The Maharashtra Cabinet today approved the renaming of Ahmednagar to Ahilya Nagar, honoring the 18th-century Maratha queen Ahilyabai Holkar. This renaming follows similar initiatives by the government, reflecting a cultural reevaluation. The move was championed by BJP leader Gopichand Padalkar, echoing sentiments of the Dhangar community, to which Holkar belonged.
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The body of actor-filmmaker Ravindra Mahajani was discovered at an apartment in Pune on Friday. Born in Karnataka in 1949, he got his breakthrough after bagging a role in a play by Madhusudan Kalelkar, and later in the movie Zhunj (1975).
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