Aurangabad
Proper noun
Meaning
Aurangabad
A large city, the headquarters of Aurangabad district, Maharashtra, India.
Examples
The village of Sattara near Aurangabad was my hunting ground. Here on the top of a hill, stood a temple with an image of Khande Rai. By God's grace I demolished it, and forbade the temple dancers (muralis) to ply their shameful profession.
A day after a freight train ran over 16 workers on railway tracks in Aurangabad district in the early hours of Friday, the collector of Jalna district formed an inquiry committee to probe into the incident.
As a result of the Mughal rule in the region, the cuisine of Aurangabad has been highly influenced by the North Indian method of cooking.
Aurangzeb in response moved his court to Aurangabad and took over command of the Deccan campaign.
Earlier, idols made in Aurangabad were sent to places like Nizamabad, Hyderabad (Telangana) and Pune (in Maharashtra).
Of the eight regional laboratories, six — Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune, Aurangabad, Nashik, Amravati — have DNA testing facilities.