TNPSC Thervupettagam

Ahmednagar Name Change

June 6 , 2023 527 days 580 0
  • Maharashtra announced that Ahmednagar city would be renamed ‘Ahilyanagar’ after the 18th century Maratha queen Ahilyabai Holkar.
  • She had proved to be an extremely able ruler in the erstwhile Malwa province in the 18th century.
  • She established Maheshwar (in Madhya Pradesh) as the seat of the Holkar dynasty.
  • Earlier the govt renamed Aurangabad as ‘Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar’ and Osmanabad as ‘Dharashiv.’

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