Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A state of west-central India. Inhabited largely by Maratha-speaking Hindus, the region was controlled by Muslim rulers from the early 1300s to the mid-1600s and by the British after the early 1800s. It became a separate state in 1960. Mumbai is the capital.
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- proper noun State in western
India which hasMumbai (formerly known asBombay ) as its capital.
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- noun a historical area in west-central India
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Examples
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District Raigad, in the industrially advanced state of maharashtra, at a distance of 175 kms by road from mumbai, the capital of the state of Maharashtra and commercial capital of the Republic of India.
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RAIGAD (MAHARASHTRA) - At least 12 people were killed and four injured on Friday when their vehicle crashed headlong into a truck at Nagothane in Maharashtra, police said.
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District Raigad, in the industrially advanced state of maharashtra, at a distance of 175 kms by road from mumbai, the capital of the state of Maharashtra and commercial capital of the Republic of India.
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It is common to the Ghati cooking in Maharashtra and up in North Karnataka.
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This spread is made mostly beyond the Sahyadri Ghats in Maharashtra and North Karnataka.
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This spread is made mostly beyond the Sahyadri Ghats in Maharashtra and North Karnataka.
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It is common to the Ghati cooking in Maharashtra and up in North Karnataka.
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In a custom believed to enhance children's physical health and stamina, priests in Maharashtra's Jaina town hurl dangled hundreds of local youngsters by the arms and feet before tossing them to a crowd of devotees holding a cloth below, Sify reports.
Indians Practice Ritual Of Throwing Children For Health (VIDEO)
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In a custom believed to enhance children's physical health and stamina, priests in Maharashtra's Jaina town hurl dangled hundreds of local youngsters by the arms and feet before tossing them to a crowd of devotees holding a cloth below, Sify reports.
Indians Practice Ritual Of Throwing Children For Health (VIDEO)
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In a custom believed to enhance children's physical health and stamina, priests in Maharashtra's Jaina town hurl dangled hundreds of local youngsters by the arms and feet before tossing them to a crowd of devotees holding a cloth below, Sify reports.
Indians Practice Ritual Of Throwing Children For Health (VIDEO)
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