After renaming two district headquarters, the Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis government on Wednesday announced that the name Ahmednagar had been changed to Ahilyadevi Holkar Nagar.

The district, too, wil be renamed after the city’s new branding exercise. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde made the announcement at the birth anniversary celebration of the former queen of the Holkar dynasty that had served the Maratha empire.  The celebration, an annual ritual, was held at her birthplace Chondhi in Ahmednagar district.