Maharashtra’s Aurangabad Renamed To Sambhajinagar, Long-time Sena Demand
Mumbai:
Even as the Maharashtra government hangs on precariously amid a mutiny, the state cabinet led by Uddhav Thackeray today approved renaming of Aurangabad to Sambhajinagar, apparently to be seen as true heirs of the Maratha legacy. Sambhaji was the eldest son of Chhatrapati Shivaji, the Maratha king after whom the party is named.
Aurangabad got its name in the 17th century when Mughal emperor Aurangzeb was the region’s governor. Renaming it after Sambhaji, whose execution was ordered by Aurangzeb, has for long been the party’s demand. And the timing now is crucial, when the rebels led by Eknath Shinde are challenging Team Thackeray on the plank of Hindutva ideology.
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The cabinet also decided to name a new airport in Navi Mumbai after DB Patil, a leader of the people displaced to build the satellite town; and to rename the city of Osmanabad to Dharashiv.
