During the
British Raj, portions of the western coast of India under direct British rule were part of the
Bombay Presidency. After
Indian independence in 1947 and when
India was partitioned, Bombay Province remained part of India, while
Sind Province became part of
Pakistan. The territory retained by India was restructured into Bombay State when India became a republic in 1950. It included princely states such as
Kolhapur in Deccan, and
Baroda and the
Dangs in Gujarat, which had former parts of
Deccan States Agency and
Baroda, Western India and Gujarat States Agency. but the State of Bombay was significantly enlarged, expanding eastward to incorporate the
Marathi-speaking
Marathwada region of
Hyderabad State, the Marathi-speaking
Vidarbha region of southern
Madhya Pradesh, and
Gujarati-speaking
Saurashtra and
Kutch states. The Bombay state was being referred to by the local inhabitants as "Maha Dwibhashi Rajya", meaning, "the great bilingual state". In 1956, the States Reorganisation Committee, against the will of
Jawaharlal Nehru, recommended a bilingual state for Maharashtra-Gujarat with Bombay as its capital, whereas in
Lok Sabha discussions in 1955, the
Congress party demanded that the city be constituted as an autonomous city-state. In the 1957 elections, the
Samyukta Maharashtra movement opposed these proposals, and insisted that Bombay be declared the capital of Maharashtra.
Dissolution of Bombay state Bombay State was finally dissolved with the formation of
Maharashtra and
Gujarat states on 1 May 1960. Following protests of
Samyukta Maharashtra Movement, in which 107 people were killed by police, Bombay State was reorganised on linguistic lines.
Gujarati-speaking areas of Bombay State were partitioned into the state of Gujarat following
Mahagujarat Movement. Maharashtra State with
Bombay as its capital was formed with the merger of
Marathi-speaking areas of Bombay State, eight districts from
Central Provinces and Berar, five districts from
Hyderabad State, and numerous princely states enclosed between them.
Chief ministers Bombay State had three chief ministers after the independence of India: •
Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher was the first
chief minister of Bombay (1946–1952) •
Morarji Desai (1952–1956) •
Yashwantrao Chavan (1956–1960)
Governors Upon the split of Bombay State in 1960, the designation of the "Governor of Bombay" was renamed to the
Governor of Maharashtra. and
Greater Bombay District Gazetteer ;Graphical ImageSize = width:800 height:auto barincrement:12 PlotArea = top:10 bottom:50 right:130 left:20 AlignBars = late DateFormat = yyyy Period = from:1948 till:1960 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:6 start:1948 Colors = id:canvas value:rgb(0.97,0.97,0.97) id:PA value:blue legend: Appointed Legend = columns:2 left:150 top:24 columnwidth:100 Backgroundcolors = canvas:canvas BarData = barset:TNG PlotData= width:5 align:left fontsize:S shift:(5,-4) anchor:till barset:TNG from:1948 till:1952 color:PA text:"
Raja Sir Maharaj Singh (1948–1952)" from:1952 till:1954 color:PA text:"
Sir Girija Shankar Bajpai (1952–1954)" from:1955 till:1956 color:PA text:"
Hare Krishna Mahtab (1955–1956)" from:1956 till:1960 color:PA text:"
Sri Prakasa (1956–1960)" ==See also==