Legal process of name change in India?

To change the name in India, you have to change your name through gazette notification. Because this is a legal way to change the name in India. To change the name through gazette notification, you have to follow some legal rules and complete some steps. Once your name is changed through gazette notification, your new name will be valid everywhere. From government offices to other institutions, it will be valid everywhere, no one can deny it.
 

Main steps to change the name through gazette:

Step 1 - You have to make an affidavit in which you have to state the reason for your name change. And you also have to state that you are changing from the old name to the new name.

Step 2 - Publish an advertisement in your local newspaper in which you publicly announce your name change.

Step 3 - Then you have to publish a notification in the Gazette of India. This gazette notification for name change is a government publication. Which will be the legal proof of your name change, by showing which you can remove your old name and register your new name anywhere. After which your new name will be accepted everywhere.

Documents required for name change in gazette notification:

1 - Aadhar card or any other government identity proof

2 - Publication of name change in newspaper

3 - Affidavit of name change

4 - Application form

5 - Full address

6 - 2 passport size photos

7 - Witness form

8- CD certificate