Maharashtra Day 2023: Know How The State Was Formed & Why It Is Celebrated On May 1

Maharashtra Day 2023: On this day in 1960, the Bombay Reorganisation Act came into effect, creating Maharashtra.

Maharashtra Day, commonly known as Maharashtra Diwas, is celebrated annually on May 1 to commemorate the day on which the western Indian state was created in the year 1960. On this day in 1960, the Bombay Reorganisation Act came into effect, creating Maharashtra, following many protests and demonstrations in support of the new state. #WATCH | Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis unfurled the national flag at Kasturchand Park in Nagpur on the occasion of 63rd Maharashtra Foundation Day. pic.twitter.com/92QNcUWoIA #WATCH | Mumbai: Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde pays tribute to those who sacrificed their lives for the Samyukta Maharashtra Movement at Hutatma Chowk on the occasion of 63rd Maharashtra Foundation Day. pic.twitter.com/VkHufuFD1j महाराष्ट्र दिनाच्या शुभेच्छा.राज्याला महान संस्कृती आणि विविध क्षेत्रात राष्ट्राची प्रगती समृद्ध करणारे मेहनती लोक लाभले आहेत.भविष्यातही महाराष्ट्राची अशीच प्रगती होत राहील अशी मी कामना करतो.

The Act 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. 

Earlier, the state of Maharashtra was known as the state of Bombay with people speaking different languages like Marathi, Gujarati, Kutchi and Konkani. However, two distinct groups emerged in the state. While one comprised those who spoke Marathi and Konkani, the other group included people speaking Gujarati and Kutchi.