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In Maharashtra the Takht Shri Hazur Sahib located in Nanded. Takhat Sachkhand Shri Hazur Abchalnagar Sahib is the most important Gurdwara situated in Nanded, Maharashtra. It is one of the four high seats of Authority of the Sikhs. Guru Gobind Singh, the 10^th Sikh Guru died in Nanded and his ashes are buried in the Sach Khand Shri Huzur Gurdwara on the side of the river Godavari.

Pandurang Vaman Kane is the author of the well known book 'History of Dharmasastra'. The History of Dharmasastra, with subtitle Ancient and Medieval Religious and Civil Law in India, is a monumental five volume work consisting of around 6,500 pages. It was written by Bharat Ratna Pandurang Vaman Kane, an Indologist. The first volume of the work was published in 1930 and the last one in 1962.

Pravin Thipsay was the first person from Maharashtra to become a Grandmaster in chess. He is the first Indian to get a chess Grandmaster norm and the first Indian to win the Commonwealth Chess Championship.

Mumbai high court is not located in Pune. It's jurisdiction covers the State of Maharashtra and Goa, and the Union Territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli. In addition to the Principal seat at Bombay, it has benches at Aurangabad, Nagpur, Panaji (Goa).

Purushottam Laxman Deshpande was the first recipient of the Maharashtra Bhushan Award. The Maharashtra Bhushan is a highest and prestigious award presented annually by the government of Maharashtra. Maharashtra Bhushan Award was started in 1996. Late writer Purushottam Laxman Deshpande was the first recipient of the honour.

Ahmadnagar is the largest district of Maharashtra covering area of 17048 km² while Mumbai is the smallest district of Maharashtra covering area of 157 km².

Sanjay Gandhi National Park is an 87 km² protected area in Mumbai. It was established in 1969 with headquarters at Borivali.

Sindhutai Sapkal is known as the Mother of Orphans because of her work in looking after abandoned children in Maharashtra. Sindhutai Sapkal's life started as being an unwanted child, followed by an abusive husband who abandoned her when she was nine months pregnant.

There are total 6 neighboring states of Maharashtra apart from 1 Union Territory. Maharashtra is bordered by the Indian states of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Karnataka, Goa and the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

The first recipient of Jnanpith Award for Marathi literature is Vishnu Khandekar. He was born on 11^th January 1898 in Sangli, Maharashtra.