After the decline of the Mughal Empire in the early eighteenth century, Aurangabad was ruled by Subedars of Mughals.

One of
them, Kamruddin Chin-Kulich Khan, famously known as Nizam Ul Mulk formed his own kingdom. He shifted his capital from Au-
rangabad to Hyderabad. Since Aurangabad was near the Maratha's kingdom the Nizam always had conflict with the Peshwas.
For a century Aurangabad was only an Army base. But after conclusion of Anglo-Maratha War in 1819 the Nizam formed the
Cantonment with many European officers who came to train the Nizam's Army. This was not a Cantonment but an administra-
tive area underBritish supervision. Here artillery and cavalry were established by the Nizam for the protection of his kingdom.
The expenditure incurred on this account was borne by the Nizam and the Nizam owned the Cantonment.
Up to 1836, the Nizam's Cantonment was located somewhere in the Osmanpura side. Then the camp shifted to the area be-
tween Harsul and Bibi Ka Maqbara.
Aurangabad Cantonment Board was established in 1890 under the Ministry of Defense for administration of the Cantonment
area.
In 1903, a treaty was signed between the British and the Nizam and it was decided to establish a proper Cantonment. All vil-
lages belonging to Bikaner Riyasat (namely Karanpura, Padampura, Kesarsinghpura and Konkanwadi) were transferred to the
British. The area was approximately 919 acres (3.72 km2). In view of military convenience, an area of 396 acres (1.60 km2) out of
the above land was exchanged with an area of 1044 Acres of Banewadi village and other Khalsa area of the Nizam's dominion
in 1913. Hence the military authorities had at their disposal a total area of 1,367 acres (5.53 km2) in Aurangabad.
Out of the above land some land was used for purely military purpose with some remaining for agricultural and residential pur-
poses.
In the future the civil area was developed and the Cantonment was defined under the Cantonment Act, 1924. Today the Canton-
ment is spread across 2,584 acres (10.46 km2) with a civil population of 19,274 as per 2001 census.[1]

Aurangabad Cantonment Board[edit]

The Aurangabad Cantonment Board was established in 1890 is the municipal organization under the Ministry of Defense for the
Cantonment area.
Cantonment Boards are special local self Government bodies created to administer the Cantonments in India. These institutions
have an historical past associated with military administration in India.

Organisation[edit]
Cantonment Boards are a special form of municipal bodies for civic administration in the Cantonments in India. There are 62
Cantonments in India defined under the Cantonment Act, 1924. These Cantonment Boards are autonomous bodies set up and
controlled by the Central Government under the provisions of the Cantonments Act, 1924. While the responsibility of direct field
administration of the Cantonments is discharged through the Cantonment Boards, supervisory and control functions over the
working of these bodies are exercised through the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Command with the advice of the
Principal Director Defence Estates at the intermediate level and by the Central Government at the highest level.
The Cantonments have been set up for quartering troops and, therefore, have to serve the basic civic amenities of the Armed
Forces as are required in relation to the residential area for officers and men, open spaces for training, sports and recreation fa-
cilities and other establishments. In addition to providing the civic services to these areas the Cantonment Boards are required
to provide municipal and civic services to the civil population of the Cantonments as well. Because of the nature of Canton-
ments, a high degree of efficiency and municipal performance level is expected from the Cantonment Boards.
The Cantonment Boards are Statutorily constituted corporate bodies. The Boards generally comprise the democratically elected
representatives of the civilian population and nominated members from the Armed Forces and District administration.

Functions of the Cantonment Board[edit]

 1. Water supply to the Civil Area,

 2. Sanitation and Health services to both civil and armed forces,

 3. Maintenance and development of roads,

 4. Management of Defence land (Old Grant/Leased/Freehold/Private)

o • Mutation and transfer,

o • Conversion of old grant properties into freehold,

o • Sanction of building plans for repairs and reconstruction,

o • Dealing with any litigation regarding Defence Land.

o • Prevention and removal of encroachment on the Government land.,

 5. Education: Run the Schools and provide civic amenities to the schools in the Cantonment Area. The Aurangabad
Cantonment Board does not run any school.

 6. Public improvement works :

o • Development and maintenance of gardens
 o • Tree planting

o • Development and maintenance of culverts and drainage lines

o • Establishing and maintaining civil defence services

 7. Conducting elections of the Cantonment Board as per CER, 1945.

 8. Registration of births & deaths,

 9. Town planning,

 10. Monitoring trade and markets,

 11. Group housing and shops,

 12. Providing street lighting,

 13. Providing conservancy services to the Armed forces,

 14. Maintaining Defence land and land records under the management of the Cantonment Board,

Aurangabad cantonment Aurangabad.

Achievement[edit]
The Cantonment is the greenest area of Aurangabad city. Animals like Deers, Monkeys, Mongoose Field Rats and few leopards
have taken a shelter in the vast gree