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Bombay State

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Bombay State was a large Indian state created at the time of India's Independence, with other regions being added to it in the succeeding years. Bombay Presidency (roughly equating to the present-day Indian state of Maharashtra, excluding South Maharashtra and Vidarbha) was merged with the princely states of the Baroda, Western India and Gujarat (the present-day Indian state of Gujarat) and Deccan States (which included parts of the present-day Indian states of Maharashtra and Karnataka. On November 1, 1956, Bombay State was re-organized under the States Reorganisation Act on linguistic lines, absorbing various territories including the Saurashtra and Kutch States, which ceased to exist. On May 1, 1960, Bombay State was dissolved and split on linguistic lines into the two states of Gujarat, with Gujarati speaking population and Maharashtra, with Marathi speaking population. [1]

59 relations: B. G. Kher, Baroda, Western India and Gujarat States Agency, Belgaum district, Bijapur district, Karnataka, Bombay Presidency, British Raj, Central Provinces and Berar, Chief minister, Dang District, India, Deccan States Agency, Dharwad district, Girija Shankar Bajpai, Government of India, Government of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Gujarati language, Gujarati people, Harekrushna Mahatab, Hyderabad State, Hyderabad State (1948–56), India, India After Gandhi, Indian independence movement, Indian National Congress, Indulal Yagnik, Jawaharlal Nehru, Kannada, Karnataka, Kolhapur district, Kutch State, List of governors of Maharashtra, Lok Sabha, Madhya Pradesh, Mahagujarat movement, Maharashtra, Marathi language, Marathi people, Marathwada, Morarji Desai, Mumbai, Mysore State, Pakistan, Political integration of India, Presidencies and provinces of British India, Princely state, Raj Bhavan (Mumbai), Raja Maharaj Singh, Ramachandra Guha, Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti, Saurashtra (state), ..., Sri Prakasa, States and union territories of India, States Reorganisation Act, 1956, The Hindu, The Indian Express, Uttara Kannada, Vadodara district, Vidarbha, Yashwantrao Chavan. Expand index (9 more) »

B. G. Kher

Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher (also known as B. G. Kher) (24 August 1888 – 8 March 1957) was the first chief minister (then called Premier) of Bombay State which consisted of present-day Maharashtra and Gujarat States of India.

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Baroda, Western India and Gujarat States Agency

The Baroda, Western India and Gujarat States Agency was a political agency of British India, managing the relations of the British government of the Bombay Presidency with a collection of princely states.

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Belgaum district

Belgaum is a district in the state of Karnataka, India.

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Bijapur district, Karnataka

Bijapur district, officially known as Vijayapura district, is a district in the state of Karnataka in India.

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Bombay Presidency

The Bombay Presidency, also known as Bombay and Sind from 1843 to 1936 and the Bombay Province, was an administrative subdivision (presidency) of British India.

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British Raj

The British Raj (from rāj, literally, "rule" in Hindustani) was the rule by the British Crown in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947.

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Central Provinces and Berar

The Central Provinces and Berar was a province of British India and later the Dominion of India which existed from 1936 to 1950.

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Chief minister

A chief minister is the elected head of government of a sub-national entity, for instance a administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity.

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Dang District, India

Dang is a district in the state of Gujarat in India.

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Deccan States Agency

The Deccan States Agency, also known as the Deccan States Agency and Kolhapur Residency, was a political agency of British India, managing the relations of the British government of the Bombay Presidency with a collection of princely states and jagirs (feudal 'vassal' estates) in western India.

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Dharwad district

Dharwad District is an administrative district of the state of Karnataka in southern India.

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Girija Shankar Bajpai

Sir Girija Shankar Bajpai (3 April 1891 – 5 December 1954) was an eminent Indian civil servant, diplomat and Governor.

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Government of India

The Government of India (IAST), often abbreviated as GoI, is the union government created by the constitution of India as the legislative, executive and judicial authority of the union of 29 states and seven union territories of a constitutionally democratic republic.

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Government of Maharashtra

The Government of Maharashtra is the government for the state of Maharashtra in Western India.

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Gujarat

Gujarat is a state in Western India and Northwest India with an area of, a coastline of – most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula – and a population in excess of 60 million.

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Gujarati language

Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Indian state of Gujarat.

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Gujarati people

Gujarati people or Gujaratis (ગુજરાતી) are an ethnic group traditionally from Gujarat that speak Gujarati, an Indo-Aryan language.

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Harekrushna Mahatab

Harekrushna Mahatab (21 November 1899 – 2 January 1987) was a leader of the Indian National Congress, a notable figure in the Indian independence movement and the Chief Minister of Odisha from 1946 to 1950 and again from 1956 to 1961.

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Hyderabad State

Hyderabad State was an Indian princely state located in the south-central region of India with its capital at the city of Hyderabad.

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Hyderabad State (1948–56)

Hyderabad State was a state in Independent India, formed after the accession of the princely state of Hyderabad into the Indian Union on 24 November 1949.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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India After Gandhi

India after Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy is a book by Indian historian Ramachandra Guha, published by HarperCollins in August 2007.

