CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Maharashtra’s Daulatabad Fort to be known as Deogiri Fort .

Detailed explanation-2: -Daulatabad, also called Devagiri or Deogir, village and ancient city, north-central Maharashtra state, western India. It is situated in a hilly upland area about 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Aurangabad.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1327, Sultan Muhammad bin Tughluq of the Delhi Sultanate renamed the city from Devagiri to Daulatabad and shifted his imperial capital to the city from Delhi, ordering a mass migration of Delhi’s population to Daulatabad.

Detailed explanation-4: -Daulatabad, meaning “City of Prosperity”, is a 14th-century fort city in Maharashtra, about 16 kilometers northwest of Aurangabad. The place was once as known as Deogiri.

Detailed explanation-5: -The prosperous kingdom of Yadava dynasty was taken over by the Tughlaq dynasty of Delhi under the leadership of Mohammad Bin Tughlaq who captured the town of Devgiri along with the two forts.