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The original name of  Aurangabad was Khadki (window), 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.

To scholars and ancient art and culture lovers, the city is more familiar as the gateway to the ancient caves of Ajanta and Ellora, historical monument recognized by UNESCO about 100 kilo meters from Aurangabad city, both are famous as treasure houses of Indian Art and Sculpture. The Bibi-Ka-Maqbara (Moghul architecture in the Deccan plateau), tomb that was built in 1679 by Emperor Aurangazeb's son Azam Shah, in tribute to his mother, Begum Rabia Durani alias Dilres Banu Begam. It is the finest Mughal monument in the south and is called the 'Taj of the Deccan' for its close resemblance to the Taj Mahal of Agra.

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 (Gates), 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 big and small industries, fine silken textiles, and wonderful hand woven brocades of silver and gold fabrics, Himroo of world frame.

Today Aurangabad has a renowned industrial area and is divided into four zones namely Chikalthana, Waluj, Chitegaon & Shendra. The major industry sectors in Aurangabad are Automotive, Auto Components, Pharmaceuticals, Breweries, White goods/Appliances and now going for fast paced IT industries.

Major companies that have unit in Aurangabad are Bajaj Auto, Wockhardt, Shreya Life Science, Orchid, Lupin, Atra, Videocon, Nirlep, Skoda Auto, Colgate Palmolive, Endress+Hauser, Good Year and Siemens.

And now  Aurangabad is a booming industrial zone and one of the fastest developing city in the whole asia!

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