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Maharashtra (Marathi: महाराष्ट्र pronunciation, abbr.

MH) is a state in the western region of India and is India's second-most populous state and third-largest state by area.

It is also the world's second-most populous sub-national entity.

It has over 112 million inhabitants and its capital, Mumbai, has a population of approximately 18 million.

Nagpur is Maharashtra's second capital as well as its winter capital.

Maharashtra's business opportunities along with its potential to offer a higher standard of living attract migrants from all over India.

Marathi (मराठी Marāṭhī) is an Indian language spoken predominantly by the Marathi people of Maharashtra.

It is the official language and co-official language in the Maharashtra and Goa states of Western India, respectively, and is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India.

There were 73 million speakers in 2001; Marathi ranks 19th in the list of most spoken languages in the world.

Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India, after Hindi, Bengali and Telugu in that order.

Marathi has some of the oldest literature of all modern Indo-Aryan languages, dating from about 900 AD.

The major dialects of Marathi are Standard Marathi and the Varhadi dialect.

Malvani Konkani has been heavily influenced by Marathi varieties.

Mumbai (also known as Bombay, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra.

It is the most populous city in India and the ninth most populous agglomeration in the world, with an estimated city population of 18.4 million.

Along with the neighbouring regions of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, it is one of the most populous urban regions in the world and the second most populous metropolitan area in India, with a population of 20.7 million.

Mumbai lies on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour.

In 2008, Mumbai was named an alpha world city.

It is also the wealthiest city in India, and has the highest GDP of any city in South, West, or Central Asia.

Mumbai has the highest number of billionaires and millionaires among all cities in India.

Pune (spelt Poona during British rule) is the second largest city in the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ninth most populous city in the country.

Situated above sea level on the Deccan plateau on the right bank of the Mutha river, Pune is the administrative headquarters of Pune district and was once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire established by Shivaji Maharaj.

In the 18th century, Pune was the political centre of the Indian subcontinent, as the seat of the Peshwas who were the prime ministers of the Maratha Empire.

India, officially the Republic of India (Bhārat Gaṇarājya), is a country in South Asia.

It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country (with over 1.2 billion people), and the most populous democracy in the world.

It is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast.

It shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the northeast; and Myanmar (Burma) and Bangladesh to the east.

In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives.

India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.