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Administrative divisions of India
The administrative divisions of India are subnational administrative units of India; they compose a nested hierarchy of country subdivisions.
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B. R. Ambedkar
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956), popularly known as Babasaheb, was an Indian jurist, economist, politician and social reformer who inspired the Dalit Buddhist movement and campaigned against social discrimination towards Untouchables (Dalits), while also supporting the rights of women and labour.
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Bahujan Samaj Party
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is the third largest national political party in India.
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Bal Thackeray
Bal Keshav Thackeray (23 January 1926 – 17 November 2012) was an Indian politician who founded the Shiv Sena, a Hindu right-wing Marathi ethnocentric party active mainly in the western state of Maharashtra.
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Bharatiya Janata Party
The Bharatiya Janata Party (translation: Indian People's Party; BJP) is one of the two major political parties in India, along with the Indian National Congress.
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Bicameralism
A bicameral legislature divides the legislators into two separate assemblies, chambers, or houses.
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Biharis
The Biharis is a demonym given to the inhabitants of the Indian state of Bihar.
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Bombay State
Bombay State was a large Indian state created at the time of India's Independence, with other regions being added to it in the succeeding years. Bombay Presidency (roughly equating to the present-day Indian state of Maharashtra, excluding South Maharashtra and Vidarbha) was merged with the princely states of the Baroda, Western India and Gujarat (the present-day Indian state of Gujarat) and Deccan States (which included parts of the present-day Indian states of Maharashtra and Karnataka. On November 1, 1956, Bombay State was re-organized under the States Reorganisation Act on linguistic lines, absorbing various territories including the Saurashtra and Kutch States, which ceased to exist. On May 1, 1960, Bombay State was dissolved and split on linguistic lines into the two states of Gujarat, with Gujarati speaking population and Maharashtra, with Marathi speaking population.
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Cantonment board
A cantonment board is a civic administration body in India under control of the Ministry of Defence.
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Chief minister
A chief minister is the elected head of government of a sub-national entity, for instance a administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity.
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Communist Party of India
The Communist Party of India (CPI) (Bhāratīya Kamyunisṭ Pārṭī) is a communist party in India.
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Cooperative sugar factories in Maharashtra
Sugar production is the primary business among farmers of the western Maharashtra region.
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Credit union
A credit union is a member-owned financial cooperative, controlled by its members and operated on the principle of people helping people, providing its members credit at competitive rates as well as other financial services.
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Devendra Fadnavis
Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis (born 22 July 1970) is an Indian politician and 18th, incumbent Chief Minister of Maharashtra holding the office from 31 October 2014.
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District Collector (India)
A District Collector, often abbreviated to Collector, is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer in charge of revenue collection and administration of a district in India.
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District Councils of India
Zila Panchayats are Panchayats at Apex or District Level in Panchayat Raj Institutions (or PRIs).
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First-past-the-post voting
A first-past-the-post (FPTP) voting method is one in which voters indicate on a ballot the candidate of their choice, and the candidate who receives the most votes wins.
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Firstpost
Firstpost is an Indian news and media website.
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Government of India
The Government of India (IAST), often abbreviated as GoI, is the union government created by the constitution of India as the legislative, executive and judicial authority of the union of 29 states and seven union territories of a constitutionally democratic republic.
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Government of Maharashtra
The Government of Maharashtra is the government for the state of Maharashtra in Western India.
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Governor - India
The governors and lieutenant-governors/administrators of the states and union territories of India have similar powers and functions at the state level as that of the President of India at Union level.
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Gram panchayat
A gram panchayat (village council) is the only grassroots-level of panchayati raj formalised local self-governance system in India at the village or small-town level, and has a sarpanch as its elected head.
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India
India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.
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India Today
India Today is an Indian English-language fortnightly news magazine and news television channel.
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Indian Administrative Service
The Indian Administrative Service (IAST), often abbreviated to I.A.S., or simply IAS, is the administrative arm of the All India Services.
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Indian Forest Service
Indian Forest Service (IFS) (भारतीय वन सेवा) is one of the three All India Services of the Government of India.
