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The Bombay State Commissioners of Police Act, 1959 Bombay Act No. 56 of 1959 [Dated 14th October 1959] For Statement and Objects and Reasons, see Bombay Government Gazette, 1959, Part V, page 597. An Act to make provision for matters consequent on appointment of a Commissioner of Police for any area in the State of Bombay outside Greater Bombay.
5 days ago · Demands by the two language groups that the state be divided into two parts resulted, on May 1, 1960, in the creation of Gujarat in the north and the newly renamed Maharashtra in the south. Bombay, remaining part of Maharashtra, became the new state’s capital. The city’s name was changed to Mumbai in the mid-1990s.
May 3, 2023 · The two states were created out of the bilingual Bombay State, which used to cover nearly one-sixth of all land in India. But Gujarati and Marathi linguistic subnationalism eventually won out, leading to the bifurcation of the Bombay State into a Gujarati-speaking and a Marthi-speaking state. (Credits- India in Pixels) The situation in 1947
Aden and Sindh were separated from the Bombay Presidency in the 1930s. Upon India’s independence, the Bombay Presidency was renamed Bombay state. In 1956, following the passage of India’s States Reorganization Act, Bombay state was dissolved, and its territory was absorbed into the new states of Gujarat and Maharashtra. The city of Bombay ...
About: Bombay State. Bombay State was a large Indian state created at the time of India's Independence, with other regions being added to it in the succeeding years. Bombay Presidency (roughly equating to the present-day Indian state of Maharashtra, excluding South Maharashtra and Vidarbha) was merged with the princely states of Baroda, Western ...
During the mid-18th century, Bombay became a major trading town. It became a strong place for the Indian independence movement during the early 20th century. When India became independent in 1947, the city was put into Bombay State. In 1960, following the Samyukta Maharashtra movement, a new state of Maharashtra was created with Bombay as the ...
