Ajit Pawar’s Mother Calls for Peace and Reconciliation Between Son and Uncle -

Ajit Pawar separated from Sharad Pawar after over 30 years, splitting the NCP and joining the Shiv Sena-BJP government in Maharashtra in July 2023.

Asha-tai Pawar, the mother of Maharashtra’s Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, expressed her heartfelt wish for reconciliation between her son and his estranged uncle, Sharad Pawar. On January 1, 2025, Asha-tai visited the revered Vitthal and Rukmini temple in Pandharpur, where she prayed to Lord Vitthal, asking for the two leaders to reunite. Her visit to the temple was a symbolic gesture of hope for family unity, as the Pawar family has been at the center of political turmoil since Ajit Pawar’s decision to part ways with Sharad Pawar in July 2023.

In a move that shocked the political landscape, Ajit Pawar broke away from his uncle Sharad Pawar after more than three decades, splitting the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and joining the Shiv Sena-BJP government in Maharashtra. This dramatic shift led to deep divisions within the Pawar family, and tensions have since simmered between the two factions.

Asha-tai’s prayer for reconciliation highlights the personal toll the political rift has taken on the Pawar family, with her wishing for a resolution to the political discord that has impacted both her son and her brother-in-law. Many political observers have speculated on the possibility of a future reconciliation, especially as family ties continue to weigh heavily on the Pawar patriarch, Sharad Pawar, and his nephew, Ajit.

While Ajit Pawar continues to hold his position as Deputy Chief Minister in the Shiv Sena-BJP-led government, Sharad Pawar remains the head of the NCP, leading the opposition. The Pawar family’s political decisions have shaped Maharashtra’s landscape for decades, and Asha-tai’s plea reflects the hopes of many in the state for unity, both within the family and the larger political context.

Asha-tai Pawar’s plea for family unity comes at a time when tensions within the Pawar family continue to play out in the public sphere. Following Ajit Pawar’s dramatic shift in July 2023, when he joined the Shiv Sena-BJP coalition government, the political fallout has been far-reaching, leaving the once unified Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) fractured. Ajit’s decision to align with the BJP and Shiv Sena was a significant turning point, not only in Maharashtra’s political scene but also in the power dynamics of the Pawar family.

Despite the political divide, Asha-tai’s plea underscores the enduring emotional connection she shares with both her son and her brother-in-law. As a mother, she expressed deep concern for the family’s well-being and unity, hoping that both Ajit and Sharad would find a way to heal the rift and restore their bond. Her prayer to Lord Vitthal, a deity worshiped for peace and reconciliation, reflects her desire for the family to mend its differences and come together again.

The Pawar family’s political significance is hard to overlook. Sharad Pawar, a veteran politician and former Maharashtra Chief Minister, has built a legacy in the state that spans several decades. His nephew Ajit, on the other hand, is known for his political acumen and influence within the NCP. However, the rift between them has raised questions about the future of the NCP and whether it will continue to play a significant role in Maharashtra’s political arena.

The events leading up to Ajit’s departure from the NCP have been closely followed by political analysts, with many wondering whether the rift is irreparable or if there is room for reconciliation in the future. While Asha-tai’s wish reflects a hope for resolution, it remains to be seen whether her prayer for the two leaders to reunite will come to fruition, or whether the political divide will persist.

In the meantime, Asha-tai’s visit to the Vitthal and Rukmini temple also garnered attention from political supporters and the public. Her quiet, personal gesture of devotion has stirred emotions among those who hope for a resolution, not just for the Pawar family, but for the political landscape of Maharashtra. Many are waiting to see if the family’s long-standing political legacy can overcome the divisions that have surfaced in recent months.

Asha-tai Pawar’s visit to the Vitthal and Rukmini temple in Pandharpur on January 1, 2025, symbolized a powerful gesture of peace and reconciliation, not just for her family, but for the fractured political landscape of Maharashtra. As the mother of Maharashtra’s Deputy Chief Minister, Ajit Pawar, her prayers carried deeper implications, reflecting the concerns of a mother wishing to restore the familial unity and political strength that the Pawar family once enjoyed.

Ajit Pawar’s departure from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and his shift to align with the Shiv Sena-BJP government in 2023 marked one of the most significant political upheavals in Maharashtra in recent times. The move effectively split the NCP, with his uncle, Sharad Pawar, refusing to accept the shift. The political rift between the two powerful figures — who had spent more than three decades working together — has led to a larger divide not only within the family but also within the state’s politics.

While Ajit Pawar’s decision was driven by political ambitions and the changing dynamics of Maharashtra’s governance, Asha-tai’s heartfelt prayer for reconciliation serves as a poignant reminder of the emotional undercurrents at play. Despite the political maneuvering, she emphasized her desire for the family’s emotional bonds to transcend the divisions of power and politics. Her visit to Pandharpur, known for being a place of spiritual significance, resonated with those who continue to hope for a resolution to the family feud, which has affected not just political circles but also the Pawar family’s supporters across Maharashtra.

The rift between Ajit and Sharad Pawar is not only a personal issue but also a matter of immense political consequence. The NCP, once a strong force in the state’s politics, now finds itself splintered. Ajit Pawar’s shift has given rise to speculation about the future of the party and whether it can reclaim its former stature, particularly after the exit of several senior leaders. Sharad Pawar’s leadership has been central to the NCP’s identity for decades, and the split has led to questions about the future direction of the party, as well as the broader alignment in Maharashtra’s political ecosystem.

Many political observers believe that while Ajit Pawar’s political decisions might have been driven by aspirations for power and a desire for change, the consequences of the family’s estrangement have been far-reaching. It’s unclear whether the rift can ever be fully healed, but Asha-tai’s hopes for reconciliation are symbolic of the wish shared by many: to see the two Pawar leaders put aside their differences for the sake of family and the greater good of the state.

Moreover, Asha-tai’s appeal for unity aligns with the sentiments of many NCP supporters, who have been disheartened by the political split. Many feel that Sharad Pawar’s wisdom and experience, combined with Ajit Pawar’s dynamic approach, could create a potent force for the NCP if the two were to reconcile. Their unity could potentially bring back the cohesiveness that once made the NCP a dominant political force in Maharashtra.

As the Pawar family continues to navigate the complex interplay of politics and personal relationships, Asha-tai’s wish for peace and togetherness will likely remain a sentiment that resonates with a large section of the public. It remains to be seen whether political calculations or the bonds of family will ultimately drive the future of the Pawar legacy. Nonetheless, Asha-tai’s prayer for reconciliation is a powerful reminder that even in the world of politics, there are moments when personal connections and family ties can transcend the forces of political rivalry.

