In yet another pursuit of name change of the cities, the Ahmednagar district in Maharashtra will now be known as Ahilyanagar, announced state Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday.

The district has been renamed after the 18^th century ruler of then Indore state Ahilyadevi Holkar.

CM Shinde while speaking at an event to mark the 298^th birth anniversary of Ahilyadevi or famously known as Ahilyabai at Choundi in Ahmednagar district, the birthplace of the erstwhile ruler, announced the decision.

Ahilya Bai was born to Mankoji Shinde and Sushila Shinde, a Marathi Hindu family.  

Shinde while addressing the gathering said his government works on the ideals of governance that was directed by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Ahilyadevi Holkar. Hence, as per the wish of all the people, the decision of renaming the district has been taken.

Deputy Chief Minister Fadnavis praising Ahilyadevi said, without her the Kashi Vishwanath temple and other temples of Lord Shiva would not have existed. Fadnavis further termed  the current BJP and Shinde headed Shiv Sena goverment to a Hindutva government.

It is said that at around 1780 CE, the Kashi Vishwanath temple was built by Ahilyadevi Holkar.

Fadnavis also put stress on the earlier decision of their government renaming Aurangabad and Osmanabad in the state.

Earlier, Auranagabad was renamed as Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and Osmanabad as Dharashiv by the Shinde-Fadnavis government.

Ahmednagar is a district formed in 1822, situated 120 km northeast of Pune in Maharashtra and is said to have named after the 15^th century ruler of the region Ahmad Nizam Shah.

Ahilyadevi Holkar, the former Queen of Malwa has the credits on her name for the construction of many famous temples across India.

There many other structures named after her such as the Ahilyabai Holkar stadium in Indore, Madhya Pradesh along with a bus stand after her name in Uttar Pradesh and other such structures.

In a shocking incident, a dead man in Madhya Pradesh was discovered alive just minutes before the final rites was to take place.

The incident is reported from Madhya Pradesh’s Morena, a video of which is now viral on the internet.

The man identified as Jeetu Prajapati woke up on his funeral pyre just moments before his cremation. As per reports, on May 30, Prajapati swooned, to which the family members presumed him dead.

Later, when he was taken for the rituals of last rites, Prajapati woke up that scared the people around who started running away. It was then found that Prajapati was alive and not dead. A doctor was called, who after a detailed checkup informed about his heart beating.

There have been similar cases reported in the past where a dead person is found alive, with some who have returned months after their cremation.

Last April, a 40-year old man from Madhya Pradesh who was believed to be dead during the second wave of Covid pandemic in 2021 in Gujarat, to the surprise of his family members returned back home.

In another such case, a 40-year old electrician in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad after being hit by a motorbike was brought to the hospital where doctors declared him dead and his body was kept in the mortuary freezer. Nearly, seven hours later the man’s sister reportedly discovered that he was showing signs of movement and was alive.

Some more such incidents were in limelight in the recent years. There are also various cases of person lost for months, presumed dead by family members and later found out alive in a different state or when they returned back to their respective homes.

A man from Kerala who went untraceable for months was later found in Goa alive.

On Wednesday, Allahabad High Court rejected the Muslim side’s plea challenging the maintainability of suit filed by Hindu women worshippers in Varanasi Court seeking the right to worship the Hindu idols  inside the Gynavapi mosque, Varanasi.

A single bench of Justice JJ Munir announced the verdict in the case.

A petition was filed by five Hindu women seeking permission for daily worship of the Hindu idols, claimed to be located in the Gyanvapi mosque complex. The Muslim side filed a petition at the Allahabad High Court against the Hindu women’s plea and argued that the hearing on the matter cannot be done under the Place of Worship Act, 1991.

Currently, the women who filed the petition are allowed to worship the deities inside the mosque complex on the fourth day of Chaitra and Vasantik Navratri.

The petition of the Muslim side was file by Anjuman Intezamia Committee that represents in the Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri case that challenged the Varanasi District Court verdict on maintainability of the Hindu worshipper’s case.

Hindu side advocate in Allahabad High Court Hari Shankar Jain after the Court verdict said that the day is not far when a construction of a grand Shiv Temple will take place, removing the mosque, currently in place.

The Allahabad High Court on July 14, will further hear  a petitition filed by the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Waqf Board and the Gyanvapi mosque management committee that has challenged the maintainability of a suit filed in a Varanasi court that seeks the restoration of a temple at the site where the mosque exists currently.

The High Court rejecting the Muslim side’s plea has now allowed the Varanasi court to hear the Hindu worshippers petition. On July 7, a civil court in Varanasi will hear the plea of the Hindu side.