Saturday, February 4, 2012

Facts @ Maharashtra - Part 2

  • 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)
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         Do u know?  
  •  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.
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 Important Institutions in Maharashtra

 Name of the institite - Location
  1.  Social Science Academy - Pune
  2.  Agharkar Resrch Institute- Pune
  3. National Chemical Labrotary -Pune
  4. National Virological Labrotary- Pune
  5. Inter-university center for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA)- Pune
  6. Bhandarakar Oriental Reserach Center- Pune
  7. Gokhale Economical Reserch Center-Pune
  8. Deccan Research Institute- Pune
  9. Film and Television Institute of India (FTII)-Pune
  10. National Film Archives of India - Pune
  11. V.K.Rajwade Historical Research Center- Dhule
  12. Society for Education, Action and Research in Community Health (SERACH)- Gadchiroli
  13. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research - Mumbai
  14. Tata Institute of Social Sciences - Mumbai
  15. Sevagram Ashram- Vardha

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