Maharashtra
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- proper noun
- As India's most industrialized and third most populous state, Maharashtra was an especially enviable prize (table 3).
- Maharashtra state
- Maharashtra, India
- Maharashtra and Gujarat
Examples
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Dressmen come mostly from the local state of Maharashtra, or from neighboring Gujarat; others came from as far away as Uttar Pradesh, to the north and east.
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In Maharashtra, for example, only six of the affected villages have agreed to move.
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The city is the capital of Maharashtra state.
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Since January, 14 tiger deaths have been reported in the country, eight of which occurred in Maharashtra.
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Starvation deaths still occur in some parts of India, like Maharashtra and Orissa.
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Modak is a sweet from Maharashtra offered to Lord Ganesh during the Ganesh festival every August.
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The most affected regions are the dry states of Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra (in central India).
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PHOTO (BLACK & WHITE): One of the 45-meter antennas of the Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope near Pune, Maharashtra, India.
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Thackeray, a one-time cartoonist, formed the Shiv Sena—which means Shiva's Army—in 1966 in Maharashtra.
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Why do the poorest people in the Indian state of Maharashtra spend 7 percent of their food budget on sugar?
Surface Forms
Etymology
Maharashtra comes from the Sanskrit parts maha ('great') and rashtra ('state' or 'kingdom'), so it literally means a 'great state'. Think of maha like in Mahatma ('great soul') to remember it, and that is why Maharashtra is the name of a large state in India.