Name changes are common in history. It’s mostly names of towns and cities that are changed, some minor changes – Bombay to Mumbai, Poona to Pune – others more – the recent name changes of Allahabad to Prayagraj and Faizabad to Ayodhya. While the world debates what’s in a name, take our quiz on name changes to test yourself on colleges, stadia, cities, countries and even films that had different names earlier.
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