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Current name------------------------------Old Name

Al Madīnah al Munawwarah----------------Yathrib

Ethiopia-----------------------------------Abyssinia

Ankara------------------------------------Angora,Turkey

Czech Republic and Slovakia--------------Bohemia, Moravia, Chechoslovakia

Sri Lanka----------------------------------Ceylon

Istanbul, Turkey---------------------------Constantinople, Turkey

Beijing, China------------------------------Peking, China

Iran----------------------------------------Persia

Iraq---------------------------------------Mesopotamia

Zimbabwe---------------------------------Southern Rhodesia

Zambia------------------------------------Northern Rhodesia

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam-----------------Saigon, South Vietnam

St. Petersburg, Russia---------------------Petrograd and Leningrad, Russia

Thailand-----------------------------------Siam

Tanzania----------------------------------Tanganyika and Zanzibar, German East Africa

Democratic Republic of Congo-------------Zaire

Namibia-----------------------------------South-West Africa

Moldova-----------------------------------Moldavia

Burkina Faso-------------------------------Upper Volta

Libya--------------------------------------Tripolitania and Cyrenaica

Algeria-------------------------------------Numidia

Mali----------------------------------------Sudanese Republic

France-------------------------------------Gaul

Central African Republic, Chad--------------French Equatorial Africa

Rwanda and Burundi------------------------German East Africa

China (north)-------------------------------Cathay

China (south)-------------------------------Mangi

Vietnam------------------------------------Cochin-China (south), Annam (central), Tonkin (north)

Myanmar-----------------------------------Burma

Tokyo, Japan-------------------------------Edo

Korea (North and South)--------------------Choson

Cambodia-----------------------------------Kampuchea

Taiwan--------------------------------------Formosa

Mumbai-------------------------------------Bombay

Chennai-------------------------------------Madras

Kolkata--------------------------------------Calcutta

Pune----------------------------------------Poona

Faisalabad----------------------------------Lyallpur

Bannu(N.W.F.P)-----------------------------Edwardesabad,Dhulipnagar

Hyderabad(Sindh)---------------------------Neroon Kot
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