How States Got Their Name
- Andhra Pradesh
- The Andhra Pradesh translates to southern province.
- Arunachal Pradesh
- The Sanskrit name translates to dawn lit mountain.
- Assam
- Assam is named after the ahoms , who ruled over Assam.
- Bihar
- Vihara means abode in pali. Bihar was earlier the abode of Buddhist monks.
- Chattisgarh
- Chattisgarh has 36 forts in total,chattis translates to 36.
- Gujarat
- Gujarat is named after the gurjars,who ruled the area in the area in the 8th century.
- Goa
- The origin of the name Goa is centered around the Sanskrit word go means cow.
- Himachal Pradesh
- Himachal Pradesh means the home of snowy mountains.
- Haryana
- This name could be broken down into hari means greenary and aranya means forest.
- Jammu & Kashmir
- Jammu is possibly named after the king jambu lochan, Kashmir means land desiccated from water.
- Jharkhand
- Jharkhand divided in to two parts jhari + khand.Jhari means dense forest and khand means land.
- Karnataka
- Karnad means loftty land , refering to the Deccan plateau.
- Kerala
- lord parasurama reclaimed the land from the sea,hence the word cherna-alam(added land), which is later become Kerala.
- Mizoram
- The word Mizoram has been derived from the words mi means the people and zo that means highlander.
- Meghalaya
- Translated from Sanskrit, Meghalaya means abode of clouds.
- Madhya Pradesh
- Madhya Pradesh Located in the center of India, Madhya Pradesh transaltes to central province.
- Manipur
- The Sanskrit word Manipur,translates to jewel city.
- Maharashtra
- Maha mean great and rashtrika means ratta the tribe/dynasty of pretty chiefs that ruled the deccan region.
- Nagaland
- Naga originated formatted burmese word naka means people with earring or pierced nose.
- Odisha
- Odra-desh named after the odra people who inhabited the central part of the region.
- Punjab
- Punjab translates to the land of five river in indo-iranian.
- Rajasthan
- Rajasthan means abode of rajas during the British era it was known as rajputana , land of rajputs.
- Sikkim
- The name Sikkim is of limbu origin, where su means new and khyim translates to place.
- Telangana
- Derived from the word TRILINGA which translates to the country of the three shiva lingas.
- Tripura
- Derived from two kokborok words ‘tui’ menas water and ‘pra’ means near.
- Tamil Nadu
- Tamil nadu means homeland of tamil people.
- Uttarakhand
- Uttar means north and khand means land.
- Uttar pradesh
- Uttar pradesh means northern province.
- West Bengal
- The word bengal is derived from bonga means god of the santhals and aal is a device used in agriculture.