Bombay State
Bombay State was a large Indian state created in 1950 from the erstwhile Bombay Presidency, 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 Baroda, Western India and Maharashtra State. Current Madhya Pradesh was a Central and Berar province, which was historically a Marathi state but hindinized later.
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Former State 1950–1960 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Emblem of Bombay | |||||||||||||||||||
Location of Bombay in India | |||||||||||||||||||
| Country | India | ||||||||||||||||||
| Region | West India | ||||||||||||||||||
| Formation | 1950 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bifurcation | 1960 (into Maharashtra and Gujarat states | ||||||||||||||||||
| Consolidation | 1956 (merged Kutch State, Saurashtra State and Vidarbha) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Capital and largest city | Bombay | ||||||||||||||||||
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| • Governor | |||||||||||||||||||
• 1950–1952 | Raja Maharaj Singh (First) | ||||||||||||||||||
• 1956–1962 | Sri Prakasa (Last) | ||||||||||||||||||
| • Chief minister | |||||||||||||||||||
• 1946–1952 | Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher (First) | ||||||||||||||||||
• 1956–1960 | Yashwantrao Chavan (Last) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) | ||||||||||||||||||
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On 1 November 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 1 May 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.