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In 2020, Maharashtra passed a bill to establish a university named International Sports University, Maharashtra. [17] For this, Pune's Balewadi-based Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex will be upgraded to upcoming sports university. University will start functioning in 2021–22. [18]
Sports play an integral part of culture in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Cricket is the most popular spectator sport in the state. Other popular sports include kabaddi and kho kho, which are played in rural areas, and field hockey, badminton, and table tennis, which are more common in urban areas, schools, and colleges.
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]
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.
5.1 Location map templates. 5.2 Creating new map definitions. Toggle the table of contents. Module: Location map/data/India Maharashtra. 26 languages.
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]
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 ...
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