calcutta, renamed in 2001)
Pune (formerly Poona)
Kochi (formerly Cochin, renamed in 1996)
Bengaluru (formerly Bangalore, renamed in 2006)
Sagar (formerly Saugor)
Jabalpur (formerly Jubbulpore)
Narmada (formerly Nerbudda)
Puducherry (formerly Pondicherry, renamed in 2006)
Several others have been proposed including "Karnavati" (for Ahmedabad), "Mysuru" (for Mysore), "Induru" (for Indore), "Bhojpal" (for Bhopal),Sambhajinagar (for Aurangabad) but are yet to receive the sanction of the central government.