Vidarbha is a geographical region in the east of the Indian state of Maharashtra and a proposed state of western India,comprising the state's Amravati and Nagpur divisions. Amravati Division's former name is Berar. It occupies 31.6% of the total area and holds 21.3% of the total population of Maharashtra. It borders the state of Madhya Pradesh to the north,Chhattisgarh to the east,Telangana to the south and Marathwada and Uttar Maharashtra regions of Maharashtra to the west. Situated in central India. The largest city in Vidarbha is Nagpur followed by Amravati,Akola,Chandrapur and Gondia. A majority of Vidarbha residents speak Varhadi and Zadi dialects of Marathi.
Chandrapur district is a district in the Nagpur Division in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Chandrapur was the largest district in India until the Gadchiroli and Sironcha tehsils were separated as Gadchiroli district in 1981. In 2011,the district population was 2,204,307.
Chandrapur is a city and a municipal corporation in Chandrapur district,Maharashtra state,India. It is the district headquarters of Chandrapur district. Chandrapur is a fort city founded by Khandkya Ballal Shah,a Gond king of the 13th century. The city sits at the confluence of the Erai river and Zarpat river. The area around the city is rich in coal seams.. Hence,Chandrapur is also known as the "Black Gold City".
The Kherlanji massacre refers to the murders of four Scheduled Caste citizens by villagers of Khairlanji on 29 September 2006. The killings took place in a small village in India named Kherlanji,located in the Bhandara district of the state of Maharashtra.
Nitin Jairam Gadkari is an Indian politician from Maharashtra who is the current Minister for Road Transport &Highways in the Government of India. He is also the longest serving Minister for Road Transport &Highways currently running his tenure for over nine years. Gadkari earlier served as the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from 2009 to 2013. He is also known for his work as the Public Works Department Minister of the State of Maharashtra,where,under his leadership,a series of roads,highways and flyovers across the state were constructed.
Haseeb A Drabu is an Indian politician,economist and the former member of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly from Rajpora constituency in Pulwama district. He was elected as Finance Minister of Jammu and Kashmir in the BJP-PDP coalition government from 2015 to 2018.
Prakash Keshav Javadekar is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and served as the Minister of Environment,Forest and Climate Change from 30 May 2019 till 7 July 2021,precisely from 26 May 2014 till 5 July 2016.
Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis is an Indian politician who is serving as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 30 June 2022 alongside Ajit Pawar who was sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra for the 5th time on 2 July 2023. He also served as the 18th Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 31 October 2014 to 12 November 2019,Leader of the Opposition,Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from 2019 to 2022 and the President of BJP,Maharashtra state unit from 2013 to 2015. Having been sworn in at the age of 44,he is the second-youngest Chief Minister in Maharashtra's history after Sharad Pawar. He served a 5-day long second term as Chief Minister during the 2019 Maharashtra political crisis,before resigning on 28 November 2019. A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh,Fadnavis has represented the Nagpur South West constituency in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly since 2009 and Nagpur West from 1999 to 2009. He was also Mayor of Nagpur from 1997 to 2001.
The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the legislature of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is situated in the Nariman Point area of South Mumbai in the capital Mumbai. Presently,288 members of the Legislative Assembly are directly elected from the single-seat constituencies.
Kunal Rohidas Patil is a member of the 14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.He won this constituency in a row second time for MLA. He represents the Dhule Rural Assembly Constituency. He belongs to the Indian National Congress. He is the son of Indian National Congress leader and former minister Rohidas Patil.
Dattatraya Sawant is a member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represents the Nanded North Assembly Constituency. He belongs to the Indian National Congress. He has been the Minister of State(MoS) for Higher and Technical education. He is considered to be a trusted associate of former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan. He was Guardian Minister of Nanded District for years 2010-14.
Sanjay Bhende is the Chairman of Nagpur Nagarik Sahakari Bank Ltd,Nagpur. He was BJP State Executive member since 2013–2015. He is now Chief of BJP Offices in Maharashtra State.
Maharashtra National Law University,Nagpur (MNLU) is a National Law University and a public law school established by the government through the Maharashtra National Law University Act. The university is the 19th National Law University established in India and is located in the Orange City of Nagpur,Maharashtra. Hon'ble Supreme Court Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai serves as the chancellor of the institution.
Magnetic Maharashtra is a summit held in Maharashtra,India,aimed to attract investment into the economy of Maharashtra.
The Maharashtra Forest Department is a department of the Indian state of Maharashtra responsible for forestry and wildlife management.
Vikas Shankar Kharage is an Indian Administrative Service officer currently posted as Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister,Government of Maharashtra since 9 December 2019. He holds additional charge of Principal Secretary of the Department of Cultural Affairs.
The Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund was created on 27 March 2020,following the COVID-19 pandemic in India. Although it is named for the Prime Minister of India,and uses the State Emblem of India,it is a private fund,used at the discretion of the Prime Minister and the Fund's trustees,and does not form a part of the Government of India's accounts. The Fund was established for the purpose of redressing the COVID-19 pandemic in India,in 2020. While complete documentation for the Fund's establishment has not been made public,the Government of India has stated that the Prime Minister of India,Narendra Modi,is the chairman of the fund,and that trustees include the Minister of Defence,Rajnath Singh;the Minister of Home Affairs,Amit Shah,the Minister of Finance,Nirmala Sitharaman,and several corporate leaders and industrialists,including Ratan Tata,and Sudha Murty.
The 2022 Maharashtra political crisis began on 21 June 2022 in the Indian state of Maharashtra when Eknath Shinde,along with several other MLAs of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition moved to Surat in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-governed Gujarat,throwing the coalition into a crisis.
The Members of 14th Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra were elected in the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election,with results announced on 24 October 2019.
Territory is a 2023 Indian Marathi-language thriller film based on a cannibal tiger in the village Pandharkaoda situated in district Yavatmal,Maharashtra. The film is written and directed by Sachin Shriram,starring Sandeep Kulkarni and Kishor Kadam in the leading roles. It was theatrically released on 1 September 2023.
