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INDIAN CITY - AURANGABAD

Aurangabad city is one of the fastest growing city in Maharashtra .The original name of Aurangabad was Khadki , founded in 1610 by Malik Ambar. When Fateh Khan, Malik Ambar's son turned successor in 1626, he gave the city the name 'Fatehpur'. In 1653 when prince Aurangazeb was appointed Viceroy of the Deccan for the second time, he made Fatehpur his capital and called it 'Aurangabad'; since then the city came to be known as Aurangabad. The walls which enclose the central part of the city were added by Prince Aurangzeb in 1686. Most of the monuments in Aurangabad are of the Mughals and Maratha period. There are to 52 towering Darwazas, out of which very few are presently are in good condition, mostly constructed by Aurangzeb during his over-stay in the Deccan. There are four main Darwazas leading into the city, which along with nine secondary darwazas formed part of the defense systems of the city. Today Aurangabad is a lively city of Maharashtra with various b