Formation | 1 May, 1960 |
Capital | Mumbai |
Major Language | Marathi |
Official Animal | Indian Giant Squirrel |
Official Bird | Yellow Footed, Green Pigeon |
State Flower | Pride of India / Jarul |
State Tree | Mango Tree |
Official Dance | Tamasha, Lavani |
Major Rivers | Krishna, Godavari, Tapti, Indravati |
Major lake | Lonar, Rangala |
High Court | Mumbai High Court |
Major Festival | Ganesholsav, Holi |
Airport | 1.Chhatrapati,Shivaji International Airport, 2.Baba Saheb Ambedkar International Airport |
National Parks | 1.Chandoli National Park 2.Sanjay Gandhi National Park 3.Navegaon National Park 4.Tadoba National Park 5.Gugamal National Park |
Wild Life Sanctuary | 1.Bor wildlife sanctuary 2.Sagareshwar wild life sanctuary 3.Bhamragarh WLS 4.Bhimashankar wildlife sanctuary 5.Radhanagari wild life sanctuary 6.Painganga wild life sanctuary |
Tiger Reserve | 1.Melghat Tiger Reserve 2.Tadoba Andhari Tiger Project 3.Pench Tiger Reserve |
Dance forms | 1.Dhangarj 2.Gaja 3.Koli Dance 4.Lavai 5.Povadas Dance 6.Tamasha |
Tribes | 1.Garlis 2.Bhil 3.Gond-Madia 4.Katkari Koli 5.Oraon Warli |
Rivers | Godavari, Krishna, Tapti, Bhima, Wainganga, Waghur, Terekhoi, Purna, Girna, Venna |
UNESCO Heitage Sites | 1.Ajanta Caves (1983) 2.Ellora Caves (1983) 3.Elephanta Caves (1987) 4.Chhatrapathi Shivaji Terminus (2004) |
Waterfalls | Bhandardara |
Tourism destinations | 1.Mumbai 2.Mahabaleshwar 3.Malvan 4.Lonavala 5.Lavasa 6.Panchgani 6.Aurangabad 7.Nagpur 8.Nasik 9.Pune 10.Bhimashankar 11.Shirdi 12.Kolad 13.Rajmachi 14.Raigad 15.Ratnagiri 16.Amboli 17.Khandala 18.Kamshet 19.Kolhapur 20.Nanded 21.Karjet 22.Igatpuri 23.Chikhaldara 24.Murud 25.Janjira 25.Dapoli 26.Diveager 27.Harihareshwar 28.Alibag 29.Ganapatipule 30.Niral Matheran 31.Jawhar 32.Lonar 33Tarkali 34.Kashid 35.Chiplun 36.Sawantwadi 37.Toranmal 38.Satara 39.Latur 40.Thane 41.Amravati 42.Tuljapur 43.Phaltan 44.Elephanta cave 45.Lohagad Fort 46.Visapur Fort 47.Bhaja cave 48.Karnala Fort 49.Ratangat Fort 50.Prabalgad Fort 51.Pratapgad Fort 52.Harichandragad 53.Velneshwar 54.Manikgad Fort 55.Rasalghad 56.Rajgad Fort 57.Nighoj 58.Devkund waterfalls |
Religious | 1.Kunkeshwar 2.Pandharpur 3.Jejuri 4.Alandi 5.Triamkareshwar 6.Shani Shingapur 7.Bhaja cave |
Trekking routes | 1.Manikgad Fort Trek 2.Mulher Trek 3.Chavand Trek 4.Rohida Trek 5.Kothligad Trek 6.Durg Dhakoba Trek 7.Bhivgad Trek 8.Bitangad Trek 9.Kulangadd Trek 10.Dhodap Trek 11.Koyna valley Trek 12.Ahivantgad Trek 13.Arthurs’ seat trek 14.Gorakhgad Trek 15.Bhimashankar Trek 16.Makarandgad Trek 17.Mahuli Trek 18.Purandar Trek 19.Hadsar Trek 20.Korigad Trek 21.Rajgad Trek 22.Mahipatagad Trek |
Food | 1.Pav Bhaji 2.Vada Pav 3.Puran Poli 4.Misal Pav 5.Modak 6.Ragda Pattice 7.Bharli Vangi 8.Sreekhand 9.Poha – Maharashtra food classic to breakfast 10.Sabudana khichdi 11.Rassa 12.Sol Kadhi 13.Pithla Bhakri 14.Aamti (Maharashtrian Dal) 15.Bhelpuri 16.Basundi 17.Kairi Cha Panha 18.Aamrus 19.Kadhi 20.Bombil/Bombay duck – Maharashtra food delights for non-veggies |
GENERAL FACTS ABOUT MAHARASHTRA
- Most industrialised state in India : Maharashtra
- Most urbanised state in India : Maharashtra
- Leading producer of electricity in India : Maharashtra
- Power House of India : Maharashtra
- Second most populous state in India : Maharashtra
- State having the most number of Jainist, Buddhist and Parsi population : Maharashtra
- The state having the most number of wild life sanctuaries : Maharashtra
