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Shirdi Airport (IATA: SAG, ICAO: VASD) is an international airport [5] serving the town of Shirdi, Maharashtra, India. It is located at Kakadi, about 14 km (8.7 mi) southwest of the town and 22 km (14 mi) from Sangamner. It is the fourth-busiest airport in the state after Mumbai, Pune, and Nagpur airports. [6]
Name States Start End Length (km/mi) Lanes Year of Completion Remarks Mumbai–Nagpur Expressway: Maharashtra: Nagpur: Igatpuri: 701 km 435.6 mi 6 December 2022
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]
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
Ganesh Chaturthi, a popular festival in the state. Maharashtra is the third largest state of India in terms of land area and second largest in terms of population in India. . It has a long history of Marathi saints of Varakari religious movement, such as Dnyaneshwar, Namdev, Chokhamela, Eknath and Tukaram which forms the one of bases of the culture of Maharashtra or Marathi culture.
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On 29 September 2008, three bombs exploded in the States of Gujarat and Maharashtra killing eight people and injuring 80. Three of the arrested suspects were identified as Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur , [ 19 ] [ 20 ] Shiv Narayan Gopal Singh Kalsanghra, and Shyam Bhawarlal Sahu.
Maharashtra is the third most urbanised state in India with 42.23% of its population living in urban areas, compared with the national average of 31.16%. The urban population grew by 23.7% in the 2001–2011 period to 50.8 million and now has the highest number of people living in urban areas. [ 1 ]