Aurangzeb’s tomb row, BJP leaders demand to rename Khuldabad to Ratnapur

Members of the ruling party in Maharashtra have demanded to rename Khuldabad, where the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb’s tomb is located, to Ratnapur.

Khuldabad, which is located 30 km from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (formerly known as Aurangabad), has been at the centre of political controversy after far-right politicians, including Maharashtra minister Sanjay Shirsat, have raised intense demands to remove



the tomb stating that there is “no place for Aurangzeb’s grave in Maharashtra” and describing the Mughal emperor as a cruel ruler.

“Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar was known as Khadki in the past, but it was renamed Aurangabad. Daulatabad was Devgiri, similarly, Khuldabad was earlier known as Ratnapur, but Aurangzeb named it Khuldabad. We are in the process of renaming all such places,” Shirsat claimed.