COURTESY: Saam TV

References

^ “Iconic ‘Jai Jai Maharashtra Maza’ proclaimed new State Song”. 31 January 2023.
^ Jerry Pinto; Naresh Fernandes (2003). Bombay, Meri Jaan: Writings on Mumbai. Penguin Books. p. 237. ISBN 9780143029663.
^ “MAHARASHTRA SADAN NEW DELHI”. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
^ “Kalsubai”. 22 July 2011. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
^ “Area, population, decennial growth rate and density for 2001 and 2011 at a glance for Maharashtra and the districts: provisional population totals paper 1 of 2011: Maharashtra”. Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b “The Maharashtra Official Languages Act, 1964; Amendment Act, 2015” (PDF). lawsofindia.org. Archived from the original on 15 November 2017.
^ “Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 52nd report (July 2014 to June 2015)” (PDF). Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India. pp. 34–35. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
^ “Maharsatra GSDP likely to expand by 10% in FY 2024-25”. The Economic Times. PTI. 1 March 2024. Archived from the original on 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b “Economic Survey of Maharashtra 2022-23, Government of Maharashtra” (PDF). Government of Maharashtra. 1 February 2022. p. 21. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
^ “GDP Of Indian States And Union Territories”. Forbes India. Archived from the original on 5 December 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
^ “Sub-national HDI – Subnational HDI”. Global Data Lab. 15 June 2021. Archived from the original on 8 February 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
^ “Sex ratio of State and Union Territories of India as per National Health survey (2019-2021)”. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India. Archived from the original on 8 January 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b ^c ^d “State Animal, Bird, Tree and Flower”. Panna Tiger Reserve. Archived from the original on 13 October 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
^ “State Mammal Blue Mormon :: Maharashtra”. The Hindu. 22 June 2015. Archived from the original on 18 November 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
^ “State Flower Jarul: Maharashtra”. city flowers. 11 March 2021. Archived from the original on 30 September 2017. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
^ Dinesh Valke. “Official Flora of States and Union Territories of India”. flowers of india. Archived from the original on 18 November 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
^ Ministry of Law, Government of India (1960). The Bombay Reorganisation Act 1960. Archived from the original on 1 January 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
^ “Maharashtra Tourism”. Archived from the original on 18 January 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
^ Bhushan Kale (10 December 2014). “उपराजधानी ते राजधानी ‘शिवनेरी’ची सवारी” [Uparājdhānī tē Rājdhānī’ śivanērī’cī Savārī]. Divya Marathi (in Marathi). Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
^ “India”. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on 17 February 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
^ “Western Ghats”. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on 5 October 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
^ —Prabhu, K. Seeta; Sarker, P.C. (5 September 1992), “Identification of Levels of Development: Case of Maharashtra”, Economic and Political Weekly, 26 (36): 1927–1937, ISSN 0012-9976, JSTOR 4398849
—Pletcher, Kenneth (1 April 2010). The Geography of India: Sacred and Historic Places Understanding India. Britannica Educational Publishing. p. 283. ISBN 978-1-615-30202-4. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
—Sundar, K.R. Shyam (2009). “Current State and Evolution of Industrial Relations in Maharashtra”. International Labour Organization. Cornell University: 8–30. Archived from the original on 18 March 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
—“Maharashtra’s 2025 agenda: Why state’s $1 trillion GDP target could make it India’s growth engine”. Financial Express. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
^ Biswas, Soutik (17 May 2023). “Maharashtra, India’s richest state”. BBC. Archived from the original on 17 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
^ “India’s richest province of Maharashtra is the nation’s best performer”. Bloomberg.
^ —Planning Commission of the Government of India (2007). Maharashtra, Development Report. Academic Foundation. p. 407. ISBN 978-8-171-88540-4.
—Bhandari Laveesh (2009). Indian States at a Glance 2008-09: Performance, Facts And Figures – Maharashtra. Pearson Education India. p. 176. ISBN 978-8-131-72343-2.
^ —Pletcher, Kenneth (1 April 2010). The Geography of India: Sacred and Historic Places Understanding India. Britannica Educational Publishing. p. 280. ISBN 978-1-615-30202-4. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
—Mookerjee, Sitanshu; Wanmali, Sudhir Vyankatesh, “Maharashtra”, Encyclopædia Britannica, archived from the original on 28 June 2020, retrieved 4 July 2020, Maharashtra is one of India’s biggest commercial and industrial centres, and it has played a significant role in the country’s social and political life. Maharashtra is a leader among Indian states in terms of agricultural and industrial production, trade and transport, and education.
—Sundar, K.R. Shyam (2009). “Current State and Evolution of Industrial Relations in Maharashtra”. International Labour Organization. Cornell University: 8–70. Archived from the original on 18 March 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
^ “HDI: How States Fare in Human Development”. Centre for Economic Data & Analysis. 23 January 2023. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
^ “The Linguist List”. The Linguist List. 22 June 2009. Archived from the original on 25 December 2009. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b ^c Maharashtra State Gazetteers: General Series. Directorate of Government Print., Stationery and Publications. 1967. p. 208. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b H. H. Risley (1908). Census of India, 1901, Volume I, Ethnographic Appendices (PDF) (Report). p. 93. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2020.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b K. Balasubramanyam (1965). the mysore. Mittal Publications. p. 174. GGKEY:HRFC6GWCY6D. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
^ Bahadur), Sarat Chandra Roy (Rai (1974). Man in India. A.K. Bose. p. 40.
^ Tej Ram Sharma (1978). Personal and geographical names in the Gupta inscriptions. Concept Publishing Co., Delhi. p. 209. Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
^ Upinder Singh (2008), A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century Archived 28 March 2024 at the Wayback Machine, p.232
^ P. K. Basant (2012), The City and the Country in Early India: A Study of Malwa, pp. 92–96
^ Nayanjot Lahiri (5 August 2015). Ashoka in Ancient India. Harvard University Press. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-674-05777-7.
^ Singh, Upinder (2008). A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century. Delhi: Pearson Education. pp. 229–233. ISBN 978-81-317-1120-0.
^ Thapar, Romila (2002). Early India: From the Origins to AD 1300. University of California Press. p. 87. ISBN 0-520-24225-4.
^ India Today: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic: p. 440
^ Ali Javid (2008). World Heritage Monuments and Related Edifices in India. Algora Publishing. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-87586-484-6. Archived from the original on 1 January 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
^ Indian History, p. B-57
^ A Comprehensive History of Ancient India (3 Vols. Set): p. 203
^ The Penguin History of Early India: From the Origins to AD 1300 by Romila Thapar: pp. 365–366
^ Ancient Indian History and Civilization by Sailendra Nath Sen: pp. 383–384
^ “Kingdoms of South Asia – Indian Bahamani Sultanate”. The History Files, United Kingdom. Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
^ Bhasker Anand Saletore (1934). Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346–A.D. 1646). B.G. Paul. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
^ A Sketch of the Dynasties of Southern India. E. Keys. 1883. pp. 26–28. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
^ ANWAR, M. S. (1994). MALIK AMBAR AND THE MUGHALS, 1601-26. Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 55, 355–367. http://www.jstor.org/stable/44143374 Archived 31 May 2023 at the Wayback Machine
^ “Malik Ambar (1548–1626): the rise and fall of military slavery”. British Library. Archived from the original on 12 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
^ Richards, John F. (1995). The Mughal Empire. Cambridge University Press. pp. 112–113. ISBN 9780521566032.
^ J. J. Roy Burman. (2001). Shivaji’s Myth and Maharashtra’s Syncretic Traditions. Economic and Political Weekly, 36(14/15), 1226–1234. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4410485 Archived 31 May 2023 at the Wayback Machine
