Samyukta Maharashtra movement

E126025

linguistic reorganization movement political movement social movement

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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Mahagujarat movement	2
Samyukta Maharashtra movement canonical	2

Statements (44)

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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Subject: Samyukta Maharashtra movement
Description of subject: 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.

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar (Kusumagraj) → movement → Samyukta Maharashtra movement ⓘ

subject surface form: Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar

Bombay Reorganisation Act, 1960 → relatedMovement → Samyukta Maharashtra movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mahagujarat movement

Indulal → movement → Samyukta Maharashtra movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mahagujarat movement