Aurangabad name change

By Ritvick Arun Bhalekar: Aurangabad and Osmanabad have been renamed Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar and Dharashiv, respectively. The Ministry of Home Affairs on Friday approved the proposal and said the central government had "no objection" to the change in names of the two cities in Maharashtra. Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister welcomed the decision and said that the state government under the leadership of CM Eknath Shinde "delivered". ALSO READ | Taking to Twitter, he attached the letter of approval from the home ministry and wrote, "'Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar' of Aurangabad, 'Dharashiv' of Osmanabad! The central government approves the decision of the state government! Hon. Prime Minister Narendra Modiji and Union Minister Hon. Many thanks to Amitbhai Shah! The government under the leadership of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde ji has "delivered'...!" âžá️àä”àä°àä‚àä—àä¾àä¬àä¾àäæàäšà凑àä›àääàåàä°àäªàääàå€àä¸àä‚àä­àä¾àäœàå€àäèàä—àä°’, âžá️àä‰àä¸àåàä®àä¾àäèàä¾àä¬àä¾àäæàäšà凑àäçàä¾àä°àä¾àä¶àä¿àäµ’ ! àä°àä¾àäœàåàäïàä¸àä°àä•àä¾àä°àäšàåàäïàä¾àäèàä¿àä°àåàäãàäïàä¾àä²àä¾àä•àå‡àä‚àäæàåàä°àä¸àä°àä•àä¾àä°àäšàå€àä®àä‚àäœàåàä°àå€ ! àä®àä¾. àäªàä‚àääàäªàåàä°àäçàä¾àäèàäèàä°àå‡àä‚àäæàåàä°àä®àå‹àäæàå€àäœàå€àäÆàäãàä¿àä•àå‡àä‚àäæàåàä°àå€àäïàä®àä‚àääàåàä°àå€àä®àä¾. àä…àä®àä¿àääàä­àä¾àäˆàä¶àä¾àä¹àäïàä¾àä‚àäšàå‡àä•àå‹àäŸàå€-àä•àå‹àäŸàå€àäÆàä­àä¾àä°! àä®àåàä–àåàäïàä®àä‚àääàåàä°àå€ The demand for changing the name of Aurangabad and Osmanabad was first made by the late Shiv Sena su...

Maharashtra News: Amid the ongoing Maharashtra Political crisis which led to the resignation of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, the Maharashtra Cabinet on June 29, 2022, approved a name change for the two districts including Aurangabad and Osmanabad. The Western District Aurangabad’s name has now been changed to Sambhaji Nagar while Osmanabad has been renamed to Dharashiv. The Navi Mumbai’s airport’s name will also be changed to DB Patil International Airport. The decision of the name change Maharashtra districts was taken at a time when Uddhav Thackeray’s government was still in power in the state. The renaming was announced as the government was trying to merge its roots and stand a strong ground in to carry forward the Government in Maharashtra. Maharashtra cabinet approves name change for Aurangabad Read Maharashtra name change news: What are the new names of Aurangabad and Osmanabad districts? The outgoing Maharashtra government renamed Osmanabad Dharashiv and Aurangabad’s name has been changed to Sambhaji Nagar. Maharashtra Name Change News: Why the cities have been renamed? The renaming of Aurangabad and Osmanabad districts in Maharashtra was an effort by the Shiv Sena to burnish its Hindutva credentials ahead of the collapse of the 31-month-old Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) Government. The BJP party in Opposition has repeatedly mocked the Sena for not sticking to its promise to rename Aurangabad in particular, under the pressure from its secular allies NCP and Congress....

Maharashtra State Cabinet on Wednesday cleared the decisions to rename Aurangabad and Osmanabad districts to Sambhajinagar and Dharashiv respectively and also passed the proposal to extend name of farmer leader late D.B. Patil to under construction Navi Mumbai international airport. Decisions to rename Aurangabad and Osmanabad were pending for many years and the Shiv Sena has been demanding the same for years. Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had mocked the Sena in the past questioning when the decision for the same will be taken. While the confidence motion on the State government is still pending, Mr. Thackeray in the meeting thanked the administration. “I am extremely thankful for your cooperation in last two and half years. I apologise if any of you is hurt,” he said in the meeting. Mr. Thackeray also thanked his allies – the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) – saying they both cooperated with him. “But my own partymen betrayed,” he said. The decisions also come on the backdrop of rebellion against CM Thackeray by his party’s second in command Eknath Shinde with the support of 39 MLAs. Mr. Shinde has claimed that he wants the Sena to snap ties with the Congress and the NCP for the sake of Hindutva. The Congress too moved proposals of renaming. It demanded renaming of Pune City to Jijaunagar and Sewri-Nhava Sheva trans harbour link to former CM late A.R. Antulay. Congress Minister Sunil Kedar who moved the proposal said that the demand was importa...