- The state having the largest road network in India: Maharashtra
- Koyna Hydro – electric project is in : Maharashtra
- The Indian state having four Raj Bhavans : Maharashtra
- The state in which the first LED plant was launched: Maharashtra
- Leading state in the cultivation of banana : Maharashtra
- The state in India which emits largest volume of e-wastes: Maharashtra
- The state having the most number of slum population: Maharashtra
- First state to ban mobile phones in its Legislative Assembly : Maharashtra
- The state which gives the Latha Mangeshkar Puraskar: Maharashtra
- First state to disburse salary through Aadhar linked bank accounts: Maharashtra
- City of seven islands : Mumbai
- The city known as the Gateway of India : Mumbai
- First National Museum for Indian Cinema opens in: Mumbai
- Venue of first International Film Festival (1952): Mumbai
- Naval mutiny in 1946 was held in : Mumbai
- First session of INC was held in: GokuldasTejpal College, Mumbai
- The name was officially changed from Bombay to Mumbai in : 1995
- Largest metropolitan city in India : Mumbai
- The headquarters of Central Railway and Western Railway: Mumbai
- First Mono-Rail started in : Mumbai
- Prarthana Samaj was started in : Mumbai
- Arya Samaj was started in: Mumbai
- Servants of India Society was started in: Mumbai
- First ATM in India was established at Mumbai by : HSBC Bank (1987)
- Prince of Wales Museum, Jahangir Art Gallery, Jinna House, Malabar Hills etc are situated in : Mumbai
- The Chhatrapathi Shivaji Terminus (formerly known as Victoria Terminal) is situated in: Mumbai
- The oldest Stock Exchange in India: Bombay Stock Exchange (1875)
- Bombay Stock Exchange is situated at : Dalai Street
- National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) was established at: Mumbai (1992)
- Google’s first free Wifi enabled Railway Station in India : Mumbai
- First Bharatiya Mahila Bank in India was started in: Mumbai
- August Kranti Maidan (Gowalia Tank) is situated in : Mumbai
- first Bank in India to start Aadhar- based ATM usage facility: DCB, Mumbai
- The city known as ‘sleepless city’ : Mumbai
- The city known as the tower of silence : Mumbai
- First Airport in India: Mumbai (Grass Aerodram, Juhu)
- First cinema in India was shown in : Watson Hotel, Mumbai
- The city known as capital of crimes : Mumbai
- The city known as the ‘door of the west’ : Mumbai
- India’s first railway line : Bombay – Thane (1853)
- India’s first electric railway line : Bombay – Kurla (Deccan Queen-1925
- The city which themed in the novel of Salman Rushdie ‘s’ Midnights Children’ : Mumbai
- Mumbai is situated on the banks of the river : Mithi
- The city where the Thrimoorthi and Elephanta caves are seen : Mumbai
- Mazagon Dock Shipyard is situated in : Mumbai
- Largest light house in India is situated in : Mumbai
- The nerve centre of Mumbai : Nariman Point
- The national park which is situated in Mumbai city : Sanjay Gandhi National Park (Borivali National Park)
- First atomic power station in India: Tarapur Atomic power station (1969)
- India’s first Nuclear Reactor Apsara was established at: Trombay(1956)
- First Aadhar village in India : Tembhli village
- India’s first gold refinery is located at : Shirpur
- Famous Ajanta, Ellora caves, are situated at : Aurangabad district
- Number of Ajanta caves : 29
- Number of Ellora caves : 34
- The pictures in Ajanta, Ellora caves are of : Jathaka tales
- The river which flows near the Ajanta Caves : Waghur
