Talk:Kutch District

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"Kutch" is old spelling now officially adapted spelling is "Kachchh", "Kachh" is incorrect. Further recently a new Taluka "Gandhidham" has been created, which was previously part of Anjar Taluka. Link of Kanldla Port leads Port of Khambhat (Combay) which is incorrect page.

[edit] Periodicals and Magazine Related to Kutch

I Request the reader of this talk to add below the Name and Addresses of Periodicals and Magazine which are related to Kutch. vkvora 12:58, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

1. http://asanjokutch.com
2. http://kutchmitradaily.com

[edit] True spelling of Kutch/ Kachchh

True and official spelling of Kachchh is Kachchh. This spelling is also correct to its pronunciation. Spelling Kutch was in use during british rule. User Captainktainer has changed my editings for correct spelling mentioning that it is giving problem with established style. I would like to know what is the established style? When, where and how this style is established? and why it is giving problem for using correct spelling of Kachchh. I insist to use of spelling Kachchh. pruthvi 18:54, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Check the spellings in all of the article sources. All but one source has the name of the district as Kutch. As such, Kutch is the appropriate terminology to use. Captainktainer * Talk 05:14, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

They are external links not the source. The web-site are from private organisation and bear little relevance to article. Postal Department is most concerned with spelling of place. First web-site mentioned below is official web-site of postal department of India. I have also mentioned other government agency and reliable sources showing spelling of Kachchh.

1. Official document from Postal Department of India (See page 214 third line from below)
2. United Nations' official website (See sr. no. 9 in first table)
3. article in Nature (title of article in a peer reviewed science journal)
4. Official portal of Government of India(Check first paragraph).

pruthvi 06:15, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Spelling for the Kachchh in map in article is wrong. I am also removing wrong spelling of Kachchh based on the discussion above pruthvi 17:02, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Dear Pruthvi, why dont we just look at the official government website for the district and that should settle it:

http://collectorkutch.gujarat.gov.in [1] —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ashishgala (talk • contribs) 04:03, 23 February 2007 (UTC).Ashishgala 04:10, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

How collectorate of Kachchh web-site is more official than other official web-sites such as postal department of India. As far as spelling is concerned it is mentioned earlier that Kutch is traditionally used spelling and Kachchh is modern spelling. No doubt there may be still many people using old spelling. But the fact that Kachchh spelling exists in official documents, testifies the fact that people want to use phonetically correct spelling for their place as it was the case with Kolkata and Mumbai. As far as Wikipedia is concerned, personally I like spelling Kachchh should be used nevertheless I have no problem if somebody wants to contribute using Kutch. However if only contribution is to change the spelling in article is objectionable because it implies that other usage is wrong, which is not the case. pruthvi 13:02, 23 February 2007 (UTC)