Maharashtra

[ mah-huh-rahsh-truh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Maharashtra

/ ˌmɑːhəˈræʃtrə /

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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