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Bangalore returns to Bengalooru

Candace Lombardi
In a software-driven world, it's easy to forget about the nuts and bolts. Whether it's cars, robots, personal gadgetry or industrial machines, Candace Lombardi examines the moving parts that keep our world rotating. A journalist who divides her time between the United States and the United Kingdom, Lombardi has written about technology for the sites of The New York Times, CNET, USA Today, MSN, ZDNet, Silicon.com, and GameSpot. She is a member of the CNET Blog Network and is not a current employee of CNET.
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India plans to change the name of tech city Bangalore to Bengalooru, Reuters reported.

Bengalooru was the city's original name before British colonists gave it the anglicized name of Bangalore.

Bangalore is the capital of Karnataka, an Indian state, and host to over 1,500 tech companies in India including Dell, Google, IBM, Intel, and Oracle.

The tech capital is not the only city in Karnataka up for renaming. Seven other cities in the state with anglicized names were also nominated for a change back to their original Kannada language names.

The nominations were announced in conjunction with the state's 50th anniversary.

The official English spellings have not yet been finalized, according to the Times of India. The new Karnataka capital, for example, may be spelled Bengalooru or Bengalaru. The state vote for the changes and spellings will take place on November 1. They will then be sent to Delhi for final approval.

If approved, the changes will include the following: Mysore will change to Mysooru, Mangalore to Mangalooru, Hubli to Hubballi, Shimoga to Shivamogga, Belgaum to Belagaavi, and Hospet to Hosapete, according to the Times of India.