Neighborhoods of Aurangabad

Coordinates: 19°53′17.89″N 75°19′48.35″E / 19.8883028°N 75.3300972°E / 19.8883028; 75.3300972

View of Begumpura from Aurangzeb's palace 1830s

When Aurangzeb made Aurangabad his capital, there were 54 suburbs which were walled in like the city itself, but the chief of these that were populated in the 19th century were Begampura and Aurang-pura.

Old Suburbs

The names of the suburbs are/were

Begampura Aurangpura Mukampura, Fazalpura, Ahirpura, Dawadpura, Nawabpura, Bajipura, Darveshpura, Nakash-pura, Kutubpura, Jasuspura, Sultanpura, Karanpura, Chelipura, Subkaranpura, Ismailpura, Tanjipura, Padampura, Lasgopalpura, Manjurpura, Haisingpura, Partabpura, Pahadsingpura, Jamalpura, Mansingpura, Jaisingpura, Jaswantsing-pura, Bhausingpura, Jaychandpura, Ranmastpura, Paidapura, Hamilpura, Dhori-pura, Kalhalpura, Paraspura, Tabibpura, Ramraspura, Chakarpura, Kotwalpura, Lalwantpura, Asadpura, Rampura, Rengtipnra, Kesarsingpura, Balochpura, Rambapura, Khokarpura, Maujipura

Out of the above, Pahadsingpura, Kutubpura, Jaisingpura, Balochpura, Karnapura, Padampura, and Jaswant-singpura were founded by the rajas who accompanied Aurangzib; Subkaranpura and Pahadsingpura belonged to the raja of Bandalkand; Pudampura and Karanpura belonged to the raja of Bikanir, and Jaisingpura to the raja of Jaipur. A large market for vegetables is held daily at Maujipura which is now almost in ruins, while Bhausingpura is under cultivation.

Old Bazaars

Juna-Bazar Aurangabad

There were 38 bazaars, named after the principal articles sold in them, and held in the streets leading to the several gateways. The chief bazaars were Rang Mahal, Azamnagar, Dalai Bari, Taksal, Ram Ganj, Fakirwari, Shah Ganj, Khadim bazaar, Chauk Baldar, Shah bazaar, Urdu bazaar, Raja Rambaksh bazaar, Guru Ganj, Zuna bazaar, Gul mandi, Dal mandi, Shakar mandi, Chawal mandi, &c.

New Neighborhoods of Aurangabad City

Aarif Colony Aasifiya Colony Aurangpura Altamash Colony Angoori Bagh Bada Takiya Baiji Pura Bajaj Nagar & Waluj Bansilal Nagar Bari Colony Begum Pura Bhadkal Gate Buddi Lane CIDCO(N-1 to N-15) Central Naka Cheli Pura Chetana Nagar Chota Takiya City Chowk Champa Chowk Delhi Gate Dr. Rafiq Zakaria Road Ganesh Colony Garkheda Gulmandi Gulmohar Colony CIDCO N-5 Harsul Hazrat Nizamuddin Road Heena Nagar Hilaal Colony Himayat Baugh HUDCO (H-1 to H-20) Indira Nagar, Garkheda Itkheda Jaffer Gate Jai Vishwabharti Colony Jaisinghpura Jalan Nagar Jalna Road Jawahar Colony Jinsi Juna Bazar Jubilee Park Jyotinagar Kabaadipura Kanchan Wadi Kareem Colony Kat Kat Gate Khadkeshwar Kirad Pura Kranti Chowk Lota Karanja Mahmood Pura Mayurban Colony Maqsood Colony Mondha Motiwala Nagar Moti Karanja Mujeeb Colony Mukund Wadi Nava Bhaata(Osmanpura) Nageshwarwadi Nakshatra Wadi Nandanvan Colony Naryali Baugh National Colony Nawabpura New Shreynager Nirala Bazaar Nishaan Noor Colony - Town Hall Osmanpura Peer Bazar Padampura Padegaon Paithan Gate Pandharpur & Chitegaon MIDC Qiasar Colony Raja Bazar Rasheed Pura Rauf Colony, Nehru Bhawan Rauza Baugh Roshan Gate Samta Nagar Shah Colony Osmanpura Saadat Nagar Sabzi Mandi Paithan Gate Samarthnagar near by shaikh malik home Satara Parisar Sawarkar nagar N-5(South) CIDCO Seven Hills Shah Bazar Shah Ganj Shahnoorwadi Shah Noor Miyan Darghah Shendra MIDC Shivaji Nagar Shivsamadhan Colony Shivshankar Colony Silk Mills Silli Khana Town Hall Tilaknagar Rauf Colony Near Nehru Bhawan TV Center. Ulkanagari Vasundhara Colony Vishram Baugh Colony Vyankatesh Colony Yunus Colony Zambad Estate

See also

• Aurangabad CIDCO
• Aurangabad Water System
• Salim Ali Lake Aurangabad

Beed By Pass, Renuka Mata Mandir, Deolali, Balapur

Reference

Gazetter of Aurangabad - H. H. The Nizam's Government 1884. (Chapter XI page 805 - 877)