Maharashtra Day 2022: All About The Day Maharashtra Was Formed
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Maharashtra Day: On May 1, 1960, the Bombay Reorganisation Act came into effect, creating Maharashtra, following many protests and demonstrations in support of the new state.
Maharashtra Day commemorates the formation of the state in 1960. On May 1, 1960, the Bombay Reorganisation Act came into effect, creating Maharashtra, following many protests and demonstrations in support of the new state.
The Act, in fact, created two new states out of the erstwhile Bombay State -- Maharashtra, for the Marathi-speaking people, and Gujarat, for those whose mother tongue is Gujarati. Both states went on to become business hubs and prospered.
Maharashtra Day, which falls on the same day as the International Labour Day, is now a regional public holiday.
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