toponymic query

[John McChesney-Young]

Marc Sacks asked:

>In connection with exonyms, does any of you know why "Mumbai" is replacing
>Bombay in various places? Is this political correctness, or has the city
>officially changed its name?

The name was changed in Maharashtra in 1995 and at the national level
in 1997. See:

http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/3193/papers/india.html

http://theory.tifr.res.in/bombay/

John
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