Maharashtra

[mah-huh-rahsh-truh]

noun

1. a state in W central India. 118,800 sq. mi. (307,690 sq. km). Mumbai.

Maharashtra

/ ˌmɑːhəˈræʃtrə /

noun

1. a state of W central India, formed in 1960 from the Marathi-speaking S and E parts of former Bombay state: lies mainly on the Deccan plateau; mainly agricultural. Capital: Mumbai (Bombay). Pop: 96 752 247 (2001). Area: 307 690 sq km (118 800 sq miles)

Example Sentences

Born in 1965 in a small town in India's western Maharashtra state, Ms Yadav comes from a farming family and is the eldest of five siblings.

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A 2017 study in Maharashtra found them squeezed into squalid shared rooms, with little sanitation, often facing discrimination at work and in clinics.

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In February, doctors removed two foetuses from the abdomen of a three-day-old baby in Maharashtra state.

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Following the criticism, Maharashtra's chief minister said the state government would file a review petition in the Supreme Court to bring Mahadevi back.

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In India too, Pune and Thane cities in Maharashtra state - of which Mumbai is the capital - have imposed penalties on feeding pigeons.

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