Samyukta Maharashtra

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Samyukta Maharashtra was a political movement in mid-20th-century India that successfully campaigned for the creation of a separate Marathi-speaking state, leading to the formation of Maharashtra in 1960.

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Samyukta Maharashtra canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf linguistic reorganization movement
political movement
basedOn Marathi subnationalism
linguistic identity
capitalDemanded Bombay
linked to: Mumbai
cause demand for linguistic states in India
dissatisfaction with multilingual Bombay State
country India
dateOfStateFormation 1960-05-01
endTime 1960
goal creation of a separate Marathi-speaking state
formation of the state of Maharashtra
hasEffect establishment of Bombay as capital of Maharashtra
strengthening of Marathi identity
influenced Marathi regional politics
linguistic reorganization of Indian states
location Bombay State
Western India
mainLanguage Marathi
movementType mass movement
regionalist movement
opposed retention of multilingual Bombay State
opposedBy central government of India
linked to: Government of India

leaders favoring bilingual Bombay State
participant Marathi cultural organizations
Marathi political leaders
left-wing parties
regional parties
trade unions
partOf post-independence state reorganization in India
relatedTo Bombay State
Maharashtra
Marathi people
States Reorganisation Commission
linguistic states in India
result creation of Maharashtra state
reorganization of Bombay State
significantEvent Samyukta Maharashtra agitation
police firing on demonstrators
protests in Bombay
slogan Samyukta Maharashtra
Samyukta Maharashtra with Bombay as capital
startTime 1950
stateCreated Maharashtra
timePeriod mid-20th century

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Samyukta Maharashtra movement slogan Samyukta Maharashtra
Samyukta Maharashtra slogan Samyukta Maharashtra