A complete list of nicknames of Indian cities and states for all types of general abilities tests.
Nicknames of Indian Cities List
| City | Nicknames |
|---|---|
| New Delhi | City of Rallies |
| Mumbai | City of Dreams Gateway of India City of Seven Island Financial Capital of India Maximum City |
| Kolkata | City of Joy City of Places Cultural Capital of India |
| Bengaluru | Silicon Valley of India Science city of India Space City Garden City of India Electronic City of India |
| Jaipur | Pink City Paris of India |
| Jodhpur | Blue City Sun City |
| Udaipur | City of Lakes |
| Bhopal | City of Lakes |
| Ahmedabad | Manchester of India Boston of India India’s First World Heritage City |
| Surat | Diamond city of India |
| Pune | Deccan Queen Oxford of East |
| Nashik | Wine Capital of India |
| Mangalore | Rome of the East Cradle of Indian Banking |
| Mysore | Sandalwood city Heritage City |
| Hyderabad | City of Pearls Hitech city |
| Kochi | Queen of Arabian Sea |
| Chennai | Gateway of South India Detroit of Asia India’s health capital banking capital of India |
| Jamshedpur | Steel city of India Pittsburgh of India |
| Amritsar | Golden City |
| Lucknow | The City of Nawabs Constantinople of the East Shiraz-e-Hind |
| Muzaffarpur | Sweet City Land of Lychees |
| Kanpur | Leather City of the World |
| Nagpur | Orange City Tiger Capital of India Heart of India |
| Jalgaon | Banana City |
| Yavatamal | Cotton City |
| Kodagu/ Coorg | Scotland of India |
| Asansol | Land of Black Diamond |
| Visakhapatnam | The City of Destiny |
| Calicut | City of Spices |
| Thrissur | Gold capital of India |
| Kollam | Cashew Capital of the World |
| Madurai | The City of Festivals Athens of the East |
| Pondicherry | Paris of the East |
| Kashmir | Switzerland of India |
| Bhubaneshwar | Temple city of India |
| Cuttack | Silver city |
| Shillong | Scotland of East |
| Bhagalpur | Silk City |
| Coimbatore | Manchester of South India |
| Thiruvananthapuram | Evergreen City of India |
| Tirunelveli | Halwa city of India Oxford of South India |
| Panipat | City of Weavers City of Handloom |
| Mussoorie | Queen of the Mountains |
| Patiala | Royal City |
| Kolhapur | City of Wrestlers |
| Agra | City of Taj Petha Nagari |
| Allahabad/Prayagraj | City of Prime Ministers Abode of the God Sangam City |
| Indore | Mini Mumbai |
| Gandhinagar | Green City of India |
| Bhimavaram | City of Prawns |
| Dhanbad | The Coal Capital of India |
| Dibrugarh | The Tea City of India |
| Guntur | City of Spices City of Chillies |
| Nilgiri | Blue Mountains |
| Tiruchirappalli | Energy and Fabrication Capital of India |
| Vadodara | World Capital Of Garba |
| Banaras/Varanasi | City of ghost and Temples Religious capital of India |
| Vijayawada | The Place of Victory |
| Zunheboto | Land of Warrior |
| Gurgaon | Millennium City |
| Meerut | Sports Capital of India Scissor City |
| Alappuzha | Venice of the East |
| Noida | IT Capital of NCR |
| Shimla | The Queen of Hills |
| Piduguralla | Lime City of India |
| Ludhiana | Manchester of Punjab City of industries |
Nickname of Indian State
| State | Nicknames |
|---|---|
| Punjab | Land of five rivers Granary of India Breadbasket of India |
| Himachal Pradesh | All Season State Apple State A fruit bowl of India Mountain State |
| Odisha | Soul of India |
| Kerala | Spice Garden of India |
| Uttarakhand | Valley of flowers |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Land of Sunrise Paradise of Botanists Orchid state |
| Haryana | Milk Pail of India |
| Assam | Tea garden of India |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Heaven in India |
| Madhya Pradesh | Soya Region Tiger state Heart of India |
| Manipur | Jewel of India |
| Sikkim | Paradise of Botanists |
| Jharkhand | Tribal state Mineral state |
| Andhra Pradesh | Egg Bowl of Asia Kohinoor of India |
| Meghalaya | Meghalaya |
| Gujarat | Land of Epics |
| Chhattisgarh | Rice Bowl of India |
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