^ “Bijapur (Adil Shah Dynasty)”. The History Files, United Kingdom. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
^ “Bijapur (Vijapura), the historic city”. Bijapur district administration. Archived from the original on 22 July 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
^ Pearson, M. N. (1976). “Shivaji and the Decline of the Mughal Empire”. The Journal of Asian Studies. 35 (2): 221–235. doi:10.2307/2053980. ISSN 0021-9118. JSTOR 2053980. S2CID 162482005. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
^ Osborne, Eric (2020). “The Ulcer of the Mughal Empire: Mughals and Marathas, 1680–1707”. Small Wars & Insurgencies. 31 (5: Special Issue: Insurgency and Counter-Insurgency in the Ancient World): 988–1009. doi:10.1080/09592318.2020.1764711. ISSN 0959-2318. S2CID 221060782.
^ Gordon, Stewart (1993). The Marathas 1600–1818. The New Cambridge History of India. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 1, 3–4, 71–75, 114, 115–125, 133, 138–139. ISBN 978-0-521-26883-7. Archived from the original on 12 August 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
^ Sridharan, K. (2000). Sea: Our Saviour. New Age International (P) Ltd. ISBN 978-81-224-1245-1. Archived from the original on 28 March 2024. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
^ Nehru, Jawaharlal (1 February 2008). Discovery of India. Penguin Random House India Private Limited. ISBN 978-93-85990-05-2. Archived from the original on 1 September 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
^ “Full text of “Selections from the papers of Lord Metcalfe; late governor-general of India, governor of Jamaica, and governor-general of Canada””. archive.org. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
^ N. G. Rathod (1994). The Great Maratha Mahadaji Scindia. Sarup & Sons. p. 180. ISBN 978-81-85431-52-9. Archived from the original on 1 January 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
^ Sharma, Yogesh (2010). Coastal Histories: Society and Ecology in Pre-modern India. Primus Books. p. 66. ISBN 978-93-80607-00-9. Archived from the original on 28 March 2024. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
^ R. V. Russell (1997). The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India (Volumes I and II). Library of Alexandria. p. 8. ISBN 978-1-4655-8294-2. Archived from the original on 1 January 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
^ Chhabra, G. S. (2004). Advanced study in the history of modern India ([3rd ed.] ed.). New Delhi: Lotus Press. pp. 24–25. ISBN 978-8189093075. Archived from the original on 28 March 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
^ Jaffe, James (2015). Ironies of Colonial Governance: Law, Custom and Justice in Colonial India. Cambridge UK: Cambridge University press. pp. 68–96. ISBN 978-1107087927. Archived from the original on 28 March 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
^ Wadia, Sorab P. N. (1897). The institution of trial by jury in India. University of Michigan. pp. 29–30. jury poona.
^ Heitzman, James (2008). The city in South Asia (1st ed.). London: Routledge. p. 125. ISBN 978-0415574266. pune.
^ Gazetteer of The Bombay Presidency: Poona (Part 2). Government Central press. 1885. p. 156. Archived from the original on 28 March 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
^ “Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Poona (2 PTS.)”. 1885. Archived from the original on 28 March 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
^ Keer, Dhananjay (1997). Mahatma Jotirao Phooley: father of the Indian social revolution ([New ed.]. ed.). Bombay: Popular Prakashan. p. 24. ISBN 978-81-7154-066-2. Archived from the original on 28 March 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
^ Naregal, Veena (2002). Language politics, elites, and the public sphere: western India under colonialism. London: Anthem Press. ISBN 978-1843310549. Archived from the original on 28 March 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
^ Mutalik, Maitreyee. “Review of Body Snatching to Body Donation: Past and Present: A Comprehensive Update., Int J Pharm Bio Sci 2015 July; 6(3): (B) 428 – 439”
^ Ramanna, Mridula (2012). Health care in Bombay Presidency, 1896–1930. Delhi: Primus Books. p. 102. ISBN 9789380607245. Archived from the original on 28 March 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
^ Kosambi, Meera; Feldhaus, Ann (2000). Intersections: socio-cultural trends in Maharashtra. New Delhi: Orient Longman. p. 139. ISBN 9788125018780. Archived from the original on 28 March 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
^ Chavan, Dilip (2013). Language politics under colonialism : caste, class and language pedagogy in western India. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars. p. 174. ISBN 978-1443842501. Archived from the original on 28 March 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
^ Chavan, Dilip (2013). Language politics under colonialism : caste, class and language pedagogy in western India (1st ed.). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars. pp. 136–184. ISBN 978-1443842501. Archived from the original on 28 March 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
^ Deo, Shripad D. (1996). Natarajan, Nalini (ed.). Handbook of twentieth century literatures of India (1. publ. ed.). Westport, Conn. [u.a.]: Greenwood Press. p. 212. ISBN 978-0313287787. Archived from the original on 28 March 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
^ Rajyashree (1994). Goparaju Sambasiva Rao (ed.). Language Change: Lexical Diffusion and Literacy. Academic Foundation. pp. 45–58. ISBN 978-81-7188-057-7.
^ Tucker, R., 1976. Hindu Traditionalism and Nationalist Ideologies in Nineteenth-Century Maharashtra. Modern Asian Studies, 10(3), pp.321-348.
^ “B.G. Kher – Profile and biography City”. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
^ “History of Kolhapur City”. Kolhapur Corporation. Archived from the original on 12 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
^ Radheshyam Jadhav (30 April 2010). “Samyukta Maharashtra movement”. The Times of India. The Times Group. Bennet, Coleman & Co. Ltd. Archived from the original on 13 November 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
^ “The Samyukta Maharashtra movement”. Daily News and Analysis. Dainik Bhaskar Group. Diligent Media Corporation. 1 May 2014. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
^ Lele, J., 1995. “Saffronisation of the Shiv Sena”. Economic and Political Weekly, 24.
^ Bhagwat, Ramu (3 August 2013). “Linguistic states”. The Times of India. The Times Group. Bennet, Coleman & Co. Ltd. Archived from the original on 13 November 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
^ Banerjee, S. (1997). “The Saffron Wave: The Eleventh General Elections in Maharashtra”. Economic and Political Weekly. 32 (40): 2551–2560. JSTOR 4405925.
^ “Border dispute: Karnataka CM’s comments need to be taken seriously, says Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole”. The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 1 February 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
^ Sirsikar, V.M. (1966). Politics in Maharashtra, Problems and Prospects (PDF). Poona: University of Poona. p. 8. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
^ “Belgaum border dispute”. Deccan Chronicle. Deccan Chronicle Holdings Limited. 30 July 2014. Archived from the original on 12 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
^ Prabhu, Nagesh (30 December 2021). “The dispute over Belagavi”. Thehindu.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
^ “AgriData”. Archived from the original on 14 April 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b ^c “Maharashtra Geography”. Government of Maharashtra. Archived from the original on 15 June 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
^ “Western Ghats as world heritage site”. The Times of India. 2 July 2012. Archived from the original on 3 March 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b “State Farmer Guide”. Government of India. Ministry of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 4 February 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b “Maharashtra Rivers”. Maharashtra Tourism. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
^ “Geographical set up” (PDF). Government of Maharashtra. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
^ “Cities of Maharashtra”. Maharashtra Tourism. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
^ “Regions in Maharashtra”. Discover India Portal. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
^ “United Nations Development Programme”. United Nations. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
^ “A Deccan Odyssey destination”. Maharashtra Tourism. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
^ Asian Review. 1898. Archived from the original on 28 March 2024. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
^ “Agro Climatic Zones of Maharashtra” (PDF). Ministry of Agriculture. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 January 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
