Yes very different but my point being, the names were changed and over time people do refer to these cities by their "new" names.
Also, in India the colonial reference was the official excuse. In my view, it was purely a show of political power.
Also, in India the colonial reference was the official excuse. In my view, it was purely a show of political power.
Failing that, local culture would refer to those cities by those reticent names somewhere. Local newspapers, pamphlets, propaganda material. No evidence of that.
0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaming_of_cities_in_India