Name evolution of Kanpur since 1770

A much as the history of Kanpur is interesting, the journey of the evolution of its name is also attentiongrabbing. Your city has been renamed several times before being finally settled on Kanpur. Here we aresharing with you the name evolution of Kanpur step by step.

1.  Cawnpoor (1770)

2.  Caunpour (1776)

3.  Caunpore (1785)

4.  Cawnpour (1788)

5.  Cawnpore (1788)

6.  Kawnpore (1790)

7. Cawnpor (1795)

8. Cawnpour (1798)

9. Kaunpoor (1798)

10. Khanpore

11. Khanpura

12. Khanpore

13. Caunpoor (1815)

14. Khanpoor (1825)

15. Kanhpur (1857)

16. Cawnpour (1857)

17. Caawnpore (1879)

18. Cawnpor

19. Cownpour

20. Cawnpore

21. Kanpur (1948)