^ Swain, S.; et al. (July 2017). “Application of SPI, EDI and PNPI using MSWEP precipitation data over Marathwada, India”. 2017 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS). Vol. 2017. pp. 5505–5507. doi:10.1109/IGARSS.2017.8128250. ISBN 978-1-5090-4951-6. S2CID 26920225.
^ “Climate – ENVIS”. Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (Maharashtra). Archived from the original on 15 July 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
^ Guhathakurta, Pulak; Saji, Elizabeth (1 June 2013). “Detecting changes in rainfall pattern and seasonality index vis-à-vis increasing water scarcity in Maharashtra”. Journal of Earth System Science. 122 (3): 639–649. Bibcode:2013JESS..122..639G. doi:10.1007/s12040-013-0294-y. S2CID 132556072.
^ Mall, R. K.; Gupta, Akhilesh; Singh, Ranjeet; Singh, R. S.; Rathore, L. S. (2006). “Water resources and climate change: An Indian perspective”. Current Science. 90 (12): 1610–1626. JSTOR 24091910.
^ “Climate of Maharashtra” (PDF). Public Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
^ Singh, K.S. and Mehta, B.V., 2004. Maharashtra (Vol. 30). Popular Prakashan. page=5 [1] Archived 4 April 2023 at the Wayback Machine
^ “The State’s forest cover”. Wildlife Conservation Trust, Mumbai. Government of Maharashtra. Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
^ “Forest department”. Forest Management system. Government of Maharashtra. Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
^ “Formation of the Maharashtra State Biodiversity Board” (PDF). Maharashtra Forest Department. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
^ “About Us | Maharashtra State Biodiversity Board”. Maharashtra State Biodiversity Board. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
^ “Forest Types”. Maharashtra Forest. Government of Maharashtra. Archived from the original on 8 April 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
^ “The Melghat Forests”. Dhakna –Kolkaz wildlife sanctuary. Archived from the original on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2014..
^ “Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary”. Government of Maharashtra. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
^ “Flora And Fauna of Maharashtra”. Discovered India. Archived from the original on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
^ “Study identifies 1,527 species of marine fauna in state”. Times of India. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
^ “Districts” Archived 12 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine, maha.gov.in
^ “Talukas of Maharashtra”. District department. Government of Maharashtra. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
^ “District level governance” (PDF). The Government of Maharashtra. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b “Department of Panchayati Raj”. Ministry of Panchayati Raj. Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
^ “Panchayati raj in state” (PDF). Government of Maharashtra. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
^ “Maharashtra regional and town planning” (PDF). Government of Maharashtra. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
^ “Short title and extent” (PDF). Government of Maharashtra. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 January 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
^ “List of Municipal Corporation” (PDF). Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB). Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 December 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
^ “A-2 Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901”. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 10 October 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
^ “Provisional population totals”. Census of India. Archived from the original on 14 June 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
^ “Population of Maharashtra 2011 census”. Press Population. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b ^c “Population proportion in Maharashtra” (PDF). UNICEF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
^ “Census India Info” (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
^ “Population statistics of state”. Zee News. Archived from the original on 16 August 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
^ Dahiwale, S. M. (1995). “Consolidation of Maratha Dominance in Maharashtra”. Economic and Political Weekly. 30 (6): 336–342. JSTOR 4402382.
^ “Tribals of Maharashtra”. Central Cluster UUPGS. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
^ “Census of India 2011, PCA Maharashtra” (PDF). Director of Census Operations Maharashtra. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 June 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
^ “53% of Mumbai’s migrants from within Maharashtra”. The Times of India. 22 July 2019. Archived from the original on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
^ Verma, Monika (2011). “Return of the Politics of Nativism in Maharashtra”. The Indian Journal of Political Science. 72 (3): 747–758. JSTOR 41858848.
^ “Maharashtra in elite group with 83% literacy”. The Times of India. 19 July 2011. Archived from the original on 1 January 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
^ “C-8 Educational Level By Age And Sex For Population Age 7 And Above”. Census of India. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 31 May 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b “Population by Religion – Maharashtra”. censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011. Archived from the original on 18 July 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
^ “Population by religion community – 2011”. Census of India, 2011. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 25 August 2015.
^ Benaim, Rachel Delia (23 February 2015). “For India’s Largest Jewish Community, One Muslim Makes All the Tombstones”. Tablet Magazine. Archived from the original on 28 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
^ PTI (26 July 2016). “Parsi population dips by 22% between 2001-2011: study”. The Hindu. Archived from the original on 6 January 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b ^c ^d “Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Maharashtra”. censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. Archived from the original on 18 July 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
^ “The Maharashtra Official Languages Act, 1964” (PDF). Bombay High Court. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
^ “Most spoken language in Maharashtra”. The Times of India. 14 July 2013. Archived from the original on 27 September 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
^ Vijayendra, T., Dakhni—People’s Language, frontierweekly.com Volume 39, issue 22, [2] Archived 3 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine
^ Kazi, N.M., 2013. Measuring Impact of Tourism in India: A Case Study of Aurangabad.
^ “Legislative assembly Maharashtra”. Congress. Maharashtra Congress. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
^ “Maharashtra Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Total seats, key parties, key candidates, schedule – Important and unpredictable”. The Economic Times. 11 April 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
^ “Fifteenth Lok Sabha members”. Parliament of India. Lok Sabha. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
^ “Members of Rajya Sabha”. Parliament of India. Rajya Sabha. Archived from the original on 5 February 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
^ “The Council of Ministers”. Government of J & K. J & K Raj Bhavan. Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
^ “CM Selection”. Election Commission. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
^ “State body info”. Government of Maharashtra. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
^ “Office of Chief Conservator of Forests & Deputy Director General, Social Forestry” (PDF). Government of Maharashtra. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
^ “Introduction”. The Bombay High Court. Archived from the original on 20 October 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
^ “History of High Court of Bombay”. bombayhighcourt.nic.in. Archived from the original on 20 October 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
^ “State cabinet nod to HC circuit bench in Kolhapur – The Times of India”. The Times of India. 13 May 2015. Archived from the original on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
^ “The High Court of Bombay”. High Court of Bombay. Archived from the original on 20 October 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b “Governing Council”. High Court of Bombay. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
^ “State supports all-India judicial service proposal”. The Indian Express. Indian Express Group. 14 April 2013. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
^ “Introduction to Maharashtra Judiciary”. Maharashtra Judicial Academy. Archived from the original on 6 August 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
^ “District Courts, Maharashtra”. Maharashtra Judiciary. Archived from the original on 16 August 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
