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2 days ago · Maharashtra, state of India, occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan plateau in the western peninsular part of the subcontinent. Its capital city is Mumbai, India’s most populous city as well as the country’s financial and commercial center. Learn more about the state’s features and history in this article.
2 days ago · Government of Maharashtra. Maharashtra Legislature. The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly ( IAST: Mahārāṣhṭra Vidhāna Sabhā) is the lower house of the legislature of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is situated in the Nariman Point area of South Mumbai in the capital Mumbai. Presently, 288 members of the Legislative Assembly are ...
3 days ago · Maharashtra was formed as a Marathi-speaking state of India on May 1, 1960, as part of a nationwide linguistic reorganisation of the Indian states. The term "Maratha" is generally used by historians to refer to all Marathi-speaking peoples, irrespective of their caste ; [8] However, it may refer to a Maharashtrian caste known as the Maratha .
2 days ago · Swing. 0.46%. 1.88%. Maharashtra. The 2019 Indian general election in Maharashtra held in April 2019. These were held for 48 seats in 4 phases; 11 April (7 seats), 18 April (10 seats), 23 April (14 seats) and 29 April 2019 (17 seats). [1] The major contenders in the state are the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and National Democratic ...
2 days ago · The Maratha Confederacy, [a] also referred to as the Maratha Empire or the Maratha Kingdom, [6] [7] was an early modern polity in the Indian subcontinent comprising the realms of the Peshwa and four independent Maratha chiefs [8] who were often subordinate to the former. It was formed in 1674 with the coronation of Shivaji of the House of ...
1 day ago · IN. Internet TLD. .in ( others) India, officially the Republic of India ( ISO: Bhārat Gaṇarājya ), [21] is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area; the most populous country as of June 2023; [22] [23] and from the time of its independence in 1947, the world's most populous democracy.
3 days ago · Located on Maharashtra’s coast, Mumbai is India’s most-populous city, and it is one of the largest and most densely populated urban areas in the world. It was built on a site of ancient settlement, and it took its name from the local goddess Mumba—a form of Parvati , the consort of Shiva , one of the principal deities of Hinduism —whose ...
