Orissa going to change name(Odisha)

Orissa will soon be known as ‘Odisha’ and Oriya, the language, will from now be referred to as Odia.

The Orissa assembly had moved a resolution in August to change the state's name to Odisha and its official language from Oriya to Odia, saying the names had been used wrongly. Chief minister Naveen Patnaik moved the resolution in the House which was approved by a voice vote.

Officials said the state was keen to change its name owing to disparities in pronunciation due to the wrong spelling of the state's name. It is written as Udisa in Hindi and Orissa in English. 

The state was spelt “Orissa” in the Indian Constitution adopted in 1950. In Schedule I in Devanagari, the name of the state and its language is mentioned as Udisa and Udia, respectively

Major cities that have been renamed after Independence include 

1. Kanpur (formerly Cawnpore), 
   
2. Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), 
   
3. Mumbai (Bombay), 
   
4. Chennai (Madras), 
   
5. Kolkata (Calcutta), 
   
6. Pune (Poona) and 
   
7. Kochi (Cochin).