Old and new names of Countries and Cities

COUNTRY/CITY          OLD NAME

Sri Lanka..................Ceylon

Bombay.....................Mumbai 

Abyssinia..................Ethiopia

Ankarya....................Angora

Oslo .......................... Christiania

Kolkuta......................Culkata

Indonesia .................Dutch east

Suriname.................Dutch Guinea

Bangladesh............. East Pakistan

Myanmar.................Burma

Iraq............................Mesopotamia

Taiwan......................Farmosa

Netherlands.............Holland

Bishkek......................Frunze

Sahiwal.....................Montgomery

Karnataka................Mysore

Burkina faso............Upper Volta

Bin Qasim ................Pipri

Iran............................Persia

Beijing.......................Peking

 Zimbabwe ..............Rhodesia

Libya .........................Tripoli 

Harare.......................Salisbary