To obtain a gazette certificate for name change in India, you must first get an affidavit prepared by a notary, publish an advertisement in newspapers, and then submit these along with ID proof, photographs, and a request letter to the Department of Publication for an official notification in the Central Gazette.

To apply for a gazette name change online in India, you generally prepare a notarized affidavit, publish ads in English and local newspapers, then submit these documents along with ID/address proofs and a fee via the eGazette portal or through professional service providers, culminating in the official publication in the Central Gazette.

The legal process for changing your name in India requires three main steps: first, preparing a notarized affidavit stating your old and new names; second, publishing an advertisement announcing the name change in a local newspaper; and finally, submitting an application, along with required above documents, to the Gazette Office in Delhi for an official Gazette Notification. Once published in the Gazette, this notification becomes the mandatory and legally valid proof, accepted everywhere.