{"id":344005,"date":"2022-06-29T20:10:58","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T14:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=344005"},"modified":"2022-06-29T20:14:15","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T14:44:15","slug":"maharashtra-government-aurangabad-sambhajinagar-osmanabad-dharashiv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/top-news\/maharashtra-government-aurangabad-sambhajinagar-osmanabad-dharashiv\/","title":{"rendered":"Maharashtra government clears proposal to rename Aurangabad as Sambhajinagar, Osmanabad as Dharashiv"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Maharashtra government on Wednesday approved the proposal of renaming Aurangabad and Osmanabad on Wednesday. The party decided to name the city after the name of Chhatrapati Shivaji&#8217;s oldest son Sambhaji. While it has been decided that Osmanabad will be named Dharashiv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apart from this, the Maharashtra government also approved a proposal to name the upcoming Navi Mumbai International airport after the late DY Patil. The state cabinet led by Uddhav Thackeray will likely hold a meeting on Thursday regarding the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Maharashtra state cabinet approves the renaming of Aurangabad to Sambhaji Nagar and Osmanabad to Dharashiv. Navi Mumbai Airport&#39;s name will be changed to DB Patil International Airport.<\/p>&mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANI\/status\/1542129830061375494?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 29, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The party wanted to change the name a long back but their decision comes at a time when Maharashtra is witnessing one of the worst political crises, where a group of rebel MLAs led by Eknath Shinde is pointing at Shiv Sena&#8217;s core ideology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rebelling MLAs have criticised the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena\u2019s commitment to Hindutva is now getting diverted, and the team Thackrey slowly is getting losing its core ideology and doing what secular parties like the Congress and the NCP want them to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the first attempt to change the name of the city has been made in 1995 when the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) passed a resolution on the same. Then Chief Minister Manohar Joshi issued an official public notification, where he asked the people their opinion and objections to renaming the city\u2019s name. However, things did not turn out. A Congress corporator, Mushtaq Ahmed, challenged it in the Bombay High Court. Then the case went to the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As far as the name of the city is concerned, it was built-in in 1610 by Malik Ambar of the Nizam Shahi dynasty, the city was initially known as Khadki. Later, during the rule of Aurangzeb, the city has been named after him Aurangabad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Maharashtra government on Wednesday approved the proposal of renaming Aurangabad and Osmanabad on Wednesday. The party decided to name the city after the name of Chhatrapati Shivaji&#8217;s oldest son Sambhaji. While it has been decided that Osmanabad will be named Dharashiv. 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