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  2. Maharashtra - Wikipedia

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    Maharashtra also has 19 seats in the Rajya Sabha, or the upper chamber of the Indian Parliament. [149] [150] The government of Maharashtra is a democratically elected body in India with the Governor as its constitutional head who is appointed by the President of India for a five-year term. [151]

  3. Geography of Maharashtra - Wikipedia

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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]

  4. Indian subcontinent - Wikipedia

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    The precise definition of an "Indian subcontinent" in a geopolitical context is somewhat contested as there is no globally accepted definition on which countries are a part of South Asia or the Indian subcontinent. [60] [61] [62] [6] Whether called the Indian subcontinent or South Asia, the definition of the geographical extent of this region ...

  5. South Asia - Wikipedia

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    The country has been ranked one of the poor countries in terms of GDP per capita but it has one of the lowest levels of hunger problem in South Asia. [310] When the stability of the country ensured as late as recent , it has also made considerable progress in development indicators outpacing many other South Asian states.

  6. Outline of Maharashtra - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. History of Maharashtra - Wikipedia

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    The Nizam ruled the Marathwada region of present-day Maharashtra as well as Telangana and parts of Karnataka during the 18th century, and later as a vassal of the British until the Indian independence. For a part of this period, the Nizam also had control over Berar or the Vidarbha region in eastern Maharashtra. [80]

  8. Geography of India - Wikipedia

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    This is a large region of the Indian subcontinent located between the Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats, and is loosely defined as the peninsular region between these ranges that is south of the Narmada River.Having once constituted a segment of the ancient continent of Gondwanaland, this land is the oldest and most stable in India.

  9. List of country groupings - Wikipedia

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    This also has an impact on the Eurovision Song Contest, when these countries added to Spain, are turned the BIG 5. BIMSTEC, a group of countries in South Asia and South East Asia around the Bay of Bengal to promote technological and economic co-operation, which includes Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.