^ “Maharashtra Judicial Academy” (PDF). csi-sigegov.org/. Computer Society of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
^ Simon Denyer (24 June 2014). Rogue Elephant: Harnessing the Power of India’s Unruly Democracy. Bloomsbury USA. pp. 115–116. ISBN 978-1-62040-608-3.
^ Palshikar, S., 2004. Issues in an Issue-less Election: Assembly Polls in Maharashtra. Economic and Political weekly, pp.4399-4403.
^ “Is the BJP less dynastic than the Congress? Not so, Lok Sabha data shows”. 29 March 2019. Archived from the original on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b Kanchan Chandra (28 April 2016). Democratic Dynasties: State, Party, and Family in Contemporary Indian Politics. Cambridge University Press. pp. 131, 136. ISBN 978-1-316-59212-0. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
^ Wilkinson, Steven (January 2005). “Elections in India: Behind the Congress Comeback”. Journal of Democracy. 16 (1): 153–167. doi:10.1353/jod.2005.0018. S2CID 154957863.
^ Kamat, A.R. (October 1980). “Politico-economic developments in Maharashtra: a review of the post-independence period”. Economic and Political Weekly. 15 (40): 1669–1678. JSTOR 4369147.
^ Palshikar, S.; Birmal, N. (18 December 2004). “Maharashtra: Towards a New Party System”. Economic and Political Weekly. 39 (51): 5467–5472. JSTOR 4415934.
^ “Clean yet invisible: Prithviraj Chavan quits as CM, did anyone notice?”. Firstpost. 27 September 2014. Archived from the original on 30 September 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
^ “Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan’s rivals get key posts for Assembly polls”. India Today. 16 August 2014. Archived from the original on 27 September 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
^ “Right man in the wrong polity”. Tehelka. 28 April 2012. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
^ “BJP, Shiv Sena announce alliance in Maharashtra”. IndiaToday.in Mumbai. 4 December 2014. Archived from the original on 9 May 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
^ “#LokSabhaElection”. Archived from the original on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
^ “Political drama has gripped the home state of Bollywood”. No. 30 November 2019. The Economist. Archived from the original on 30 November 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
^ “Maharashtra: With 169 votes, Uddhav-led govt sails through Assembly floor test, BJP stages walkout”. Indian Express. No. 30 November 2019. Indian Express newspapers. Archived from the original on 30 November 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
^ “Udhav Thackeray swearing in as CM”. Times of India. Archived from the original on 28 November 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
^ “Maharashtra swearing-in HIGHLIGHTS: Farmers first; Uddhav sets priority after first cabinet meet”. The Indian Express. 28 November 2019. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
^ “Uddhav Thackeray sworn in as 19th CM of Maharashtra: First of family to hold this office, 59-yr-old gets kudos from Modi, Sonia Gandhi”. Firstpost. 29 November 2019. Archived from the original on 29 November 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
^ Karthikeyan, Suchitra (22 June 2022). “Maharashtra Political Crisis: MVA slides into minority; here’s how the numbers stand”. The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 22 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
^ “What’s next in the Maharashtra political crisis? Decoding the future of the MVA alliance”. Firstpost. 23 June 2022. Archived from the original on 23 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
^ “Maharashtra: The political crisis brewing in India’s richest state”. BBC News. 23 June 2022. Archived from the original on 21 July 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022. To avoid disqualification under India’s anti-defection law, Mr Shinde needs the support of 37 lawmakers in the state. He has claimed the support of 40 Sena lawmakers and six independents, but the number is yet to be independently verified
^ Rajagopal, Krishnadas (15 March 2023). “Governors cannot precipitate the fall of elected governments: Supreme Court”. The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
^ “Should India abolish its state governors?”. BBC News. 21 March 2023. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
^ “Uddhav Thackeray resigns as Maharashtra chief minister hours ahead of trust vote”. Hindustan Times. 29 June 2022. Archived from the original on 29 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
^ Jump up to:^a^b * “Eknath Shinde to take oath as Maharashtra Chief Minister at 7:30 pm today, announces Devendra Fadnavis”. Free Press Journal. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- “Maharashtra political crisis Live Updates: Devendra Fadnavis names Eknath Shinde as Maharashtra CM”. The Indian Express. 30 June 2022. Archived from the original on 29 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- “Maharashtra swearing-in ceremony Live Updates: Eknath Shinde to be Maharashtra CM, Fadnavis announces”. The Indian Express. 30 June 2022. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- “Maharashtra Political Crisis LIVE Updates: Eknath Shinde takes oath as chief minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis as deputy CM”. The Times of India. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- “Eknath Shinde Takes Oath As Chief Minister, Devendra Fadnavis His Deputy”. NDTV.com. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b NETWORK, LIVELAW NEWS (16 March 2023). “Shiv Sena Case : Supreme Court Constitution Bench Reserves Judgment”. www.livelaw.in. Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b Rajagopal, Krishnadas (16 March 2023). “Supreme Court reserves judgment on Maharashtra political row”. The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
^ Mahapatra, Dhananjay (12 May 2023). “Sena vs Sena: Supreme Court slams governor’s role, but spares Eknath Shinde govt”. Mumbai. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
^ “Maharashtra Governor, Speakers’ Actions Illegal But Can’t Restore Uddhav Govt: Supreme Court”. The Wire. 11 May 2023. Archived from the original on 5 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
^ “Sena vs Sena: Month after SC verdict, Speaker yet to kick off process in MLAs’ disqualification case as MVA cries foul”. The Indian Express. 11 June 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
^ “Uddhav faction moves SC to expedite disqualification pleas against Shinde, others”. Hindustan Times. 5 July 2023. Archived from the original on 26 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
^ “SC to hear Uddhav’s plea to quash ECI order giving Shiv Sena name, symbol to Maharashtra CM Shinde led faction on July 31”. The Hindu. 10 July 2023. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 26 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
^ Sharma, Padmakshi (10 July 2023). “Shiv Sena Rift : Supreme Court To Hear Uddhav’s Plea Against ECI Order Recognising Shinde Faction On July 31”. www.livelaw.in. Archived from the original on 26 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
^ “Ajit Pawar Maharashtra Deputy Cm: Ajit Pawar joins NDA govt, takes oath as deputy CM of Maharashtra – The Economic Times”. The Economic Times. 2 July 2023. Archived from the original on 11 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
^ “-ncp-a-day-after-sharad-pawars-fightback-nephew-ajit-again-approaches-election-commission-for-party-symbol”. Times of india. Mumbai. Archived from the original on 7 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
^ “Net state domestic product at factor cost—state-wise (at current prices)”. Handbook of statistics on Indian economy. Reserve Bank of India. 15 September 2011. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
^ Planning Commission of the Government of India (2007). Maharashtra, Development Report. Academic Foundation. pp. 55–56. ISBN 978-81-7188-540-4. Archived from the original on 1 January 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
^ “Assessing climate change vulnerability and adaptation strategies for Maharashtra State”. Department of Environment. Government of Maharashtra. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
^ “Overview of MSSIDC”. The Maharashtra Small Scale Industries Development Corporation Ltd. Archived from the original on 7 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
^ Pachouly, Manish (9 August 2011). “Taxpayers in Maharashtra”. Hindustan Times. HT Media Ltd. Archived from the original on 7 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b “Service sector synopsis on Maharashtra” (PDF). RBI’s Regional Office – Mumbai. Reserve Bank of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
^ “Economic Survey” (PDF). Government of Maharashtra. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
^ “India’s top 25 states with highest GDP”. Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
^ “Statement 19: Total Outstanding Liabilities of State Governments (As at end-March)”. Reserve Bank of India. 12 May 2015. Archived from the original on 25 November 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
