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

In the western state of Maharashtra—which currently has nearly 40% of the total cases in the country—patients received oxygen support while they sat on chairs because hospitals were all out of beds.

From Quartz

The state of Maharashtra, of which Mumbai is the capital, has sent repeated requests to the central government to send over fresh stocks.

From Quartz

Up till September 2020, when Covid-19 cases were at their peak in Maharashtra, Prakash Khambe was particular about staying indoors and following all safety precautions to protect himself from the virus when he stepped out.

From Quartz

In 2010, the court passed a stay order on all sand mining activities — both river and beach sand — in the entire state of Maharashtra.

From Ozy

So begins the story of Sumaira Abdulali’s first encounter with the sand mining mafia, an aggressive group involved in illegal sand mining activities, in Maharashtra’s Raigad district.

From Ozy

Thus have I passed my driving test to get myself a new Maharashtra (the state of which Mumbai is the capital) driver's license.

From The Daily Beast

Back in the early 1980s, when on a college program in India, I studied a low-tech irrigation project in drought-prone Maharashtra.

From The Daily Beast

Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad chief Hemant Karkare was killed while on duty.

From The Daily Beast

Middling nails, which contain the properties of both the above kinds, belong to the people of the Maharashtra.

From Project Gutenberg

In a wider sense it may be extended to include all who inhabit Maharashtra and speak Mahratti as their mother-tongue.

From Project Gutenberg