Public service announcement
Renaming Indian places to match the actual name instead of the British interpretation of the name:
Kolkata, not Calcutta, respelled in 2001
Mumbai, not Bombay, renamed in 1995
Bengaluru, not Bangalore, respelled in 2007
#india #decolonisation
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