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Maharashtra is a state in the western region of India and is India's second-most populous state and third-largest state by area.Although the present day state in India was only formed in 1960,the region that comprises the state has a long history dating back to the 4th century BCE.
Maharashtra Udayagiri Institute of Management and Technology Somnathpur is an engineering college based in Udgir, India. It was founded in 2009 and is a part of the Maharashtra Udaygiri Education Society's group of educational institutions.
Society Tea is an Indian tea brand, headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is part of a group founded in 1933. The company is the largest tea-seller in the state of Maharashtra, with a 40% market share within the state. Besides Maharashtra, the brand is also present in other Indian states like Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. 
The Samyukta Maharashtra Movement achieved its aim when the present state of Maharashtra was created on 1 May 1960. The state reorganization left Marathi-speaking areas in Northern Karnataka, such as Belgaon, outside Maharashtra. The newly liberated people of Goa in a 1967 referendum rejected merger with Maharashtra.
Maharashtra Communist Party was a splinter faction of Central Reorganisation Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) in Maharashtra when its leader K. Venu decided to denounce of the Naxalism and disband the party in 1991.
Bhoite is a surname found amongst the Maratha caste, mainly in the state of Maharashtra in India but it also appears in Indian states bordering Maharashtra.
Commemorations of Shivaji are found throughout India, most notably in Maharashtra. Shivaji's statues and monuments are found almost in every town and city in Maharashtra as well as in different places across India. Other commemorations include the Indian Navy's ship the INS Shivaji, numerous postage stamps, and the main airport and railway headquarters in Mumbai. In Maharashtra, there has been a long tradition of children building a replica fort with toy soldiers and other figures during the festival of Diwali in memory of Shivaji.
Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti (MANS; or Committee for Eradication of Blind Faith, CEBF) is an organisation dedicated to fighting superstition in India, particularly in the province of Maharashtra. It was founded by Narendra Dabholkar in 1989. It is currently headed by Avinash Patil after Dabholkar's assassination.
Maharashtra is famous for its caves and rock-cut architectures. It is said that the varieties found in Maharashtra are wider than the caves and rock-cut architectures found in the rock-cut areas of Egypt, Assyria, Persia, and Greece. The Buddhist monks first started these caves in the 2nd century BC, in search of serene and peaceful environment for meditation, and they found these caves on the hillsides.
He was finance minister of Maharashtra from October 1999 to December 2008 in Congress and Nationalist Congress Party government. he has a record of presenting budget continuously 9 times in state assembly.During 2003-04 when economy of Maharashtra was deteriorating, Patil stabilised the economy of Maharashtra. 
Medhekar is a less known surname found mostly among people of Maharashtra and Goa in India. The name follows the format of other common Brahmin surnames found in the Konkan region of Maharashtra and Goa - "Village name" concatenated with the suffix "kar".
Some of the prominent surnames based on Desh include:The historical context behind the surname 'Desale' is interesting. After the death of Aurangazeb, when Maratha Empire started growing north-wards, some Maratha families move towards north from the 'Desh' region. The Bhosale families, who left 'Desh', adapted surname as 'Desale'. The 'Desale' surname is found mostly in North-Maharashtra's Khandesh region.
The Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti achieved its goal on 1 May 1960, when the State of Bombay was partitioned into the Marathi-speaking State of Maharashtra and the Gujarati-speaking State of Gujarat. However Goa (then a Portuguese colony), Belgaum, Karwar and adjoining areas, which were also part of the Maharashtra envisaged by the Samiti, were not included in Maharashtra state. The prominent leaders of sanyukt maharashtra samiti decided to quit samiti after 1 May 1960, but the then chairman of the samiti Bhai Uddhavrao Patil continued his fight for the 862 Marathi-speaking villages of Karnataka that were excluded in 1960.
Gabit are a community found in the Konkan regions of the Indian states of Goa. Karnataka and Maharashtra.
Gambhir is the Marathi meaning to serious. Gambhir is a Punjabi Arora surname found in North India. It also used as a surname in many of the Brahmin. Families in Maharashtra yet.Today, they can be found in the states of Punjab, Haryana, and Delhi as well as Maharashtra.
