BEIJING: the capital of China formely known as Peking.

Paris: the capital of France's former name was Lutetia ( a tribe of Celtic people called Parisic founded the city and gave it the name Lutetia around the middle of the 3rd century BC.

Seoul: When it was the capital of the entire Korea under Japenese rule during 1910-45, it was known as Keijo.

Vienna: the capital of Austria was called Vindobona.

Yangons, the capital of Burma now Myanmar was Yangon.

Tokyo: once for a shortwhile when it became the capital of Japan in 1868, it was Edo, renamed Tokyo the same year.

Chennai: India's fifth largest city- Madras.

Faisalabad: one of the Pakistans industrial cities, was formerly known as Lyalpur.

Ankaras: the capital of Turkey was called Angora.

Dushanbe: the capital of Tajikistan had another name from 1929-61 called Stalinabad.

MOST OF THE THINGS WORTH DOING IN THE WORLD HAD BEEN DECLARED IMPOSSIBLE BEFORE THEY WERE DONE.