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17 Story time 18 Now known as

Read the clues and name the stories. I. Some Indian cities and states are now known by a new name.

Here are their old names. Use the clue box to write their
1. A young boy who is made to paint the fence new names.
by Aunt Polly because he skips his school.
1. Bombay is now called .

2. Madras is now called .

2. A wooden puppet whose nose grows longer 3. Calcutta is now called .

with every lie.
4. Banaras is now called .

5. Bangalore is now called .
3. He falls in love with Princess Jasmine and finds
a magic lamp that turns him into a prince. 6. Mysore is now called .

7. Cochin is now called .

4. Story of a horse by Anna Sewell that teaches 8. Orissa is now called .
us to treat people with kindness and respect.

Kolkata Mysuru Bengaluru Mumbai
Odisha Chennai Kochi Varanasi

5. A little wooden puppet who loves driving his
friends around Toy town.
II. Here are the names of some newly formed states of India.
Unscramble the words to name them.
Info-bites
6. When he played his pipe all the rats 1. N G N A L E A A T: The state of

followed him. Uttarakhand was
2. R A G H S I T H A H C T: earlier a part of

Uttar Pradesh.
3. N A H D K A R H J: When formed in

2000, it was known
Aladdin Pinocchio Black Beauty 4. H A N D T A T A R U K: as Uttaranchal.

Pied Piper of Hamelin Noddy The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Which of the above state is most recently formed in
2014? Earlier it was a part of which state?
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