Introduction
The article Indian Cities Nicknames presents the list of Famous Cities and Towns across India with Nicknames. This article plays a prominent role in General Awareness/General Knowledge Preparation in many competitive exams. It credits 2%-3% marks in many competitive exams such as SSC CGL, SBI PO etc.
Nicknames
Below table contains the list of Indian Cities Nicknames:
| State | City/Town | Nickname |
|---|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | Kakinada | Pensioner's Paradise |
| Piduguralla | Lime City | |
| Rajahmundry | Cultural Capital of Andhra Pradesh | |
| Tenali | Andhra Paris | |
| Tirupati | Spiritual Capital of Andhra Pradesh | |
| Visakhapatnam | Financial Capital of Andhra Pradesh | |
| The Jewel of the East Coast | ||
| Goa of the East | ||
| The City of Destiny | ||
| Bihar | Bhagalpur | Silk City |
| Muzaffarpur | The Land of Litchi | |
| Sweet City | ||
| Cultural Capital of Bihar | ||
| Gujarat | Ahmedabad | INDIA'S first world heritage city |
| Surat | Textile City of India | |
| Diamond City of India | ||
| Valsad | Mango capital of the world (Alphonso Mangoes) | |
| Baroda (Vadodara) | Banyan City | |
| Cultural Capital of Gujarat (Sanskari Nagari) | ||
| Power Hub of India | ||
| Haryana | Panipat | City of Weavers |
| Fatehabad | 2nd Pink City of India | |
| Jharkhand | Jamshedpur | Steel City of India |
| Karnataka | Coorg (Kodagu) | Scotland of India |
| Bangalore (Bengaluru) | Silicon Valley of India | |
| Science City of India | ||
| Garden City of India | ||
| Mangalore (Mangaluru) | Rome of the East | |
| Ice Cream Capital of India | ||
| Mysore (Mysuru) | Sandalwood City | |
| Cultural Capital of Karnataka | ||
| City of Palaces | ||
| Heritage City of Karnataka | ||
| Kerala | Kochi (Cochin) | Queen of Arabian Sea |
| Kozhikode (Calicut) | City of Spices | |
| Kottayam | City of Letters (Aksharanagari) | |
| City of Murals | ||
| Thrissur (Trichur) | Banking City of India | |
| Gold Capital of India | ||
| Cultural Capital of Kerala | ||
| Kollam | Cashew Capital of the World | |
| Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram) | Evergreen City of India | |
| Alappuzha (alleppey) | Venice of east | |
| Kasaragod | Land of Seven Languages (Saptha bhasha sangama bhoomi) | |
| Hartwell | ||
| Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal | City of Lakes |
| Maharashtra | Yavatmal | Cotton City of India |
| Kolhapur | City of Wrestlers | |
| Jalgaon | Banana City | |
| Nagpur | Orange City | |
| Tiger city | ||
| Pune | Queen of Deccan | |
| Educational city | ||
| Jalna | Steel City | |
| Seed Capital Of India | ||
| Odisha | Balangir | Cloth City of Orissa |
| Berhampur | The Textile City | |
| Bhubaneswar | The Temple City | |
| Cuttack | The Millennium City | |
| The Silver City | ||
| Punjab | Patiala | Royal City |
| Rajasthan | Bhilwara | Textile City |
| Bundi | Little Kashi | |
| City of Stepwells | ||
| Jaipur | Pink City | |
| Jodhpur | Blue City | |
| Sun City | ||
| Udaipur | City of Lakes | |
| Venice of the East | ||
| Tamil Nadu | Auroville | City of Dawn |
| Chennai (Madras) | Detroit of Asia | |
| Automobile Capital of India | ||
| Healthcare Capital of India | ||
| Coimbatore | Manchester of South India | |
| Madurai | Athens of the East | |
| City of Festivals | ||
| City that never Sleeps Temple City | ||
| Tiruchirappalli | Rockfort City | |
| Energy equipment and fabrication capital of India | ||
| Temple City | ||
| Tiruppur | Knit wear capital of India | |
| Textile City | ||
| Dollar City of India | ||
| Cotton city | ||
| Banyan city | ||
| Puducherry (Pondicherry) | Paris of the East | |
| Tirunelveli | City of paddy fields | |
| Oxford of Southindia | ||
| Tuticorin (Thoothukudi) | Pearl City | |
| Telangana | Hyderabad | City of Pearls |
| Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow | City of Nawabs |
| Kanpur | The Leather City Of The World | |
| Manchester Of The East | ||
| Varanasi | The City Of Ghats | |
| West Bengal | Asansol | Land of Black Diamond |
| Bardhaman | City of Peace | |
| Bishnupur | City of Temples (Mandir Nagari) | |
| Calcutta (Kolkata) | City of Joy | |
| City of Palaces | ||
| Cultural Capital of India | ||
| Damodar | Valley Ruhr of India | |
| Siliguri | Gateway of Northeast India | |
| Gateway to the Dooars | ||
| City of Hospitality |