• • • • Aurangabad and Osmanabad finally renamed as Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar and Dharashiv Aurangabad and Osmanabad finally renamed as Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar and Dharashiv In March 2020, the MVA government cleared a proposal to rename Aurangabad airport as Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj Airport. Maharashtra’s Aurangabad and Osmanabad cities have been renamed as Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagarand Dharashiv respectively, the Ministry of Home Affairs said Friday, adding that it had approved the proposal as it had no objection to renaming the cities. Earlier in February, additional solicitor-general Anil Singh informed the Bombay High Court that the central government had no objection to renaming Osmanabad. However, there was no decision yet on renaming Aurangabad, he submitted. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Sanjay V Gangapurwala and Justice Sandeep V Marne was then hearing pleas challenging a decision to rename the two cities. Later, Chief Minister Shinde government approved the proposal to rename Aurangabad and Osmanabadas Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and Dharashiv. Parties such as the In the late 1980s, Aurangabad became one of the major cities outside the On May 8, 1988, the late Shiv Sena supremo Balasaheb Thackeray announced the renaming of the city as Sambhaji Nagar after Sambhaji, Shivaji’s son who was killed by Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. In 1995, the corporation passed a resolution to do so, and the Shiv-Sena led government issued a notification seeking suggestions on an...

Aurangabad, May 17 (IANS) As the matter pertaining to the renaming of Aurangabad to 'Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar' sub-judice in the the Bombay High Court, the district authorities have advised all concerned departments to maintain a status quo, official sources said here on Wednesday. After the Centre's approval in February, certain government departments and outsiders have switched over to the new name in their routine communication and other regular official dealings. However, college officials have now advised all such departments to strictly adhere to the high court directives and refrain from using the new name till the court's final decision. "The government's stand, as informed to the court, is maintain status quo till the court's verdict and the further orders," an official from Aurangabad Collectorate told IANS. After the state government's proposal got the Central approval, several individuals and organisations, besides political parties including the AIMIM and others have given a legal challenge to the name change from Aurangabad to 'Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar' and the cases are now subjudice. The name change was first proposed by the then Maha Vikas Aghadi Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray in June 2022. After Eknath Shinde became the Chief Minister, the proposal was sent again to the Centre which cleared it in February this year, along with the rechristening of Osmanabad town as 'Dharashiv'. Soon after the Central government's assent, some government departments and...

Highlights • Aurangabad and Osmanabad will now be renamed Sambhaji Nagar and Dharashiv, respectively. • Navi Mumbai Airport's name will be changed to DB Patil International Airport. • Congress demanded Pune city be named as Jijau Nagar. Maharashtra cities name change: The Maharashtra state cabinet on Wednesday approved the renaming of two cities Aurangabad and Osmanabad. The former will be renamed Sambhaji Nagar and the latter will be renamed Dharashiv. Also, Navi Mumbai Airport's name will be changed to DB Patil International Airport. The decision was taken in the Maharashtra cabinet meeting today. The Congress, which is a junior partner in the MVA government, demanded in the cabinet meeting that Pune city be named as Jijau Nagar, after Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's mother, and Mumbai Trans Harbour link between Sewree and Nhava Sheva in Navi Mumbai be named for former chief minister late A R Antulay. The decision on the emotive issue of renaming the historical central Maharashtra city of Aurangabad came even as the Shiv Sena, which heads the ruling MVA coalition, is facing a rebellion by the majority of its MLAs. The cabinet meeting was headed by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. After the Shiv Sena broke off its alliance with the BJP and joined hands with the Congress and NCP to form the MVA government, the BJP had often reminded the Sena of its own old demand to rename Aurangabad, which derived its name from Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.