Aurangabad District is now ‘Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar’, Osmanabad District is ‘Dharashiv’

Government Gazette Published

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar – On the 16th of September the nameplate for ‘Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar’ and ‘Dharashiv’ were unveiled by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar, amidst cheering and the raising of slogans of ‘Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj ki Jai’ and ‘Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj ki Jai’. Subsequent to the name of Aurangabad is changed to ‘Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar’ the name of the district too has been changed to ‘Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar District’. The Gazette was published by the Government on the day before the ‘Marathwada Mukti Sangram Din’ and before the meeting of the cabinet at Sambhajinagar. After the name of the city of Osmanabad was changed to ‘Dharashiv’ the District of Osmanabad too has been changed to District of Dharashiv. The demand for the change in the names was being made for the many years. To this end, Shiv Sena and BJP had agitated many times. Later even the MNS also joined the movement for this change. But some leaders of AIMIM and the Congress opposed the change. The Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s Government decided to change the name.

Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde-led government has officially changed the names of two districts.

– Aurangabad district is now called Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, while Osmanabad district is renamed to Dharashiv. pic.twitter.com/juq8JXNajQ

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A case against the name change is pending in the Bombay High Court. The Government was yet to examine the evidence presented in the Court. Hence, it may be possible that the State Government would not take a speedy decision, but now the Government has published the Gazette. Earlier Aurangabad city had been renamed ‘Chhatrapati Samabhajinagar’ and Osmanabad city had been named ‘Dharashiv’ but the Aurangabad Division, District, Sub-District, Taluka, and Village were not renamed. Similar was the case of Osmanabad Division, District, Sub-District, Taluka, and Village.