bombay state was the name of maharashtra before 1960.
bombay state was the name of maharashtra before 1960.
what is the name of maharashtra before 1960?
bombay state
in 1946, he was first elected as member of legislative assembly of the bombay state from the south satara constituency. in the same year he was appointed as parliamentary secretary to the home minister of bombay state. in the next government of morarji desai he was appointed as minister of civil supplies, social welfare and forests. in 1953 he was a signatory to the nagpur pact that assured equitable development of all regions of what is now the state of maharashtra. the 1950s witnessed the samyukta maharashtra samiti (united maharashtra movement) leading struggle for united maharashtra with mumbai as its capital. chavan never joined the samyukta maharashtra samiti (united maharashtra movement) and in fact called prime minister nehru, who opposed formation of language based state reorganization, as "greater than maharashtra". in 1957 assembly elections yashwantrao chavan was elected from the karad constituency. this time he was elected as leader of congress legislative party and became chief minister of the bilingual bombay state. the election saw the congress party losing badly in the marathi speaking areas to the samyukta maharashtra samiti. however, he was able to persuade nehru to agree to form maharashtra and therefore he is regarded as the chief architect in the formation of marathi speaking state of maharashtra. on 1 may 1960, yashwantrao chavan became the first chief minister of maharashtra. from 1957 to 1960 he also served on the all india congress working committee.
yashwantrao chavan
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