^ “Maharashtra most indebted, Tamil Nadu gathering debt fastest”. Hindustan Times. 25 November 2015. Archived from the original on 25 November 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b ^c ^d “Industrial investments in Maharashtra”. Delhi Mumbai industrial corridor portal. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
^ “Maharashtra service sector”. Maharashtra Business and Service Directory. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
^ “Public Sector Undertakings”. Planning Commission. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b ^c “Report on IT Sector in Maharashtra. Amol Lakhamle was Director of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), an apex organization for curricular reforms in India” (PDF). Industry Department. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 June 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
^ “Media and Entertainment Industry -Brief Introduction”. ibef.org/. India Brand Equity Foundation (IBEF). Archived from the original on 20 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
^ Richard Corliss (16 September 1996). “Hooray for Bollywood!”. Time. Archived from the original on 26 October 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
^ Jadhav, V., 2016. When marathi cinema became maratha: A historical perspective on macho-ism in marathi cinema.LENSIGHT Quarterly Academic Journal of Film and media OCTOBER-DECEMBER 2016 ISSN 2395-4604 [3] Archived 11 April 2023 at the Wayback Machine
^ S.S. Kalamkar (14 September 2011). Agricultural Growth and Productivity in Maharashtra: Trends and Determinants. Allied Publishers. pp. 18, 39, 64, 73. ISBN 978-81-8424-692-6.
^ Lalvani, Mala (2008). “Sugar Co-operatives in Maharashtra: A Political Economy Perspective”. The Journal of Development Studies. 44 (10): 1474–1505. doi:10.1080/00220380802265108. S2CID 154425894.
^ Patil, Anil (9 July 2007). “Sugar cooperatives on death bed in Maharashtra”. Rediff India. Archived from the original on 28 August 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
^ Banishree Das; Nirod Kumar Palai & Kumar Das (18 July 2006). “Problems and Prospects of the Cooperative Movement in India Under the Globalization Regime” (PDF). XIV International Economic History Congress, Helsinki 2006, Session 72. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
^ “Mahanand Dairy”. Archived from the original on 24 November 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
^ “Microfinance, Self-Help Groups and Empowerment in Maharashtra” (PDF). National Commission for Women, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 June 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
^ “Top urban co-op banks set to expand area of operations”. 7 June 2011. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
^ “Multimodal transportation system in state”. Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b “Public Private Partnerships in India”. pppinindia.com/. Ministry of Finance. Archived from the original on 30 August 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
^ “List of State-wise National Highways in India”. knowindia.gov.in/. Government of India. Archived from the original on 5 September 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
^ “The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation”. msrtc.gov.in/. Government of Maharashtra. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
^ “Village speed limit in maharashtra”. rediff.com/. Rediff News. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
^ Raghunathan, V.; Prasad, V. (1 July 2015). “The Birth of the East India Railway”. Beyond the Call of Duty. HarperCollins Publishers India. ISBN 9789351772651.
^ “Western Railway in its present form”. Indian Railways. Western Railway. Archived from the original on 13 February 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
^ “Central Railway’s Head Quarter”. Central Railway. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
^ “Mumbai-New Delhi Rajdhani Express”. The Times of India. 20 May 2012. Archived from the original on 3 March 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
^ “Thane is busiest railway station in Mumbai”. The Times of India. 19 May 2013. Archived from the original on 31 October 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
^ “List of ports in Maharashtra”. Regional Port Offices. Maharashtra Maritime Board. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
^ “Sea ports of Maharashtra”. Geo cities organisation. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
^ “Reliance Airport gets five projects on lease”. The Times of India. 6 August 2009. Archived from the original on 30 January 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
^ “MIDC projects”. Maharashtra Airport Development Company. Archived from the original on 26 February 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
^ “Statewise airfield list”. cad.gujarat.gov.in/. Director Civil Aviation, Government of Gujarat. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
^ “Literacy in India”. Census of India. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 31 May 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
^ “The Personality and Philosophy of Lokmanya B.G. Tilak”. ncte-india.org/. NCTE: National Council For Teacher Education. Archived from the original on 5 July 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
^ “Mahatma Jotiba Phule: An Educational Philosopher”. sikhinstitute.org/. Institute of Sikh Studies. Archived from the original on 18 December 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
^ “Dr. B.R.Ambedkar’s Contribution To Buddhist Education”. countercurrents.org/. Counter Currents news portal. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
^ George Smith (7 June 2012). Life of John Wilson, D.D. F.R.S.: For Fifty Years Philanthropist and Scholar in the East. Cambridge University Press. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-108-05045-6. Archived from the original on 1 January 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
^ “The Poona Engineering Class and Mechanical School”. College of Engineering, Pune. Archived from the original on 29 September 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
^ Government Polytechnic, Nagpur Training Brochure (PDF). 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 June 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
^ Bhosale, Jayashree (10 November 2007). “Economic Times: Despite private participation Education lacks quality in Maharashtra”. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
^ “State University”. University Grants Commission. Archived from the original on 22 April 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
^ “Universities of Maharashtra”. Education information of India. Archived from the original on 15 September 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
^ Swami, V.N. (2020). विद्याभरती जिल्हा मध्यवर्ती सहकारी बँक भारती परीक्षा मार्गदर्शक (in Marathi). Latur, India: Vidyabharti Publication. p. 65.
^ “Mumbai University Affiliated Colleges”. University of Mumbai. Archived from the original on 9 May 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
^ “10 Indian universities in developing nations top 100 list”. The Times of India. 5 December 2013. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
^ “India’s Best Universities for 2013”. India Today. 12 May 2013. Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
^ “Top colleges in state”. India Today. Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
^ “List of autonomous institutes in Maharashtra” (PDF). University Grants Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
^ “Welcome to MCAER official website”. mcaer.org. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
^ “List of Deemed Universities” (PDF). aicte-india.org. All India Council for Technical Education. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
^ Melsens, S.; Mangaonkar–Vaiude, P.; Bertels, Inge (2017). Campbell, James (ed.). Building Histories: the Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Construction History Society Conference. Cambridge UK: The Construction History Society. pp. 27–38. ISBN 978-0-9928751-3-8. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
^ Chhapia, Hemali (11 March 2021). “Maharashtra: Community colleges to be part of new skills varsity”. The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
^ George, Alex; Nandraj, Sunil (1993). “State of Health Care in Maharashtra: A Comparative Analysis”. Economic and Political Weekly. 28 (32/33): 1671–1683. JSTOR 4400025.
^ “List of hospitals in state”. Government of Maharashtra. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b “List of Women Hospital”. Government of Maharashtra. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
^ Dabhade, Sangeeta; et al. (2013). “Comparative evaluation of prescriptions of MBBS and BAMS doctors using WHO prescribing indicators”. Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil University. 6 (4): 411. doi:10.4103/0975-2870.118294 (inactive 1 November 2024).