Under these circumstances, the Maharashtra Government appointed a committee, to study regional imbalances in Maharashtra. The committee found that:
In the 20th century, the descendants of Kanhoji Jedhe also played a leading role in the establishment of the State of Maharashtra; Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti, founded by Keshavrao Jedhe, led the demand for a Marathi-speaking state. Maharashtra was formed as a direct result of this Samiti; the Hutatma Chowk and Maharashtra Day commemorate the relentless efforts of the Jedhes.
Pisal is surname mainly found amongst the 96 Maratha clansThey predominate in Maharashtra states and bordering states. Prominent people like Former Maharashtra minister Mr Madanrao Pisal and Rahul Pisal Chairman of Aadhar one of the largest Procurement company of sugar and other groceries belong to Pisal Community in Maharashtra.
Narendra Achyut Dabholkar (1 November 1945 – 20 August 2013) was an Indian medical doctor, social activist, rationalist and author from Maharashtra, India. In 1989 he founded and became president of the Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti (MANS), (the Committee to Eradicate Superstition in Maharashtra). Triggered by his murder on 20 August 2013, the pending Anti-Superstition and Black Magic Ordinance was promulgated in the state of Maharashtra, four days later. The next year, in 2014, he was posthumously awarded the Padma Shri for social work.
Maharashtra, India is famous for its caves and rock cut architecture. It is said that the varieties found in Maharashtra are wider than the caves and rock-cut architecture found in the rock cut areas of Egypt, Assyria, Persia and Greece. The Buddhist monks first started these caves in the 2nd century BC, in search of serene and peaceful environment for meditation, and they found these caves on the hillsides.
Food and Drug Administration, Maharashtra State, is Maharashtra's primary instrument of consumer protection. It is a law enforcement agency. In 1970, the Government of Maharashtra entrusted the responsibility of enforcement of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 to FDA which is when it got its present name.
The regulations are implemented by the following
independent section :-
(A) Drug Section
(B) Food Section
(C) Food and Drug Control Laboratories
(A) Drugs Section :–
In Maharashtra, the community is found mainly in the districts of Bhandara, Nagpur, Amravati and Wardha. They speak Marathi, although most also speak Dakhani. Unlike the Rajasthan Pinjara, the Maharashtra Pinjara do not practice clan ￼￼exogamy￼￼. ￼Most of them abandoned their traditional occupation of cotton gining and the manufacture of quilts and pillows. A process that began in the 19th Century, when many members of the community took to agriculture has accelerated. Most Pinjara are now small and medium sized farmers. Most live in multi-caste villages which they share with the Maratha, Mang, Gond and Bandha communities.
The history of Aurangabad, a city in Maharashtra, India, dates to 1610, when it was founded by Malik Ambar, the Prime Minister of Murtaza Nizam Shah of Ahmadnagar, on the site of a village called Kharki. In 1653 when Prince Aurangzeb was appointed the viceroy of the Deccan for the second time, he made Fatehnagar his capital and called it Aurangabad. Aurangabad is sometimes referred to as Khujista Bunyad by the Chroniclers of Aurangzeb's reign.
Bhoi is a fishing community in this area. Bhoi are traditionally dependent upon the river Adan for their subsistence. Due to depleting fish resources their lives are in danger.
Bhoi's the traditional fishermen community in Maharashtra state are mostly found in shoreline areas of the west coast of Maharashtra as well as near rivers, reservoirs, dams. 
Rrom the ancient times these people used to be called as the "Palkhiche Bhoi" the tribe which wander all over carrying the Palkhi of ancient king and their families as the loyal ones. Diminishing the rule of king's and kingdom these loyal people have returned to their traditional business – fishing. 
This community/tribe is mostly found in District of Ratnagiri, Sindhudurga, Raigad, Mumbai and in mostly all districts of Maharashtra where the fishing occupation is traditional carried out.
Keshav Thackeray played an important role in the Samyukta Maharashtra movement aimed at establishing the linguistic state of Maharashtra. He joined the movement in 1951, demanding the inclusion of the Dang district in Maharashtra instead of neighbouring Gujarat state. He was one of the founding members of the Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti, which campaigned for the formation of Maharashtra and the inclusion of Belgaum and Mumbai in it.