Mumbai, Sept. 16 -- Indian Railways has renamed the Ahmednagar Railway station of Pune Division, Central Railway, as Ahilyanagar as a tribute to Lokmata Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar. This is also in pursuance of the decision of the Government of Maharashtra to rename Ahmednagar as Ahilyanagar.

The station previously known as Ahmednagar has now been officially renamed as Ahilyanagar, said Indian Railways in a press release.

Accordingly, as per the Government of Maharashtra's notification and the Surveyor General of India's letter, the new name of the station is to be read and written in the following manner: In Devanagari Script (Marathi): ahilyaangr

In Devanagari Script (Hindi): ahilyaangr. In Roman Script (English): AHILYANAGAR

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