Maharashtra Cabinet today approved renaming of Ahmednagar as Ahilya Nagar. Last year, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde had announced the renaming of Ahmednagar city to ‘Ahilyanagar’ in honor of the esteemed 18th-century Maratha queen, Ahilyabai Holkar. This announcement was made on Ahilyabai Holkar's 298th birth anniversary.