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Srishtidnyan is a monthly science magazine published from Pune, India in Marathi language. It was started in 1928. Its 1000th issue was published in July, 2011. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] In 2016, a programme was launched with the help of donors to make available the magazine to rural schools in Maharashtra free of cost with the aim to promote scientific inquiry amongst rural students. [6]

Pune Metropolis in Maharashtra, India

Pune, formerly spelled Poona (1857–1978), is the second largest city in the Indian state of Maharashtra, after Mumbai. It is the ninth most populous city in the country with an estimated population of 3.13 million. Along with its Industrial Estate Pimpri Chinchwad and the three cantonment towns of Pune, Khadki and Dehu Road, Pune forms the urban core of the eponymous Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR). According to the 2011 census, the urban area has a combined population of 5.05 million while the population of the metropolitan region is estimated at 7.27 million.

Marathi language Indo-Aryan language; a constitutionally-recognised Indian language

Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken predominantly by around 83 million Marathi people of Maharashtra, India. 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 83 million speakers in 2011; Marathi ranks 19th in the list of most spoken languages in the world. Marathi has the third largest number of native speakers in India, after Hindi and Bengali. Marathi has some of the oldest literature of all modern Indian languages, dating from about 900 AD. The major dialects of Marathi are Standard Marathi and the Varhadi dialect. Koli, Malvani Konkani has been heavily influenced by Marathi varieties.

Maharashtra State in western, southern and central India

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  1. ↑ "Distance equals Time". The Indian Express. 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2017-11-26.
  2. ↑ "'सृष्टिज्ञान'चं सहस्रक -Maharashtra Times". Maharashtra Times (in Marathi). 2011-07-03. Retrieved 2017-11-26.
  3. ↑ "Marathi magazine set to print 1,000th issue | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". dna. 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2017-11-26.
  4. ↑ satam, uday. "'सृष्टिज्ञान' वसा विज्ञानप्रसाराचा!". archive.loksatta.com. Retrieved 2017-11-26.
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  6. ↑ "विज्ञानप्रेमींच्या दातृत्वामुळे 'सृष्टिज्ञान' ग्रामीण विद्यार्थ्यांच्या हाती जाणार – Loksatta". www.loksatta.com. Retrieved 2017-11-26.
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