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West India is a region of India consisting
of the states of Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Gujarat, and
Goa, along with the Union Territories of Daman and Diu
and Dadra and Nagar Haveli. Maharashtra, in particular,
is in many respects intermediate between North India
and South India; but the region has definite particularities
of its own. Much of this area was formerly part of the
Bombay Presidency. This region is the economically most
prosperous and developed region of India with respect
to standards of living, infrastructure and education.
Gujarat is a major milk producer with an established
textile and oil exploration/production industry. While
the city of Mumbai naturally dominates the economical
figures of India & Maharastra, the state has a major
sugar industry in the Vidarbha region while other agricultural
products such as fruits (grapes and oranges) are the
grown in Marathwada and the famous Alphonso Mangoes
in the Konkan region. The most widely spoken languages
here are Marathi, Gujarati, Hindi,(in Mumbai Konkani
and Malvani along the Konkan Coast and Goa. Ganesha
is a particularly important deity in this region. The
people belong to the ancient Indo-Aryan stock though
they are mixed with the Indo Greeks, the Indo-Scythians
and the Huns. Marine Drive in Mumbai.Mumbai is the great
metropolis of the region; but there are many other important
cities, including Pune,Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara and
Nashik. Although Nagpur is an important city of Maharastra
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the country, where culture echoes, traditions
speak and diversity delights is a land of magnificent
monuments and where Taj Mahal, is only one of
the historical wonders. India, the land of culture
and heritage. Your tour to India will enable you
to explore its vast dimension. Tourism in India
has shown a phenomenal growth from its distant
past. Today, Indian tourism offer array of tourist
destination that attracts travelers from all over
the world.
