A large state in western India bordering on the Arabian Sea, formed in 1960 from the south-eastern part of the former Bombay State; capital, Mumbai (Bombay).
马哈拉施特拉邦（印度西部濒临阿拉伯海的一个大邦，1960年在前孟买邦东南部建立；首府孟买）
Definition of Maharashtra in US English:
Maharashtra
proper nounˌmä(h)əˈräSHtrə
A large state in western India bordering on the Arabian Sea, formed in 1960 from the southeastern part of the former Bombay State; capital, Mumbai (Bombay).