^ “Indian Public Health Standards (IPHS) Guidelines for Primary Health Centres Revised 2012”. Archive.org. 16 February 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
^ “Inequality- adjusted Human Development Index for India’s states” (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 March 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
^ “Health Indicators of Maharashtra”. Government of Maharashtra. Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
^ “Impressive drop in maternal, infant mortality rates”. The Hindu. 8 July 2011. Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
^ “Infant Mortality Rate”. Government of Maharashtra. Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
^ “1 1 Medical Education & Drugs Department” (PDF). Government of Maharashtra. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 November 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
^ “Public health department”. Government of Maharashtra. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b “Health Intelligence & Vital Statistics” (PDF). Government of Maharashtra. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b “Maharashtra tie up for diagnostic facilities”. The Hindu. 17 May 2013. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
^ “Maharashtra State Health Status”. Government of Maharashtra. 2 May 2012. Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b “Maharashtra used up 1193 MW more power in winter”. The Times of India. The Times Group. 22 February 2012. Archived from the original on 15 November 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b “Indian Power Sector”. indianpowersector.com/. Ministry of Power. Archived from the original on 22 August 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b “Electricity Governance Initiative” (PDF). electricitygovernance.wri.org/. Government of Maharashtra. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
^ “Electricity tariff in Maharashtra” (PDF). mercindia.org.in/. Maharashtra State Electricity Board. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
^ “Maharashtra State Power Generation Company -A Power Generating Utility”. mahagenco.in/. Maharashtra State Power Generation Company. Archived from the original on 21 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
^ “Power demand-supply position of the state of Maharashtra”. Green guide. 27 November 2012. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
^ “Introduction”. MPCB. Archived from the original on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
^ “Plastic ban in Maharashtra: What is allowed, what is banned”. TheIndianExpress. 27 June 2018. Archived from the original on 30 December 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
^ “Plastic Waste Management in Maharashtra”. Maharashtra Pollution Control Board. 23 June 2018. Archived from the original on 21 August 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
^ Asha Khatau (February 2004). Epicure S Vegetarian Cuisines Of India. Popular Prakashan. pp. 12, 63. ISBN 978-81-7991-119-8.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b ^c “Cuisine of Maharashtra”. marathiheritage.com. Maharashtra Heritage news portal. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
^ “Maharashtra Recipes”. food.ndtv.com. NDTV. Archived from the original on 25 December 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b “Maharashtrian food”. maharashtratourism.gov.in/. Government of Maharashtra. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
^ Marathé, Kaumudi (2009). The Essential Marathi Cookbook. Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-306802-0.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b ^c “Costumes of Maharashtra”. Maharashtra Tourism. Archived from the original on 23 July 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
^ Ghurye, Govind Sadashiv (1995) [1966]. Indian Costume (2nd ed.). Bombay: Popular Prakashan. p. 186. ISBN 978-81-7154-403-5. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
^ Kher 2003.
^ Kher, Swati (2003). “Bid farewell to her”. Indian Express, Mumbai Newsline. Archived from the original on 1 March 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
^ Ghurye, Govind Sadashiv (1995) [1966]. Indian Costume (2nd ed.). Bombay: Popular Prakashan. p. 177. ISBN 978-81-7154-403-5. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
^ Bhanu, B.V. (2004). People of India: Maharashtra, Part 2. Mumbai: Popular Prakashan. pp. 1033, 1037, 1039. ISBN 978-81-7991-101-3. Archived from the original on 28 March 2024. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b “Traditional costumes of Maharashtra”. Marathi Heritage Organisation. Archived from the original on 28 October 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
^ Grimes, Jeffrey Michael (December 2008). The geography of Hindustani music : the influence of region and regionalism on the North Indian classical tradition (Thesis). CiteSeerX 10.1.1.390.2265. hdl:2152/18235. ProQuest 304195106.
^ Pinglay, Prachi (10 December 2009). “Plans to start India music awards”. BBC News. Archived from the original on 27 January 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
^ Datta, Jayanti (July 2020). “A New Sense of the Sacred” (PDF). PostScriptum (ii): 234–245. ISSN 2456-7507. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
^ Gupta, D.R., Paper 11: Special Interest Tourism Module 22: Musical Festivals and Events (Doctoral dissertation, Central University of Jammu).
^ Krishnamachari, Suganthy (16 August 2018). “The Gondhala music of Maharashtra”. The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 4 December 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
^ Zelliot, Eleanor; Berntsen, Maxine (1988). The Experience of Hinduism : essays on religion in Maharashtra. Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press. p. 174. ISBN 978-0-88706-662-7. Retrieved 26 May 2016. gondhali maharashtra.
^ Kumar, Raj, ed. (2003). Essays on Indian music. New Delhi: Discovery Pub. House. p. 12. ISBN 978-81-7141-719-3. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
^ Mandpe, Asha (10 March 2011). “Vibrant colours of Maharashtra”. Times of India. The Times Group. Archived from the original on 31 October 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
^ “Dances of Maharashtra”. marathiheritage.com/. Maharashtra Heritage news portal. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
^ ed, Alison Arnold (2000). The Garland encyclopedia of world music. New York: Garland. pp. 726–730. ISBN 978-0-8240-4946-1. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
^ Dharwadker, Aparna Bhargava (2009). Theatres of Independence: Drama, Theory, and Urban Performance in India Since 1947. University of Iowa Press. pp. 314 and 368. ISBN 978-1-58729-642-0. Archived from the original on 1 January 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
^ “Modern Marathi theatre had milestones, limitations.” The Times of India. 7 June 2011. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
^ Sengupta, Ashis (2014). Mapping South Asia Through Contemporary Theatre. Basingstoke, Uk and New York, US: Palgrave MacMillan. p. 88. ISBN 978-1-137-37513-1. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
^ “Maharashtra’s Regional Literature”. discoveredindia.com/. Discovery Channel. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
^ Singh. The Pearson Indian History Manual for the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination. Pearson Education India. p. 120. ISBN 978-81-317-1753-0. Archived from the original on 1 January 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
^ Indian History. Tata McGraw-Hill Education. 1960. pp. B–244. ISBN 978-0-07-132923-1. Archived from the original on 1 January 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
^ “Jnanpith Laureates Official listings”. Archived from the original on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
^ Deshpande, G. P. (1997). “Marathi Literature since Independence: Some Pleasures and Displeasures”. Economic and Political Weekly. 32 (44/45): 2885–2892. JSTOR 4406042.
^ Muthukkaruppan, Parthasarathi (January 2018). “Preliminary Remarks on Dalit Poetry”. Rethinking Marxism. 30 (1): 61–71. doi:10.1080/08935696.2018.1456762. S2CID 149846207.
^ Natarajan, Nalini; Emmanuel Sampath Nelson (1996). “Chapter 13: Dalit Literature in Marathi by Veena Deo”. Handbook of twentieth-century literatures of India. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 363. ISBN 0-313-28778-3.
^ Bhattacharya, Rebecca (April–June 2017). “Bombay as Reflected in the Novels of Shobha De, Salman Rushdie and Rohinton Mistry” (PDF). Research Journal of English Language and Literature. 5 (2). Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 July 2023.
^ Brand, Madeleine (15 April 2005). “Amitabh Bachchan, ‘The Biggest Film Star in the World'”. NPR. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
^ “Of Amitabh Bachchan’s fame and celebrity”. Dawn. 19 April 2005. Archived from the original on 11 March 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
^ “‘The Biggest Film Star in the World'”. Newsweek. 21 April 2005. Archived from the original on 11 March 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
