Aurangabad
Aurangabad is a district in the State of Maharashtra in India. Its North Longitude ( Degree) is 19 and 20 and East Longitude (Degree ) is 74 to 76.Total area of the district is 10,100 Sq. Kilo Mtrs.
Total Population ( as per 2001) is 2897013.
There are 1344 villages and 852 gram panchayats in this district.
Tehsils of the district are - 1. Aurangabad, 2. Paithan, 3. Vaijapur, 4. Gangapur, 5. Khuldabad, 6. Phulambri, 7. Kannad, 8. Sillod, 9. Soegaon.
History
The district has a long and undeterred history since the Jatava-period to the present day. During the early phase of ancient period it was governed by number of tribes. This tribal units were united during the prolonged rule of the Satevahana or Shalivahana (230 B.C. to 230 A.D.) . The sober history of this region begins with “ Satavahanas”.During the early centuries of the Christian ere the regions of the commercial were in the hands of Buddhist community hence large number of Buddhist caves were excavated along these trade routes i.e. ancient “ Sarthavaha” Path- Later on Jain and Brahmanical caves were also excavated on par with Buddhist caves- Ellora is the best example of the caves of all the above mentioned faiths.
Mainly the caves are of two types” Chaityas” i.e. prayer halls and viharas i.e. residential units. They were functioning till the end of 13th Century A.D.
Yadava rule witnessed the second era of prospering as far as this District is concerned. Devgiri was their capital where they erected huge fort which is also one of the tourist destiny of the younger generation. However, their fall was unexpected and untimely. The invasion of Allauddin Khilaji changed the fact of the Deccan. Immediately this district was exposed to the successive muslim rule. Prominent among them were the Tughluqs, The Nizams of Ahmednagar, the Mughals and the Nizams of Hyderabad. Mohammad Tughluq tried to shift his capital from Delhi to Daulatabad- For that he tried to raise the infrastructure of Daulatabad- However, under some geographical constrend he changed his mind and fate of Daulatabad was sealed forever.
Malik-Ambar also tried to defend Khadki i.e. the old hamlet of Aurangabad against the mighty Mughal rule but his enterprise proved unsuccessful. In the last phase of 18th Century Aurangzeb tried to develop this city on the lines of Delhi. During his tenure of first Subhedari the nomenclature of the city was changed to Aurangabad. (1636). During his last stay as a emperor he perfected the defence apparatus in and around the city. After his demise Chinkilizakhan, the Nizam became the next ruler of this territory. He made this city his first capital . However, he migrated from Aurangabad to Hyderabad after few decades.
Politics
Assembly constituencies and their extent after delimitation order of 2008104 Sillod Vidhan Sabha Constituency - 1. Sillod Tehsil, 2. Soegaon Tehsil (Part)- Revenue Circle Soegaon.
105 Kannad Vidhan Sabha Constituency - 1. Kannad Tehsil, 2. Soegaon Tehsil (Part)-Revenue Circle- Banoti.
106 Phulambri Vidhan Sabha Constituency - 1. Phulambri Tehsil, 2. Aurangabad Tehsil (Part), Revenue Circle Chauka, Ladsawangi, Karmad and Aurangabad (M. Corp.) (Part) – Ward No. 9 to 13.
107 Aurangabad Central Vidhan Sabha Constituency - 1. Aurangabad Tehsil (Part), Aurangabad (M. Corp.) (Part)-Ward No. 2 to 5, 34 to 48, 60 to 68 and 79 to 83.
108 Aurangabad West Vidhan Sabha Constituency (SC) - 1. Aurangabad Tehsil (Part)-Revenue Circle Kanchanwadi, Aurangabad (CB), and Aurangabad (M Corp.) (Part) – Ward No. 1, 17 to 33.
109 Aurangabad East Vidhan Sabha Constituency - Aurangabad Tehsil (Part), Aurangabad (M Corp.) – Ward No. 6 to 8, 14 to 16, 49 to 59 and 69 to 78.
110 Paithan Vidhan Sabha Constituency - 1. Paithan Tehsil, 2. Aurangabad Tehsil (Part), Revenue Circle Pimpri.
111 Gangapur Vidhan Sabha Constituency in Maharashtra - 1. Gangapur Tehsil (Part), Revenue Circle Shendurwada, Waluj, Harsul, Turkabad, Gangapur and Gangapur (MC) 2. Khultabad Tehsil.
112 Vaijapur Vidhan Sabha Constituency - 1. Vaijapur Tehsil, 2. Gangapur Tehsil (Part), Revenue Circle Manjri and Siddhanath Wadgaon.