A town of western India east-northeast of Mumbai (Bombay). Founded in 1610, it is near the site of a mausoleum erected by Aurangzeb in honor of his empress. Population: 873,000.
Aurangabad
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Au·rang·a·bad (ou-rŭng'gə-bäd', -ə-bäd') 
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A town of western India east-northeast of Mumbai (Bombay). Founded in 1610, it is near the site of a mausoleum erected by Aurangzeb in honor of his empress. Population: 873,000.
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Aurangabad (ourŭng'gäbäd'), city (1991 pop. 572,709), Maharashtra state, W India. A district administrative center, it trades cotton, wool, and oil, and has an airport. The city has developed industrially since the 1970s and produces motor vehicles and vehicle parts, whiskey, pharmaceuticals, leather, rubber, and plastic products, and fiber-optic cables. Aurangabad, founded in 1610, is the home of Marathwada Univ. Nearby are the great mausoleum (1711) of Aurangzeb's empress and the ruins of his capital, Dalautabad. Historically Muslim, the city has become largely Hindu as it has industrialized.
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Aurangabad may refer to:
- Settlements
- Aurangabad, Maharashtra, a city in Maharashtra, India
- Aurangabad, Bihar, a city and a municipality in Aurangabad district, Bihar, India
- Aurangabad Bangar, a census town in Mathura district, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Aurangabad, Bulandshahr, a nagar panchayat in Bulandshahr district, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Aurangabad, West Bengal, a census town in Murshidabad district, West Bengal, India
- Aurangabad, Patli, a Mughal mauza in Sunamganj district, Bangladesh
- Districts
- Aurangabad district, Bihar, one of the thirty-seven districts of Bihar, India
- Aurangabad district, Maharashtra, a district in Maharashtra, India
- Constituencies
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