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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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 → movement → Samyukta Maharashtra movement ⓘ
Bombay Reorganisation Act, 1960 → relatedMovement → Samyukta Maharashtra movement ⓘ
Bombay Reorganisation Act, 1960 → relatedMovement → Mahagujarat movement ⓘ
linked to: Samyukta Maharashtra movement
Indulal → movement → Mahagujarat movement ⓘ
linked to: Samyukta Maharashtra movement
Politics of Maharashtra → hasHistoricalMovement → Samyukta Maharashtra movement ⓘ
Samyukta Maharashtra → significantEvent → Samyukta Maharashtra agitation ⓘ
linked to: Samyukta Maharashtra movement
Maharashtra Day → follows → Samyukta Maharashtra movement ⓘ
Maharashtra Day → movementAssociatedWith → Samyukta Maharashtra movement ⓘ
Maharashtra → borderDisputeAssociatedMovement → Samyukta Maharashtra movement (historical context) ⓘ
linked to: Samyukta Maharashtra movement
Swami Ramanand Teerth → partOf → Marathwada liberation struggle ⓘ
linked to: Samyukta Maharashtra movement