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Map of Maharashtra. The word Maharashtra, the land of the mainly Marathi-speaking people, appears to be derived from Maharashtri, an old form of Prakrit.Some believe that the word indicates that it was the land of the Mahars and the Rattas, while others consider it to be a corruption of the term 'Maha Kantara' (the Great Forest), a synonym for 'Dandakaranya'. [1]
For a detailed map of all disputed regions in South Asia, see Image:India disputed areas map.svg Internal borders The borders of the state of Meghalaya, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh are shown as interpreted from the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971, but has yet to be verified.
The original can be viewed here: Maharashtra locator map.svg: . Modifications made by Kaajawa . This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
Maharashtra is an Indian state that was formed on 1 May 1960 with 26 initial districts. Since then, 11 additional districts have been created, the most recent of which is Palghar district. The state currently has 36 districts. These districts are grouped into six administrative divisions shown below. Maharashtra with all of its districts
Approximately 25% of the top 500 companies in the IT sector are based in Maharashtra. [215] The state accounts for 28% of the software exports of India. [215] Maharashtra and particularly Mumbai is a prominent location for the Indian entertainment industry, with many films, television series, books, and other media being set there. [216]
Description: Indian state of Maharashtra: Date: 10 June 2006: Source: Own work derived from Image:India-locator-map-blank.svg by Nichalp and inspired also from Image:India-GUJARAT.svg by Ganeshk
The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is the lower house of bicameral state legislature of the Maharashtra state in India.Maharashtra came into existence on 1 May 1960. The number of constituencies of the first Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, the lower house of the Maharashtra state legislature in 1960 was 264. 33 constituencies were reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled ...
Location of Maharashtra. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Maharashtra: Maharashtra – state in the western region of India and is India's third-largest state by area and is also the world's second-most populous sub-national entity. It has over 120 million inhabitants and its capital, Mumbai, has a ...