- Hindustan Antibiotics Ltd is situated at : Pimpri
- Orange City of India : Nagpur
- Two major ports in Maharashtra : Mumbai and Nhava Sheva
- Largest container port in India : Nhava Sheva
- Navasheva port is known as : Jawaharlal Nehru Port
- Largest city in Western Ghats : Pune
- The jewel of Deccan : Pune
- Oxford of the East : Pune
- Yerwada Jail, the largest Jail in Maharasthra is situated in : Pune
- First women University in India is in : Pune
- Gokhale Institute is situated in : Pune
- The sports event known as Puna game : Badminton
- First women University in India: Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women’s University (SNDTWU)
- Founder of SNDTWU: D.K.Karve
- Capital of Indian Nationality during the Gandhian Period of Indian Freedom struggle : Sevagram
- The residence of Maharashtra Chief Minister : Varsha
- The grape city of India : Nasik
- Security Paper mill and Currency Printing Press are situated in : Nasik
- Nasik is situated on the banks of the river : Godavari
- The famous Kumbhamela of Maharashtra is held in : Nasik
- Headquarters of Central Institute of Cotton Research: Nagpur
- The places in Maharashtra which are included in the World Heritage sites of UNESCO
- National Environment Engineering Research Institute (NEERI): Nagpur
- The city which is situated in the heart of India: Nagpur
- The place where Ambedkar and his followers adopted Buddhism : Nagpur
- Second capital of Maharashtra : Nagpur
- Famous hill station in Maharashtra : Mahabeleshwar
- The place famous for cotton clothes : Sholapur
- Most populated island in India : Salsette island
- Largest coastline in South India : Konkan Coast
- National Defence Academy is situated at : Khadakvasla
- New name of Aurangabad : Sambaji Nagar
- Shortest railway route in India : Nagpur- Ajini (3km)
- Largest wild life sanctuary in India : Great Indian Bustard
- The foundation stone for Gate way of India was laid in : 1911
- The construction of Gate way of India was completed in : 1924
- The company which built the Gate Way of India: Gammon India Limited
- New name of Victoria Terminal: Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
- Longest Sea bridge in India : Bandra-Worli Sea Link (Rajiv Gandhi Sea Link)
- First slum museum in India : Dharavi
- Largest slum in India Dharavi
- Gate way of India was designed by : George Wittet
- Maratha Machiavelli : Nana Phadnavis
- Maratha Kesari: Bala Gangadhara Tilak
- Maharashtra Socrates : Gopala Krishna Gokhale
- Bombay Bomber : Sachin Tendulkar
- Bombay Duck: Ajit Agarkar
- Modern Manu : Dr.B.R.Ambedkar
- Chhatrapati(Monarch)of Raigad: Shivaji
- Founder of Satyashodhak Samaj: Jyotirao Phule
- King maker of Mumbai: Bal Thackeray
- Founder of Shiv Sena: Bal Thackeray
- Victoria Terminals was designed by : F.W. Steve
HADQUARTERS IN MUMBAI - Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
- National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)
- Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
- Life Insurance Corporation (LIC)
- Indian Cancer Research Centre E3
- Children’s film Society
- Department of Atomic Energy
- Unit Trust of India (UTI)
- Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)
- Tata Memorial Centre
- Headquarters of Central and Western Railway
- Air India
PUNE IS THE HEADQUARTERS - Atomic Energy Commission
- National Institute of Cell Science
- National Institute of Virology
- National AIDS Research Institute
- Asian School of Cyber law