By a Staff Reporter: Several cities in the country have already been renamed. Now the name of Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra is going to change. Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has announced that the government has decided to name Ahmednagar district after Ahilya Devi Holkar. He said, "Ahilya Devi Holkar's work and achievements were very great. Her self-sacrifice for the common people is well known. During that time she established systems like land, revenue, agriculture, currency system, postal service. She devoted her entire life to the welfare of farmers and common people. did". The chief minister also said, "The soil on which she was born owes a lot to her".
अहमदनगर जिल्ह्याला अहिल्यादेवी होळकर यांचे नाव देण्याचा निर्णय राज्य सरकारने घेतला आहे, अशी घोषणा मुख्यमंत्री एकनाथ शिंदे यांनी केली. चौंडी येथे पुण्यश्लोक अहिल्यादेवी होळकर यांच्या २९८ व्या जयंतीनिमित्त आयोजित कार्यक्रमात मुख्यमंत्री बोलत होते. उपमुख्यमंत्री देवेंद्र फडणवीस,… pic.twitter.com/xtheUDmif6