TheMaharashtra cabinet cleared the proposal to renameAurangabadasSambhaji Nagarand Osmanabad as Dharashiv.
This the second attempt to rename Aurangabad. Earlier, in the year 1995, the then Shiv Sena-led government had issued a draft notification to name Aurangabad after Sambhaji, son of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. However, it was challenged in court.
The cabinet approval, however, is not the final step. A long-drawn process lies ahead, including an approval from the Centre for the official renaming.