AURANGABAD ( Non Gun Salute State )
Aurangabad is a city in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarters of Aurangabad district and is the largest city in the Marathwada region. Located on a hilly upland terrain in
the Deccan Traps,
In 1653 when
Mughal prince Aurangzeb was appointed the Viceroy of
the Deccan for the second time, he made
Fatehnagar his capital and renamed it Aurangabad. Aurangabad is sometimes
referred to as Khujista Bunyad by the Chroniclers of Aurangzeb's reign.
In
1724, Asaf Jah, a Turkic general and Nizam al-Mulk of the Mughals in the Deccan region, decided to
secede from the crumbling Mughal Empire, with the intention of founding his own dynasty in the Deccan and decided to make Aurangabad his capital. His son and
successor, Nizam Ali
Khan Asaf Jah II transferred
his capital from Aurangabad to Hyderabad in 1763. In 1795, the city came under the Maratha rule, following the Maratha victory in the Battle of Kharda,] along with an indemnity of 30 million
rupees paid by Ali Khan
Asaf Jah II, Nizam of
Hyderabad to the Marathas. However, Maratha rule lasted only eight years before
the city came under the rule of the Nizam of Hyderabad, under the protection of
the British
East India Company,
following the British victory in the Second
Anglo-Maratha War.
During the period of the British Raj, the city was known as Aurungábád.
Aurangabad was a part of the Princely State of Hyderabad during the British Raj, until its annexation into the Indian Union after the Indian Independence in 1947, and thereafter a part of Hyderabad state of India until 1956. In 1956 it became a part of newly formed bilingual Bombay State and in 1960 it became a part of Maharashtra state.
Court Fee Stamp :-
Type 1 :- British India court fee stamp of 1882 AD of
Empress Victoria overprinted with , “ SECUNDRABAD” in capitals with serifs
first (32 X 2.5 mm.) and then again
overprinted with , “AURANGABAD” in
capitals without serifs (24 X 4 mm.) over Secundrabad from down to upwards. Stamp
size 78 X 36 mm.
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