- Number of Districts in Maharashtra: 35
- Number of Districts at the time of formation of State of Maharashtra (as on 1st may 1960): 26
- District count remained unchanged till 1980.
- Till 1991 new 5 districts are formed.
District Created from the district
- Sindhudurg Ratnagiri
- Gadchiroli Chandrapur
- Jalana Aurangabad
- Latur Usmanabad
- Mumbai Upnagar Brihnmumbai
- In 1997 Vashim created by dividing Akola. ( 12 August 1997)
- In 1998 Nandurbar from Dhule (18 June 1998)
- In 1999
- Gondia from Bhandara (1 June 1999)
- Hingoli from Parbhani (1 June 1999)
- First Marathi Movie to be awarded with Gold at National Awards: Shaymchi Aai (1954)
- In 1955 another movie of Acharya Atre titled 'Mahtma Phule' was also awarded at National Awards.
Important Institutions in Maharashtra
Name of the institite - Location
- Social Science Academy - Pune
- Agharkar Resrch Institute- Pune
- National Chemical Labrotary -Pune
- National Virological Labrotary- Pune
- Inter-university center for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA)- Pune
- Bhandarakar Oriental Reserach Center- Pune
- Gokhale Economical Reserch Center-Pune
- Deccan Research Institute- Pune
- Film and Television Institute of India (FTII)-Pune
- National Film Archives of India - Pune
- V.K.Rajwade Historical Research Center- Dhule
- Society for Education, Action and Research in Community Health (SERACH)- Gadchiroli
- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research - Mumbai
- Tata Institute of Social Sciences - Mumbai
- Sevagram Ashram- Vardha
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