New Delhi: Maharashtra authorities on Wednesday accepted the proposal to rename Ahmednagar as Ahilya Nagar. The district will now be often known as Punyashlok Ahilya Devi Nagar, after the Holkar-queen of the Maratha-Malwa kingdom.
Earlier, the Maharashtra authorities had renamed Aurangabad to ‘Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar’ and Osmanabad to ‘Dharashiv’.
The town of Aurangabad owes its identify to the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, whereas Osmanabad bears the identify of a ruler from the twentieth century who ruled the princely state of Hyderabad.
Equally, Ahmednagar finds its origins in Ahmad Nizam Shah I, the founding father of the city in 1949. Ahmad Nizam Shah I used to be the founding father of the Nizam Shahi dynasty and the Ahmadnagar Sultanate.
In a major transfer final 12 months, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde declared the intention to rename Ahmednagar after Ahilyabai Holkar. This announcement was made on the start anniversary of the Malwa queen, because the Chief Minister visited the place of her start.
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It’s to be famous that Ahilyabai Holkar, born right into a Marathi household within the village of Chaindi in 1725, ascended to turn out to be the Queen of the Malwa kingdom. Following her marriage in 1733 to Khanderao Holkar, inheritor of the Holkar dynasty in Indore, she took over the reins of the Holkar empire in 1754 after Khanderao’s demise in battle. Ahilyabai handed away on August 13, 1795.
Notably, the decision to rename Ahmednagar in honour of Ahilyabai Holkar had been circulating for fairly a very long time. Earlier, BJP MLC Gopichand Padalkar formally had additionally urged Shinde and Fadnavis, subsequent to their appointments as Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister, respectively.
Ahmednagar district, recognised for its emphasis on “rural improvement and co-operation” and its popularity because the “land of seers”, is positioned in western Maharashtra. It holds the excellence of being the most important district in Maharashtra by way of geographical expanse.