CH 9 THE MAKING OF REGIONAL CULTURES

The British proceeded to establish an administrative province known as the Bombay Presidency. After India gained its independence in 1947, the province became Bombay state (1950).

Maharashtra is India’s second most industrialised state contributing 20% of national industrial output. Almost 46% of the GSDP is contributed by industry. Maharashtra has software parks in many cities around the state, and is the second largest exporter of software with annual exports over ₹ 80,000 crores.

Despite having similar backgrounds to start with, South Korea has surpassed India on several socio-economic parameters. So much so that the tiny Asian nation can offer us a better yardstick than China. India is now officially the hottest major economy as per the new GDP computation methodology.

As of 2020, With $2,709 bn, India’s GDP is around ten times higher than Pakistan’s gdp of $263 bn. In nominal terms, the gap is wider (above ten times) than ppp terms (8.3 times). India is the 5th largest economy in the world in nominal method and 3rd largest economy in ppp method.

Karachi serves as the capital of Sindh Province, and its greater metropolitan area has 18 million residents.…The Largest Cities in the World. Rank 10 City Mumbai Country India Population 12,400,000

As of 2016, Delhi is the least safe State/UT with the highest cognizable crime rate of 160.4 (per 100,000 persons). Nagaland has the lowest incidence of crime based on the percentage of share. India ranks 148 out of 170 countries in the ‘Women, Peace And Security Index 2021’.

Odisha is one of the fastest growing States registering a growth rate much higher than India’s GDP growth rate of 8.8%.

New Delhi, Nov 26: Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh have emerged as the poorest states in India, according to NITI Aayog’s Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI). As per the MPI, 51.91 per cent population of Bihar is poor, thereby becoming the poorest country in the country.

King Bhimdev founded his kingdom in the region in the late 13th century and established his capital in Mahikawati (present day Mahim). He belonged to either the Yadava dynasty of Devagiri in Maharashtra or the Anahilavada dynasty of Gujarat.

Shivaji Bhosale IList of Maratha Rulers Chhatrapati of Maratha Empire First monarch Shivaji Bhosale I Last monarch Pratap Singh Bhonsle Formation 1674 CE Abolition 1818 CE