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ID: 1001895
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Record Type: administrative |
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Mahārāshtra (state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 19 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 19.5000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 075 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 75.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Controlled by Chalukya dynasty 6th century; part of several Hindu kingdoms succeeded by Muslim dynasties 8th-13th centuries; split among various independent Muslim leaders mid-16th century; Marāṭhā kingdom formed ca. 1674; Marāṭhā empire by 1700s. |
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| Mahārāshtra (preferred,C,V)
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| State of Mahārāshtra (C,V,English,U)
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| Mahārāshtra, State of (C,V)
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| Maharashtra (C,V)
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| महाराष्ट्र (NA,V,Marathi,U)
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| IN16 (NA,V,FIPS)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| state (preferred, C) |
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current boundaries established 1960 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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