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Indian general election, 2014
The Indian general election of 2014 was held to constitute the 16th Lok Sabha, electing members of parliament for all 543 parliamentary constituencies of India.
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Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress (INC, often called Congress Party) is a broadly based political party in India.
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Keshavrao Jedhe
Keshavrao Marutrao Jedhe was a leading Freedom Fighter and Congress Leader from Pune at the time of Indian Independence and Chairman of Samyukta Maharashtra Movement in 1956.
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Kunbi
Kunbi (alternatively Kanbi) is a generic term applied to castes of traditionally non-elite tillers in Western India.
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List of Chief Ministers of Maharashtra
The Chief Minister (CM) of Maharashtra is the head of the Government of the western Indian state of Maharashtra.
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List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India, is made up of Members of Parliament (MPs).
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List of districts in India
A district (zilā) is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory.
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List of districts of Maharashtra
The Indian State of Maharashtra came into existence on 1 May 1960.
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Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha.
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Mahar
The Mahar (also known as Maha, Mehar, Taral, Dhegu Megu) is an Indian community found largely in the state of Maharashtra, where they comprise 12% to 15% of the population, and neighbouring areas.
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Maharashtra
Maharashtra (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.
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Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
The Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha or the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the Indian state of Maharashtra.
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Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 2004
Assembly elections was held in Maharashtra, India on October 13, 2004.
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Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 2009
The 13th Assembly elections were held in Maharashtra, India on October 13, 2009.
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Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 2014
A legislative assembly election was held on 15 October 2014, in a single phase, to select the 288 members of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in India.
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Maharashtra Legislative Council
The Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad or Maharashtra Legislative Council is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of Maharashtra state in western India.
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Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (मराठी: महाराष्ट्र नवनिर्माण सेना, Mahārāṣṭra Navanirmāṇa Sēnā) is an Indian regional party based in Maharashtra and operates on the motto of "Sons of the Soil".
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Maharashtra Police
Maharashtra Police is the law enforcement agency responsible for the Indian state of Maharashtra.
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Maharashtra Rashtravadi Congress
Maharashtra Rashtravadi Congress (Maharashtra Nationalist Congress) is a minor splinter group of the Nationalist Congress Party in the Indian state of Maharashtra.
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Mang (caste)
The Mang or Matang community is an Indian caste mainly residing in the state of Maharashtra.
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Maratha
The Maratha (IAST:Marāṭhā; archaically transliterated as Marhatta or Mahratta) is a group of castes in India found predominantly in the state of Maharashtra.
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Marathi people
The Marathi people (मराठी लोक) are an ethnic group that speak Marathi, an Indo-Aryan language.
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Mumbai
Mumbai (also known as Bombay, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra.
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Municipal corporations in India
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Municipal governance in India
Municipal governance in India has existed since the year 1688, with the formation of Madras Municipal Corporation, and then Calcutta and Bombay Municipal Corporation in 1726.
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Nagar Palika
In India, a municipal council, municipality, Nagar Palika, Nagar Palika Parishad is an urban local body that administers a city of population 100,000 or more.
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Nagar panchayat
A Nagar Panchayat or Notified Area Council (NAC) or City Council in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban.
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Nagpur
Nagpur is the winter capital, a sprawling metropolis, and the third largest city of the Indian state of Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune.
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Narendra Modi
Narendra Damodardas Modi (born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current Prime Minister of India since 2014.
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Nationalist Congress Party
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Nehru–Gandhi family
The Nehru–Gandhi family is an Indian political dynasty that has occupied a prominent place in the politics of India.
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Panchayat samiti (block)
Mandals, taluka panchayats, block panchayats, or panchayat samiti are rural local governments (panchayats) at the intermediate level in panchayat raj institutions (PRI).
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Parliamentary system
A parliamentary system is a system of democratic governance of a state where the executive branch derives its democratic legitimacy from its ability to command the confidence of the legislative branch, typically a parliament, and is also held accountable to that parliament.
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Peasants and Workers Party of India
The Peasants and Workers Party of India (भारतीय शेतकरी कामगार पक्ष, Bharatiya Shetkari Kamgar Paksha, abbreviated शेकाप/SheKaP), translation: Bharat ki Kisaan Mazdoor Party; abbr.
