New And Old Names Of Places And Countries

New Name  -  Old Name

Ankara - Angora

Banjul - Bathurst

Bengalooru - Bangalore

Beijing - Peking

Belize - British Honduras

Bangladesh - East Pakistan

Botswana - Bechuana Land

Burkino Faso - Upper Volta

Cape Kennedy - Cape Caneveral

Cambodia - Kampuchia

Djibouty - French Somaliland

Ethiopia - Abyssinia

Ghana - Gold Coast

Guyana - British Guyana

Guinea Bissau - Portuguese Guiana

Harare - Salisbury

Hawaiian Islands - Sandwich Islands

Indonesia - The Duch East India

Iran - Persia

Iraq - Mesopotamia

Istanbul - Constantinople

Jakarta - Batavia

Japan - Nippon

Kinshasa - Leopoldville

Kiribati - Gilbert Island

Laos - Lanxang

Lesotho - Basutoland

Mexico - New Spain

Malawi - Nyasaland

Mali - French Sudan

Malaysia - Malaya

Malabo - Santa Isabel

Madhya Pradesh - Central Province

Manchuria - Manchuko

Myanmar - Burma

Mosambique - Portuguese East Africa

Mumbai - Bombay

Namibia - South West Africa

Nauru - Pleasant Island

Orissa - Kalinga

Papua New Guinea - Trust Territory of New Guinea

Portugal - Lucitania

Sri Lanka - Ceylon

St. Petersburg - Leningrad

Surinam - Dutch Guyana

Taiwan - Formosa

Tasmania - Van Diemen's Land

Thailand - Siam

Togo - Togoland

Tuvalu - The Ellice Islands

Volgograd - Stalingrad

Zaire - Congo

Zambia - Northern Rhodesia

Zimbabwe - Southern Rhodesia