Aurangabad

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Aurangabad
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Presidency: Bombay
Coordinates:	19.876165°N 75.343314°E
Altitude:	513 metres (1,683 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name:	Aurangabad
State/Province:	Maharashtra
Country:	India
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Aurangabad

Aurangabad was a city in the Bombay Presidency and headquarters of the Aurangabad district.

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Aurangabad
Variants: Aurungabad

FIBIS resources

• FIBIS database Aurangabad Cantonment Cemetery. Inscriptions have been transcribed from gravestones at the cemetery. Images are also available, which are part of the FIBIS Cemeteries Project, and may be ordered for a modest donation.

History

Military

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Churches and missions

• Trinity Church
• St Philip's Church
• Christchurch

Trinity, Christhurch and St Philip's Churches are all about 150 years old (2012). Trinity Church, the oldest, was originally called Garrison's Church and was attended by British troops. It was closed briefly after Independence and opened again later.

Records

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External links

Historical books online

• Aurangabad Imperial Gazetteer of India
• Gazetteer Of Aurangabad (1884) archive.org
• "Aurungabad" page 22 Report on the medical topography and statistics of the Nizam's military cantonments and army 1852 Archive.org
• Our Last Years in India by Mrs John B Speid 1862. Archive.org, mirror from Central Secretariat Library (CSL) [Delhi] Digital Repository. The author’s husband was in command of the 2nd Regiment of the Hyderabad Contingent Infantry. She left England 27 October 1858 and the book appears to covers the period to 19 May 1861 (although the final date given is 19 May 1859). She also includes an account of the Mutiny at Aurangabad in 1857.