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The better love story

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Story taken from 'She Loves Her - Short Stories Series' by Abhishek Thamke When I was a little girl, the traditional type, two ponies on my head, brown green eyes, I never realised what I really am. Just young and carefree, playing in the dirt, climbing trees, playing with the neighbours... Your typical childhood. But don't let the normal childhood fool you. Anyone can have a normal childhood, anyone can grow up with the most normal families, but not anyone will understand how I eventually grew up. So it came that I had one off weekend, doing nothing, thank you injury... Sitting at home doing nothing, preferring it anyways, myfoon received a message. As I unlocked my phone, I see it's my ex texting me that she is in town and she is inviting me to get a few drinks with her.... At first I told her I'm really not in the mood, but she convinced me by saying she's got a friend (girl) that she wants to introduce to me. Now it gets interesting, like why did

History of Maharashtra

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Apart from occupying a definite territory, Maharashtra has a glorious history that can be traced back to ancient times. In the medieval ages the entire India faced foreign invasion. Only two exceptions shine brightly in this dark and dismal scenario: the Vijayanagar empire and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. After the decline of Maratha power Maharashtra came under the British rule. People from all the strata of the society, revolutionaries and ordinary people participated In the freedom struggle against the British, and our country gained freedom. After independence was achieved in 1947, Maharashtra had a further struggle, for a separate linguistic State. Maharashtra became a separate linguistic State in 1960, but without the territory of Belgaum. Since 1960 to date, there have been persistent efforts to convert this Free State into a Great State. This article is a run through of Maharashtra’s ancient and glorious history, the inspirational struggle for United Maharashtra, and State-