1. McLeodganj, Sir David McLeod, the Lieutenant Governor of Punjab. It was McLeod who suggested that Lord Dalhousie be honoured with the Dalhousie town in his name
2. Gwalior. Suraj Sen founded Gwalior and named it after the hermit saint Gwalipa
3. Kalan means big and Khurd means small. Historically, this happened when towns or villages were either divided for administrative purpose or as population outgrew, a new set of people moved to an adjacent area and formed newer settlement
4. Nanded after Nandi Tat (banks) of the river Godavari. Nandi, the bull is the mount or vehicle of Lord Shiva,
5. Jabalpur. According to the first theory, the trading community in Jabalpur had links with the Middle East and the name came from Jabal meaning hills. As per the second one, the name has been taken from the saint Jabali,
6. Palampur.,
7. Hyderabad.
8. Dehradun.,
9. Halflong
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