^ “Media and Entertainment Industry -Brief Introduction”. ibef.org/. India Brand Equity Foundation (IBEF). Archived from the original on 20 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
^ “Film City – Mumbai”. Ffo.gov.in. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
^ Richard Corliss (16 September 1996). “Hooray for Bollywood!”. Time. Archived from the original on 26 October 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
^ “Dada saheb Phalke : भारतीय सिनेमा के पितामह थे दादा साहब फाल्के, ऐसे दिया था भारत में फिल्मों को जीवन”. Amar Ujala (in Hindi). 1 April 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
^ Pandey, Manish (4 April 2021). “भारतीय सिनेमा के सूत्रधार रहे दादा साहेब फाल्के, 1969 से दिया जा रहा फाल्के पुरस्कार”. Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 29 November 2021.
^ “Dadasaheb Phalke Awards”. Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived from the original on 26 May 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
^ “The Millennium Special: Gautam Rajadhyaksha on the ten most important women stars in Indian films”. rediff.com. Archived from the original on 21 March 2009. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
^ “1983 Film Supporting Actress”. BAFTA Awards. Archived from the original on 14 January 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
^ “Search Results”. Academy Awards Database Search. Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on 14 January 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
^ “1983”. Oscars.org. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
^ “Suryakant Mandare”. 4 March 2016. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
^ “The legend from Kolhapur”. The Indian Express. 22 July 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
^ “Happy Birthday, Mohan Joshi: ‘Mulshi Pattern’ to ‘Deool Band’; FIVE must-watch movies of the veteran star”. The Times of India. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
^ “Highest Circulated amongst ABC Member Publications” (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2017.
^ “Highest Circulated amongst ABC Member Publications” (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2017.
^ Sanjay Tambat, Media Convergence in the Regional Language Setting : 43 Some Observations from a Study on Pune -Mumbai Based Media”, COMMUNICATOR (2019): 43.Volume LIII, Number-4 page=43-62 [4]
^ “IRS Q2 2010: Publications in Maharashtra see some light”. Exchange4media.com. Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
^ “Prominent financial dailies”. India Press. Archived from the original on 17 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
^ Mathur, U.C., 2010. Product and Brand Management. Excel Books India. ISB=978-8174465498 page=25 [5]
^ “Profile display”. karmayog.org/. National Film & Television Industry Committee-Maharashtra. Archived from the original on 7 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
^ “Radio stations in Maharashtra, India”. Asia Waves. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
^ “Citizen Charter of BSNL – Maharashtra Telecom Circle” (PDF). Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
^ “Mumbai Cricket Association”. Mumbai Cricket Association. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
^ “Vidarbha Cricket Association, Nagpur”. Vidarbha Cricket Association. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
^ Dubey, Jyotindra (4 June 2019). “Which state has gifted India the most cricketers for World Cups since 1975?”. India Today. Living Media. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
^ “Brabourne Stadium”. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
^ “Wankhede Stadium”. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
^ Utathya Nag (12 October 2022). “National Games 2022 medal tally: Know the final standing and winners”.
^ Shodhganga. “Sangli District” (PDF). Shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
^ “Maharashtra asks high court to reconsider ban on bullock cart races”. The Times of India. 19 October 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
^ TALEGAON DASHASAR. Maharashtra: The Gazetteers Department.
^ “Hind Kesari Kushti kicks off”. The Indian Express. 30 October 2010. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
^ Reddy, P.A., 2005. Sports Promotion in India. Discovery Publishing House.[6]
^ Kejal Joshi-Reddy; Veena Kamble; Pooja Kunte; Polly Hardy-Johnson; Caroline HD Fall; Mary Barker; Susie Weller; Chittaranjan S. Yajnik; Sarah H. Kehoe (2021). “Adolescent diet and physical activity in the context of economic, social and nutrition transition in rural Maharashtra, India: a qualitative study” (PDF). Public Health Nutrition. 24 (16): 5299–5308. doi:10.1017/S1368980020002220. PMC 10195224. PMID 32981556. S2CID 222146403.
^ Nilesh Upadhye (2019). “The Growth of Experiential Tourism in Maharashtra”. Atithya: A Journal of Hospitality. 5 (1): 41–42.
^ Gunaji, Milind (2010). Offbeat tracks in Maharashtra (2nd ed.). Popular Prakashan. ISBN 978-81-7991-578-3.
^ “Adventure activities in Maharashtra”. discoveredindia.com/. Discovery India. Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
^ “About us: Tata Open Maharashtra”. www.maharashtraopen.com. Archived from the original on 29 January 2022.
^ “Pune Overview: ATP Tour–Tata Open Maharashtra–Tennis”. ATP Tour. Archived from the original on 28 June 2022.
^ “The Mahalaxmi Race Course”. Royal Western India Turf Club. Archived from the original on 25 June 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
^ “The Pune Race Course”. Royal Western India Turf Club. Archived from the original on 7 February 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
^ Astill, J., 2013. The great tamasha: cricket, corruption, and the turbulent rise of modern India. Bloomsbury Publishing USA.[7]
^ “Maharashtra Football Clubs List with Names & Foundation”. FIFA World Cup 2014, Brazil. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
^ “Gridiron league launched in India”. The Times of India. Press Trust of India. 5 August 2011. Archived from the original on 3 August 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
^ “Pune Marathas Video Profile – The Elite Football League of India”. Elite Football League of India. 18 September 2012. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
^ “Mumbai Gladiators”. Elite Football League of India. Archived from the original on 24 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
^ Athma, Prashanta; Nalini, G. (2013). “Tourism in India- An Analysis”. International Journal of Management Prudence. 5 (1): 25–35. ProQuest 1490677543.
^ Nallathiga, Ramakrishna (September 2006). “Integrating Entertainment, Tourism, Heritage and Culture into the Development of Cities: A Case for Mumbai”. ITPI Journal. 3 (3): 67–72. SSRN 987481.
^ Indra, S.R. and D’Souza, J.N., A study on Tourists Loyalty based on Impact of Destination Image and Tourists Satisfaction in Mumbai. Food, Tourism and Hospitality Perspectives, p.217.[8]
^ Udas-Mankikar, Sayli (March 2020), “24×7 Cities: Recommendations for an India Playbook” (PDF), ORF Issue Brief (342), Observer Research Foundation, ISBN 978-93-89622-71-3, archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2022
^ Mahadevia, Darshini. (2008). Dynamics of High-Tech Zones in Pune: Emerging Trends and Impacts. []
^ Kale, Pramod (1979). “Ideas, Ideals and the Market: A Study of Marathi Films”. Economic and Political Weekly. 14 (35): 1511–1520. JSTOR 4367902.
^ Nagapurkar, S., Narkhede, P. and Sheriff, V.A., 2020. Energizing the Future with Memories of the Past: The Wadas of Pune City. In E3S Web of Conferences (Vol. 170, p. 05006). EDP Sciences.
^ Shinde, K., 2014. 2 Ganesh festival. Rituals and Traditional Events in the Modern World, p.23.[9]
^ Shukla, A.V. and Badwaik, H.B., 2008. Tourist Satisfaction-A study of Tourist destinations in Maharashtra. Conference on Tourism in India – Challenges Ahead, 15–17 May 2008, IIMK [10]
^ Kohli, M. S. (2002). Mountains of India : tourism, adventure and pilgrimage. New Delhi: Indus Publ. Co. pp. 263–266. ISBN 9788173871351.
^ Singh, K.; Bhanu, B.V. (2004). People of India. Mumbai: Anthropological Survey of India. p. LIX. ISBN 9788179911013. Archived from the original on 7 January 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
^ Shinde, Kiran (2018). “Governance and Management of Religious Tourism in India”. International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage. 6 (1). doi:10.21427/D7K42M.
^ Patange, P., Srinithivihahshini, N.D. and Mahajan, D.M., 2013. “Pilgrimage and the environment: Challenges in a pilgrimage centre in Maharashtra, India”. International Journal of Environmental Sciences, 3(6), pp. 2269–2277.
^ Shukla, A.V. and Badwaik, H.B., 2008. Tourist Satisfaction-A study of Tourist destinations in Maharashtra.[11]
^ Mhatre, Shridhar. “Amazing Maharashtra: Tadoba National Park”. Amazing Maharashtra. Archived from the original on 10 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
^ Jump up to:^a ^b “Tourism Survey for State of Maharashtra” (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
^ “About MTDC”. Maharashtratourism.gov.in. Archived from the original on 23 June 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.