M'rashtra

English Etymology en Maharashtra. The apostrophe character ' separating the first letter of the unabbreviated spelling from the Hunterian transliteration of sa राष्ट्र, the second element of ‘Maharashtra’. Proper noun 1 en Maharashtra. en 2005 Indian Food Packer 59 All India Food Preservers' Association https://books.google.co.in/books?id=aBBNAAAAYAAJ 18 Food and Drug Administration, Maharashtra State M’rashtra FDA cracks down on Red Bull en 2006 Headline Writing Sunil Saxena Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd 81-7829-564-4 https://books.google.co.in/books?id=7MqGahiFQScC&pg=PA179 179 [An] unfortunate development in Indian newspapers is the abbreviation of the names of cities and states to meet headline requirements. Thus, ‘Maharashtra’ has become ‘M’rashtra’ and ‘Hyderabad’ has become ‘H'bad’. A good headline writer must avoid short cuts in writing headlines. en https://web.archive.org/web/20250104111515/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/india/mrashtra-projects-moving-to-gujarat-mva-accuses-shinde-govt-of-betrayal/amp https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/india/mrashtra-projects-moving-to-gujarat-mva-accuses-shinde-govt-of-betrayal/amp 2024-10-14 M’rashtra projects ‘moving’ to Gujarat, Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA accuses Eknath Shinde ministry Shinde govt of betrayal Shubadeep Chaudhary The Tribune (India) en Maharashtra