Aurangabad Railway Station Renamed Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar:
The Aurangabad Railway Station in Maharashtra has been officially renamed Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Railway Station, as per a notification by the Central Railway. The station now carries the new code ‘CPSN’, and falls under the Nanded Division of South Central Railway. The renaming follows the earlier change of the city’s name from Aurangabad to Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar in 2022, a decision taken by the Eknath Shinde-led state government.The original name Aurangabad referenced Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, a controversial figure in Maharashtra’s Maratha history. The new name honours Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, son of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and the second ruler of the Maratha Empire.