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Indian independence movement

The Indian independence movement encompassed activities and ideas aiming to end the East India Company rule (1757–1857) and the British Indian Empire (1857–1947) in the Indian subcontinent.

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Indian National Congress

The Indian National Congress (INC, often called Congress Party) is a broadly based political party in India.

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Indulal Yagnik

Indulal Kanaiyalal Yagnik (22 February 1892 – 17 July 1972) was an Indian independence activist, a leader of the All India Kisan Sabha and one who led the Mahagujarat Movement, which spearheaded the demand for the separate statehood for Gujarat on 8 August 1956.

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Jawaharlal Nehru

Jawaharlal Nehru (14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was the first Prime Minister of India and a central figure in Indian politics before and after independence.

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Kannada

Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Kannada people in India, mainly in the state of Karnataka, and by significant linguistic minorities in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Kerala, Goa and abroad.

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Karnataka

Karnataka also known Kannada Nadu is a state in the south western region of India.

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Kolhapur district

Kolhapur district is in Maharashtra state.

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Kutch State

Kutch State was a state within the Republic of India from 1947 to 1956.

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List of governors of Maharashtra

The Governor of Maharashtra is the Executive Head of the State of Maharashtra.

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Lok Sabha

The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha.

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Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh (MP;; meaning Central Province) is a state in central India.

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Mahagujarat movement

Mahagujarat movement, known as Mahagujarat Andolan locally, was a political movement demanding the creation of the state of Gujarat for Gujarati-speaking people from the bilingual Bombay state of India in 1956.

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Maharashtra

Maharashtra (abbr. MH) is a state in the western region of India and is India's second-most populous state and third-largest state by area.

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Marathi language

Marathi (मराठी Marāṭhī) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken predominantly by the Marathi people of Maharashtra, India.

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Marathi people

The Marathi people (मराठी लोक) are an ethnic group that speak Marathi, an Indo-Aryan language.

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Marathwada

Marathwada (IPA:Marāṭhvāḍā) is a region of the Indian state of Maharashtra.

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Morarji Desai

Morarji Desai (29 February 1896 – 10 April 1995) was an Indian independence activist and served between 1977 and 1979 as the 4th Prime Minister of India and led the government formed by the Janata Party.

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Mumbai

Mumbai (also known as Bombay, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra.

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Mysore State

Mysore State was a separate state within the Union of India from 1948 until 1956 with Mysore as its capital.

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Pakistan

Pakistan (پاکِستان), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (اِسلامی جمہوریہ پاکِستان), is a country in South Asia.

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Political integration of India

At the time of Indian independence in 1947, India was divided into two sets of territories, one under direct British rule, and the other under the suzerainty of the British Crown, with control over their internal affairs remaining in the hands of their hereditary rulers.

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Presidencies and provinces of British India

The Provinces of India, earlier Presidencies of British India and still earlier, Presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance in the subcontinent.

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Princely state

A princely state, also called native state (legally, under the British) or Indian state (for those states on the subcontinent), was a vassal state under a local or regional ruler in a subsidiary alliance with the British Raj.

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Raj Bhavan (Mumbai)

Raj Bhavan (translation: Government House) is the official residence of the Governor of Maharashtra.

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Raja Maharaj Singh

Raja Sir Maharaj Singh, CIE, CStJ (17 May 1878, Kapurthala, Punjab – 6 June 1959, Lucknow) was the first Indian Governor of Bombay.

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Ramachandra Guha

Ramachandra Guha (born 29 April 1958) is an Indian historian and writer whose research interests include environmental, social, political, contemporary and cricket history.

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Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti

Samyukta Maharashtra Movement (or Sanyukta Maharashtra Chalaval) was an organisation that, starting in 1956, demanded the creation of a separate Marathi-speaking state out of the (then-bilingual) State of Bombay in western India, with the city of Bombay as its capital.

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Saurashtra (state)

Saurashtra, also known as United State of Kathiawar, was a separate, western State within the Union of India from 1948 until 1956, on Saurashtra alias Kathiawar peninsula, with Rajkot as its capital, on territory now part of Gujarat state.

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Sri Prakasa

Sri Prakasa (3 August 1890 – 23 June 1971) was an Indian politician, freedom-fighter and administrator.

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States and union territories of India

India is a federal union comprising 29 states and 7 union territories, for a total of 36 entities.

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States Reorganisation Act, 1956

The States Reorganisation Act, 1956 was a major reform of the boundaries of India's states and territories, organising them along linguistic lines.

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The Hindu

The Hindu is an Indian daily newspaper, headquartered at Chennai.

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The Indian Express

The Indian Express is an English-language Indian daily newspaper.

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Uttara Kannada

Uttara Kannada (also known as North Canara) is a district in the Indian state of Karnataka.

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Vadodara district

Vadodara District is a district in the eastern part of the state of Gujarat in western India.

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Vidarbha

Vidarbha is the eastern region of the Indian state of Maharashtra, comprising Nagpur Division and Amravati Division.

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Yashwantrao Chavan

Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan (12 March 1913 – 25 November 1984) was the first Chief Minister of Maharashtra after the division of Bombay State and the fifth Deputy Prime Minister of India.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombay_State

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