List of renamed places in Pakistan explained

Many traditional places were renamed in Pakistan before and after the independence of the country in 1947.

Here is a list of renamed places in Pakistan.

Renamed cities

No.	Old name	New name	Year of name change	Ref.
1	Khanpur Shansi	Gujranwala		^[1]
2	Nasrat	Syed Nawab shah	1909
		Nawabshah	auto spelled
3	Sagala	Salwankot
4	Nerunkot	Hyderabad	1768
5	Lyallpur	Faisalabad	1977	^[2]
6	Sahiwal	Montgomery	1965
		Sahiwal	1966
7	Fort Sandeman	Zhob	30 July 1976	^[3]
8	Khangarh	Jacobabad	Changed during British rule over India
9	Campbellpur	Attock	1978
10	Raj Shahi	Islamabad
11	Kolachi	Kalanchi
		Karachi
12	Shal Kot	Quetta
13	Preshapur	Peshawar
14	Nawabshah	Benazirabad	2008
15	Pipri	Bin Qasim
16	Hindu Bagh	Muslim Bagh
17	Ajodhan	Pakpattan
18	Rowdayana	Swat
19	Pushkalavati	Charsadda
20	Lava pura	Mahmoodpur (Mughal Period)
		Lahore		^[4]

Renamed districts, towns, and neighbourhoods

No.	Old name	New name	Year of name change	Ref.
1	Upper Sind Frontier District		1952	^[5]
2	Eastern Sind Frontier District	Thar and Parker District	1883
3	Krishan Nagar	Islampura	1965	^[6] ^[7]
4	Sant Nagar	Sunnat Nagar
		Sandha
5	Ram Gali	Rehman Gali
6	Kumharpura	Ghaziabad
7	Nawabshah District	Shaheed Benazirabad District	16 September 2008	^[8]
8	Govindpura	Basti Bukhari
9	Van Radha Ram	Habib Kot	1965	^[9] ^[10]
10	Bhai Pheru	Phool Nagar
11	Kandhkot	Kashmore	2004
12	Karachi Central District		2023	^[11]
13	Karachi East District		2023
14	Karachi South District		2023
15	Karachi West District		2023

Renamed monuments, parks, and roads

No.	Old name	New name	Year of name change	Ref.
1	Lawrence Garden	Bagh-e-Jinnah	2018
2	Montgomery Hall	Quaid-e-Azam Library	2018
3	Branthon Road	Nishtar Road
4	Queen's Road	Fatima Jinnah Road
5	Our Fall Road	Jeelani Road
6	Tempbell Street	Hameed Nizami Street
7	Jail Road	Allama Iqbal Road
8	Davis Road	Sir Aga Khan Road
9	Motilal Nehru Road	Jigar Muradabadi Road
10	Jain Mandir Road	Babri Masjid Chowk
11	Shadman Chowk	Bhagat Singh Chowk
12	Minto Park	Iqbal Park
13	Race Course Park	Jilani Park	2012
14	Ram Bagh	Aram Bagh		^[12]
15	Sita Road Railway Station	Rehmani Nagar railway station

See also

• Renaming of cities in India

Notes and References

1. Web site: Old and New Names of Cities of Pakistan . 13 March 2023 . economy.pk.
2. Web site: From Lyallpur to Faisalabad: the city of eight bazaars. January 24, 2022. The Express Tribune.
3. Web site: Zafar . Mohammad . 2019-09-14 . WCLA to help restore historic Sandeman Fort in Zhob . 2023-03-13 . . en.
4. Web site: Historical Background Punjab Portal . 2023-03-13 . Government of Punjab.
5. Web site: Correspondent . The Newspaper's . 2012-03-12 . Book launched on Jacobabad history . 2023-10-07 . DAWN.COM . en.
6. Web site: Ali . Salman . 28 October 2018 . Renaming historical places . 13 March 2023 . Daily Times.
7. Web site: 2 October 2012 . The ever-changing names of places in Lahore Pakistan Today . https://web.archive.org/web/20190423141241/https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/10/02/the-ever-changing-names-of-places-in-lahore/ . 23 April 2019 . 2023-03-13 . Pakistan Today.
8. Web site: 2008-09-17 . Nawabshah renamed after Benazir Bhutto . 2023-03-13 . . en.
9. Web site: Alvi . R. R. . 2011-12-18 . Changing the names of places . 2023-03-13 . . en.
10. Web site: Nazeer . Amjad . 2018-12-07 . From Jinnah’s Portrait to Allahabad and Now Taj Mahal? . 2023-03-13 . . en-US.
11. Web site: Sindh cabinet approves creation of new district in Karachi . 2023-10-07 . www.geo.tv . en.
12. Web site: Junejo . Zaffar . 2021-04-22 . Our Name-Changing Mania and Historical Illiteracy . 2023-03-13 . The Friday Times - Naya Daur . en-US.