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Gazette Name Change: Guides and State Pages
Everything on NameChangeDesk about changing your name through the Gazette, in one place: how the process works, the guides for each stage, and pages for individual states.
Page last updated: 7 October 2026
How a Gazette name change works
A Gazette name change is the publication of your change of name in an official government Gazette. For an adult using the Central Government route, the notice is published in the Gazette of India, Part IV, by the Department of Publication.
The usual sequence is a signed undertaking, a notice in a daily local leading newspaper, the prescribed Gazette application, the government fee, submission to the Department, and then publication.
Read the full step-by-step Gazette name change process.
Gazette guides
Each guide covers one part of the process:
- Gazette name change process: every step, in order
- Documents required: the official checklist
- Fees and timeline: what it costs and how long it takes
- What is a Gazette notification?
- Central Gazette vs State Gazette: which one you need
- Is a Gazette notification mandatory?
- Application rejected? Reasons and how to fix them
- Newspaper advertisement for name change: formats and examples
- How to change your name legally in India: the full journey
Gazette name change by state
State pages explain what is specific to applicants in that location.
- Gazette name change in Delhi
- Gazette name change in Maharashtra
- Gazette name change in Mumbai
- Gazette name change in Gujarat
- Gazette name change in Surat
- Gazette name change in Uttar Pradesh
- Gazette name change in Telangana
- Gazette name change in Bhadradri Kothagudem
- Gazette name change in Jagtial
- Gazette name change in Gurgaon
- Gazette name change in Tamil Nadu
- Gazette name change in Madurai
- Gazette name change in Coimbatore
- Gazette name change in West Bengal
- Gazette name change in Kolkata
- Gazette name change in Jharkhand
- Gazette name change in Assam
- Gazette name change in Karnataka
- Gazette name change in Bengaluru
- Gazette name change in Odisha
- Gazette name change in Bhopal
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