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President of India
The President of the Republic of India is the head of state of India and the commander-in-chief of the Indian Armed Forces.
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Prithviraj Chavan
Prithviraj Chavan (born 17 March 1946) is an Indian politician who was the 17th Chief Minister of Maharashtra, a state in Western India.
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Raj Thackeray
Raj Shrikant Thackeray (born as Swaraj Shrikant Thackeray) is an Indian politician, cartoonist and the founder and president of the right-wing Marathi ethnocentric regional political party, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena ("Maharashtra Reformation Army") in the state of Maharashtra, India.
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Rajya Sabha
The Rajya Sabha or Council of States is the upper house of the Parliament of India.
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Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, abbreviated as RSS (Rāṣṭrīya Svayamsēvaka Saṅgha, IPA:, lit. "National Volunteer Organisation" or "National Patriotic Organisation"), is an Indian right-wing, Hindu nationalist, paramilitary volunteer organisation that is widely regarded as the parent organisation of the ruling party of India, the Bharatiya Janata Party.
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Republican Party of India
The Republican Party of India (RPI) is a political party in India.
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Sangh Parivar
The Sangh Parivar (Family of Organisations) refers to the family of Hindu nationalist organisations which have been started by members of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) or drew inspiration from its ideology.
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Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
The Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are officially designated groups of historically disadvantaged people in India.
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Shankarrao Chavan
Shankarrao Bhavrao Chavan (14 July 1920 – 26 February 2004) was an Indian politician who served twice as Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 1975 until 1977 and from 13 March 1986 until 24 June 1988.
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Sharad Pawar
Sharad Govindrao Pawar (born 12 December 1940) is an Indian politician who serves as the president of the Nationalist Congress Party which he founded in 1999, after separating from the Indian National Congress.
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Shiv Sena
Shiv Sena (IAST: Śiva Sēnā) (translation; Army of Shivaji), is an Indian far-right regional political party.
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Socialist Party
Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world.
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Sonia Gandhi
Sonia Gandhi (born 9 December 1946) is an Indian politician of Italian descent.
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States and union territories of India
India is a federal union comprising 29 states and 7 union territories, for a total of 36 entities.
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Tehelka
Tehelka (Hindi: Sensation) is an Indian news magazine known for its investigative journalism and sting operations.
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Tehsil
A tehsil (also known as a mandal, taluk, taluq or taluka) is an administrative division of some countries of South Asia.
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Uddhav Thackeray
Uddhav Bal Keshav Thackeray (born 27 July 1960) is an Indian politician who is the chief of Hindu nationalist Shiv Sena party.
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UNICEF
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is a United Nations (UN) program headquartered in New York City that provides humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mothers in developing countries.
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Union Council of Ministers
The Union Council of Ministers exercises executive authority in the Republic of India.
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Union territory
A union territory is a type of administrative division in the Republic of India.
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Universal suffrage
The concept of universal suffrage, also known as general suffrage or common suffrage, consists of the right to vote of all adult citizens, regardless of property ownership, income, race, or ethnicity, subject only to minor exceptions.
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Vasantdada Patil
Vasantdada Patil (13 November 1917 – 1 March 1989) was an Indian politician from Sangli, Maharashtra.
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Vasantrao Naik
Vasantrao Phulsing Naik (1 July 1913 – 18 August 1979) was an Indian politician who served as Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 1963 until 1975.
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Vidhan Parishad
Article 169 of the Constitution of India provides for the establishment of a Vidhan Parishad.
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Vidhan Sabha
The Vidhan Sabha the Legislative Assembly is the lower house (in states with bicameral) or the sole house (in unicameral states) of the state legislature in the different states of India.
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Vilasrao Deshmukh
Vilasrao Dagadojirao Deshmukh (26 May 1945 – 14 August 2012) was an Indian politician who served two terms as the Chief Minister of the state of Maharashtra.
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Yashwantrao Chavan
Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan (12 March 1913 – 25 November 1984) was the first Chief Minister of Maharashtra after the division of Bombay State and the fifth Deputy Prime Minister of India.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Maharashtra
