1. Delhi, India/Delhi, United States
There also happens to be one in Ontario, Canada and is spelled as Del-high, but the capital city of India and the town in the United States share the same name and pronunciation.
Baroda
in India holds the legacy of mouthwatering Navratra snacks. Michael
Houser was the man who built the 1.7 square kilometre village in the
United States, wanted to name it Pomona, but realising that it's been
taken, changed the name to Baroda-suggested by C.H. Pindar. It was
Pindar's birthplace in India.
There also happens to be one in Ontario, Canada and is spelled as Del-high, but the capital city of India and the town in the United States share the same name and pronunciation.
Kochi
in India is the capital of Ernakulam. It has a namesake in Japan that's
quite a tourist attraction. What these two cities hold on a common
ground, other than their names, is their love for seafood.
The
Patna in Scotland was a name inspired by the capital city of Bihar.
William Fullarton, the guy who established the village in Scotland, was
born to a father who served the East India Company. Some love he'd have
had for Patna!
Calcutta
was established as a coal town in the year 1870 and has not many
inhabitants still. Whereas the Calcutta (now Kolkata) in India is a city
that merges everything unique and beautiful.
Lucknow
or Castle in the Clouds, United States is a sixteen-room and 5,500-acre
mountain estate mansion whose Indian namesake holds the glorious past
of being home to actual royalty.
The ancient city of Salem in India finds mentions in 1st and 2nd-century inscriptions, whereas the one in the U.S. is Hebrew for the word 'peace'.
Dhaka,
then part of East Pakistan and now the capital of Bangladesh has a rich
history and often features as a painful reminder of the partition in
various written works. The place with the same name in Bihar holds the
importance of being a Vidhan Sabha constituency.
Bali
is a small town of Pali district in Rajasthan. Bali, Indonesia needs no
introduction. It's a tourist destination for all those who love to
lounge by the sea.
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