Samyukta Maharashtra movement

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The Samyukta Maharashtra movement was a mid-20th-century political and social campaign that successfully fought for the creation of a separate Marathi-speaking state of Maharashtra with Mumbai as its capital.

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Mahagujarat movement 2
Samyukta Maharashtra movement canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf linguistic reorganization movement
political movement
social movement
capitalDemanded Mumbai
commemoratedBy Maharashtra Day
country India
dateOfStateFormation 1 May 1960
endTime 1960
goal creation of a separate Marathi-speaking state
formation of the state of Maharashtra
inclusion of Mumbai in Maharashtra
recognition of Marathi linguistic identity
reorganization of Bombay State on linguistic lines
hasPart demonstrations in Mumbai
mass protests
strikes
ideology linguistic nationalism
regionalism
influencedBy States Reorganisation Commission
linguistic reorganization of Indian states
languageOfMovement Marathi
legacy establishment of Maharashtra as a major Indian state
strengthening of Marathi regional identity
mainLanguage Marathi
mainRegion Bombay State
Western India
movementFor Marathi-speaking people
opposedBy proponents of a bilingual Bombay State
some Gujarati-speaking political groups
politicalContext post-independence India
reason demand for a state based on Marathi linguistic majority
opposition to a multilingual Bombay State
relatedTo Bombay State
Gujarat
Maharashtra
Mumbai
result Mumbai designated as capital of Maharashtra
creation of the state of Maharashtra
dissolution of the bilingual Bombay State
formation of Gujarat as a separate state
significantEvent Samyukta Maharashtra Day on 1 May 1960
police firing on protesters on 21 November 1955 in Mumbai
slogan Samyukta Maharashtra
startTime 1950s

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Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar (Kusumagraj) movement Samyukta Maharashtra movement
subject surface form: Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar
Bombay Reorganisation Act, 1960 relatedMovement Samyukta Maharashtra movement
Bombay Reorganisation Act, 1960 relatedMovement Samyukta Maharashtra movement
this entity surface form: Mahagujarat movement
Indulal movement Samyukta Maharashtra movement
this entity surface form: Mahagujarat movement