Cities by Colonial Name

Name these cities whose official names have changed since their countries have become independent
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Colonial Name
Current Name
Bombay
Mumbai
Calcutta
Kolkata
Rangoon
Yangon
Batavia
Jakarta
Pietersburg
Polokwane
Leopoldville
Kinshasa
Madras
Chennai
Salisbury
Harare
Colonial Name
Current Name
Tananarive
Antananarivo
Bathurst
Banjul
Santa Isabel
Malabo
Brunei Town
Bandar Seri Begawan
Fort Lamy
N'Djamena
Elisabethville
Lubumbashi
Jesselton
Kota Kinabalu
Lourenço Marques
Maputo
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Apr 27, 2020
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Apr 27, 2020
Umm, you need to check your type-ins. You can just write the old name for a lot of these.