Cities        Nicknames 

• Mumbai - The City of Dreams, Maximum City, Gateway of India
• Kolkata - The City of Joy, The Cultural Capital of India, The City of Palaces
• Chennai - The Gateway to South India, The Detroit of India(for its automotive industry), Motor City of India, Banking Capital of India, Autohub of India
• Hyderabad-Secunderabad- Twin City
• Tuticorin(Tamil Nadu)- Pearl City, Pearl Harbor of India
• Bangalore - The Silicon Valley of India, Garden City, Electronic City, Space City, Pensioners Paradise
• Hyderabad - The City of Pearls, Laad Bazaar City (known for its bangles), City of Nizams,
• Jaipur - The Pink City
• Ahmedabad - The Manchester of India, Boston of India, India’s first World Heritage Site
• Pune - The Oxford of the East, Deccan Queen
• Varanasi - The City of Temples, Kashi, Holy City, Religious Capital of India
• Agra - The City of Taj, Taj Nagari, Petha Nagari
• Lucknow - The City of Nawabs
• Surat - The Diamond City, The Silk City
• Coimbatore - The Manchester of South India,Textile City of India, Capital of Kongu Nadu, Engineering City of India, The Pump City
• Tenali (Andhra Pradesh) - Andhra Paris
• Guntur (Andhra Pradesh) - City of Chillies, City of Spices
• Patiala- Royal City
• Palanpur (Gujarat) -City of Diamonds, Flower City
• Mysore - The Cultural Capital of Karnataka, Sandal Wood City
• Bhimavaram (Andhra Pradesh) - Second Bardoli of India
• Rishikesh- City of Sages, Yoga City
• Nainital- City of Lakes
• Kochi or Cochin - Queen of Arabian Sea, Garden of Spices
• Kolkata - City of Castles, City of Buildings
• Kollam(Kerala)- Cashew Capital of the World, Prince of Arabian Sea
• Rajahmundry (Andhra Pradesh) - Cultural City
• Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh) - Fertilizer City, Pensioner’s Paradise, Second Madras
• Ranchi - The City of Waterfalls, The City of Rock Gardens
• Visakhapatnam - The Jewel of the East Coast
• Indore - The Cleanest City in India,
• Nashik - The Wine Capital of India, Grape City, The Kumbh Mela City
• Vadodara - The Cultural Capital of Gujarat, Sanskrutik Nagari ( 'Cultural City), Kala Nagari ( transl. 'City of Art')
• Bhopal - The City of Lakes
• Nagpur - The Orange City
• Thiruvananthapuram - The Evergreen City of India ( Referred by Mahatma Gandhi),Venice of the East, Earlier Trivandrum
• Dehradun - The City of Schools
• Kochi or Cochin - The Queen of the Arabian Sea,Garden of Spices, The Financial Capital of Kerala
• Jodhpur - The Blue City, Sun City
• Udaipur - The City of Lakes, Venice of the East, The City of Sunrise, Lake City, White City, Jewel of Mewar
• Shillong - The Scotland of the East
• Gangtok - The Gateway to Sikkim
• Amritsar - The City of the Golden Temple
• Ajmer - The City of Khwaja, The City of Dargahs
• Puducherry - The French Capital of India
• Agartala - The City of Seven Sisters
• Guwahati - The Gateway to Northeast India, The City of Eastern Light, City of Eastern Astrology, City of Temples
• Faridabad - The Industrial City of Haryana
• Jaisalmer - The Golden City
• New Delhi- City of Rallies
• Noida- IT Capital of NCR
• Mangalore - The Gateway of
• Karnataka, The City of Coastal Beauty
• Kota - The Education City, The Coaching Capital of India, The Education Hub
• Chandigarh - The City Beautiful
• Vijayawada - The Business Capital of Andhra Pradesh, Place of Victory, Land of Victory
• Tirupati - The Temple Town, The City of Rich Temples
• Moradabad - The Brass City, The City of Brass
• Dharamshala - The Little Lhasa, The Land of Dalai Lama
• Itanagar(Arunachal Pradesh)- Land of Rising Sun
• Dispur - City of Temples
• Haridwar - The Gateway to the Gods, The City of Holy Ganges
• Bhuj - The City of Kutch
• Kolhapur(Maharashtra)- City of Wrestlers
• Ichalkaranji(Maharashtra)- Manchester of Maharashtra
• Coorg (Karnataka) - Scotland of India
• Auroville (Pondicherry) - City of Dawn
• Kanpur - The Leather City of the World
• Tezpur(Assam)- City of Blood
• Yercaud (Tamil Nadu)- Poor Man’s Ooty
• Rourkela - The Steel City of Odisha, Ispat Nagar
• Bilaspur - The Land of Rice, The Land of the Mahabharata
• Tirunelveli - The City of Temples
• Latur - The City of Education
• Jodhpur - The Sun City
• Asansol (West Bengal)- Land of Black Diamonds
• Darjeeling- The Queen of the Hills
• Durgapur(West Bengal)- Ruhr of India
• Malda(West Bengal)- Mango City
• Vaniyambadi(Tamil Nadu)- Leather City of South India
• Firozabad - The City of Glass
• Bardhaman - The Rice Bowl of Bengal, The City of Agriculture
• Sangli - The Turmeric City, The Sugar City,
• Mangaluru - The Gateway of Karnataka
• Allahabad or Prayag - Abode of the God, Sangam City
• Jamshedpur (Jharkhand) - Steel City,Pittsburg of India
  City of Prime Ministers
• Kottayam - The Land of Letters, The Land of Letters and Lakes, The Land of Rubber
• Vellore - The Fort City
• Navi Mumbai - The Planned City
• Aligarh - The City of Locks
• Satna - The City of Cement
• Bhuvaneshwar Odisha Temple City
• Cuttack (Odisha)- Silver City
• Akola - Cotton City of India
  Yavatmal(Maharashtra)- Cotton City
• Salem(Tamil Nadu)- Mango City
• Namakkal(Tamil Nadu)- Egg City
• Thane (Maharashtra)- City of Lakes
• Bhagalpur (Bihar) - Silk City
• Muzaffarpur (Bihar) - The Land of Litchi, Sweet City
• Bardoli (Gujarat) - Butter City
• Srinagar - City of Rivers
• Panipat- City of Weavers, Eco-City
• Dhanbad (Jharkhand)- Coal Capital of India
• Bhavnagar - The City of Science, The City of the Sea
• Kozhikode - The City of Spices
• Madurai - The City of Temples, City of Festivals, Sleepless City
• Tiruchirappali or Trichy(Tamil Nadu)- Rock Fort City, Energy Equipment & Fabrication Capital of India
• Rudraprayag - The Confluence of Rivers, The Confluence City
• Siliguri - The Gateway to North-East India, City of Hospitality
• Puri - The City of Temples, Abode of Lord Jagannath
• Kumarakom - The Backwater Paradise
• Alappuzha - Venice of the East
• Mundi (Madhya Pradesh) - Power Hub City
• Bikaner - The Camel City, The Royal City, The Camel Festival City
• Hampi - The City of Ruins
• Kanyakumari - The Land’s End, The Cape Comorin
• Dibrugarh - Tea City of India
• Sawai Madhopur - The Tiger City
• Rajkot - The City of Mahatma Gandhi's Childhood, The City of Turtles
• Tirupur - The Knitwear Capital of India
• Jabalpur - The City of Marble Rocks