Aurangabad and Osmanabad have been renamed Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar and Dharashiv, independently. The Ministry of Home Affairs on Friday approved the offer and said the central government had” no expostulation” to the change in names of the two metropolises in Maharashtra Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister ate the decision and said that the state government under the leadership of CM Eknath Shinde” delivered”.
Taking to Twitter, he attached the letter of blessing from the home ministry and wrote,”‘ Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar’ of Aurangabad,’ Dharashiv’ of Osmanabad! The central government approves the decision of the state government!Hon. Prime Minister Narendra Modiji and Union Minister Hon. numerous thanks to Amitbhai Shah! The government under the leadership of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde ji has” delivered’.!”
The demand for changing the name of Aurangabad and Osmanabad was first made by the late Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray. This demand was brought up by the Shiv Sena author for several decades. still, former Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray took a decision to change these names in his last Cabinet meeting as the chief minister before his government collapsed in 2022.
Maha Vikas Aghadi( MVA) abettors , Congress and NCP, were reportedly not happy with the decision. The Maharashtra Cabinet passed the decision on the change of the names of Aurangabad and Osmanabad in 2022, but its blessing was pending with the Centre.