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State of Mahārāshtra, India — Towns & Travel Guide
Maharashtra is one of the larger states of India, formed in 1960.
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Mumbai
The sea wraps Mumbai on the Konkan coast, capital of Maharashtra built across seven islands, known for its old churches and deep harbour.Where to stay →
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Pune
Old wadas and museums fill the Deccan Plateau city of Pune in Maharashtra, founded in 1436 and once spelled Poona, known for the Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum.Where to stay →
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Nagpur
Nagpur is a city in the State of Mahārāshtra, the largest in central India and a second capital of the state, founded in 1702 and known as the Orange City.Where to stay →
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Nashik
Nashik is a city on the river Godavari in the State of Mahārāshtra, an ancient pilgrimage town and the largest of Northern Maharashtra.Where to stay →
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Kalyān
The Ulhas River bends past Kalyān east of Thane in Maharashtra, a taluka town of Thane district and a founding city of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.Where to stay →
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Aurangabad
Aurangabad is a city in the State of Mahārāshtra, the largest town of the Marathwada region, first founded in 1592 on the upland of the Deccan Traps.Where to stay →
About State of Mahārāshtra
Maharashtra is known first for its cities.
What is State of Mahārāshtra known for?
Its principal cities are Mumbai and Pune, followed by Nashik, Nagpur, Aurangabad, and Kalyān. The state ranks among India's larger ones, so its draws spread wide rather than gather in a single centre. It lies in the tropics.
The year turns between a long dry season and a wet one that greens the land before the heat returns.
Where is State of Mahārāshtra?
Maharashtra sits in western India, one of the country's larger states by area. It lies in the tropics, north of the equator. The state is large enough that its cities sit far apart, from Mumbai and Pune to Nagpur, Nashik, Aurangabad, and Kalyān.
Distances between them run long. The year divides between a wet season and a dry one, the tropical rhythm that shapes the land more than any border does. Its edges are administrative, drawn when the state took its present form in 1960 within India.
What is State of Mahārāshtra like?
Maharashtra has been one state since 1960. That single frame is what its shared identity sits inside, holding many cities under one government and one set of borders. Day to day, the culture is an urban one, met in Mumbai, Pune, Nashik, Nagpur, Aurangabad, and Kalyān.
Each city keeps its own character. The state is wide enough that its cities can feel as different from each other as from anywhere beyond its borders. Over all of it runs the tropical year, wet season and dry, setting the rhythm of ordinary life across the whole state.
What is the history of State of Mahārāshtra?
Maharashtra took its present form in 1960, when it was created as a state within India, giving it the borders and government it still holds. The founding year matters. The land it covers, held in the tropics, had been settled and governed long before that year.
It has stood among India's larger states ever since.
What is the climate of State of Mahārāshtra?
Maharashtra has a tropical climate, warm for much of the year and split between a wet season and a dry one. Heat builds through the dry months. Rain arrives with the wet season and breaks the heat across the state, greening the land before the dry months return.
In the tropics, it sees little true cold.
Updated July 2026