Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti
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Samyukta Maharashtra Movement संयुक्त महाराष्ट्र चळवळ | |||
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Death(s) | 106 | ||
The Movement succeeded in creating a separate Marathi-speaking state of Maharashtra including Mumbai and Nagpur as its capitals. |
Samyukta Maharashtra Movement, (transl. United Maharashtra movement) commonly known as the Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti, was an organisation in
The Samiti demanded the creation of a new state from Marathi-speaking areas of the
History
The Samyukta Maharashtra Movement organisation was founded on 6 February 1956, at Tilak Smarak Mandir in
The Indian National Congress had pledged to introduce linguistic states prior to Independence.
The Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti achieved its goal on 1 May 1960, when the State of Bombay was partitioned into the Marathi-speaking State of Maharashtra and the Gujarati-speaking State of Gujarat. However Goa (then a Portuguese colony), Belgaum, Karwar and adjoining areas, which were also part of the Maharashtra envisaged by the Samiti, were not included in Maharashtra state. Prominent leaders of the Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti decided to quit the organization after 1 May 1960, but the then chairman of the Samiti, Udhavrao Patil, continued his fight for the 862 Marathi-speaking villages of Karnataka that were excluded in 1960.
Participants
Notable individuals who participated in the movement include -
- Shripad Amrit Dange
- Shreedhar Mahadev Joshi
- T.R. Naravane
- Prahlad Keshav Atre
- Keshav Sitaram Thackeray
- Pandurang Mahadev Bapat
- Keshavrao Jedhe
- Madhu Dandavate
- Walchand Kothari
- Udhavrao Patil
- Shankarrao Deo
- Ahilya Rangnekar
- Annabhau Sathe
- Amar Sheikh
- Gajanan Tryambak Madkholkar
- Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh
- Maina Gawankar
- Narayan Ganesh Gore
- Gopalrao Bajirao Khedkar
- Y.K. Souni
Result
- The state of Maharashtra with Mumbai and Nagpur as its capitals while Gujarat with capital Ahmedabad were formed as a result of this movement according to the Bombay Reorganisation Act, 1960 enacted by the Parliament of India on 25 April 1960.
- The inaugural government was formed under Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
Martyrs
Names of the people who died during the open firing -
1] Sitaram Banaji Pawar
2] Joseph David Pejarkar
3] Chimanlal D. Sheth
4] Bhaskar Narayan Kamtekar
5] Ramachandra Sevaram
6] Shankar Khote
7] Dharmaji Gangaram Nagvekar
8] Ramachandra Laxman Jadhav
9] K. J. Xavier
10] P. S. John
11] Sharad G. Wani
12] Vedi Singh
13] Ramchandra Bhatia
14] Gangaram Gunaji
15] Gajanan alias Bandu Gokhale
16] Retirement Vithoba More
17] Atmaram Purushottam Panwalkar
18] Balappa Mutanna Kamathi
19] Dhondu Laxman Pardule
20] Bhai Sakharam Kadam
21] Yashwant Babaji Bhagat
22] Govind Baburao Jogal
23] Pandurang Dhondu Dhadwe
24] Gopal Chimaji Korade
25] Pandurang Babaji Jadhav
26] Babu Hari Date
27] Anup Mahavir
28] Vinayak Panchal
29] Sitaram Ganpat Mhade
30] Subhash Bhiva Borkar
31] Ganpat Rama Tankar
32] Sitaram Gayadeen
33] Gorakhnath Raoji Jagtap
34] Muhammad Ali
35] Tulshiram Punjaji Belsare
36] Devaji Sakharam Patil
37] Shamlal Jethanand
38] Sadashiv Mahadev Bhosale
39] Bhikaji Pandurang Rangate
40] Vasudev Suryaji Manjrekar
41] Bhikaji Babu Bambarkar
42] Sakharam Shripat Dhamale
43] Narendra Narayan Pradhan
44] Shankar Gopal Kushte
45] Dattaram Krishna Sawant
46] Baban Bapu Bhargude
47] Vishnu became Sakharam
48] Sitaram Dhondu Radye
49] Tukaram Dhondu Shinde
50] Vitthal Gangaram More
51] Rama Lakhan Vinda
52] Edwin Ambrose Salvi
53] Baba Mahadu Sawant
54] Vasant Dwarkanath Kanyalkar
55] Vitthal Daulat Salunkhe
56] Ramnath Pandurang Amrita
57] Parashuram Ambaji Desai
58] Ghanshyam Babu Kolar
59] Dhondu Ramakrishna Carpenter
60] Munimji Baldev Pandey
61] Maruti Vithoba Mhaske
62] Bhau Kondiba Bhaskar
63] Dhondo Ragho Pujari
64] Hriday Singh Darjesingh
65] Pandu Mahadu Avrirkar
66] Shankar Vithoba Rane
67] Vijayakumar Sadashiv Bhadekar
68] Krishnaji Ganu Shinde
69] Ramchandra Vitthal Chowgule
70] Dhondu Bhagu Jadhav
71] Raghunath Sakharam Beengude
72] Kashinath Gobind Chinderkar
73] Karpaiya Kirmal Devendra
74] Chularam Mumbaraj
75] Balmohan
76] Ananta
77] Gangaram Vishnu Guruv
78] Ratnu Gondivere
79] Syed Kasam
80] Bhikaji Daji
81] Anant Goltakar
82] Kisan Veerkar
83] Sukhlal Ramlal Banskar
84] Pandurang Vishnu Valke
85] Phulvari crocodile
86] Gulab Krishna Khavale
87] Baburao Devdas Patil
88] Laxman Narahari Thorat
89] Thamabai Vitthal Suryabhan
90] Ganapat Rama ghosts
91] Munshi Wazir Ali
92] Daulatram Mathuradas
93] Vitthal Narayan Chavan
94] Devji Shivan Rathod
95] Raojibhai Dosabhai Patel
96] Hormusji Karsetji
97] Girdhar Hemchand Lohar
98] Sattu Khandu Waikar
99] Ganapat Sridhar Joshi
100] Madhav Rajaram Ture (Beldar)
101] Maruti Bennalkar
102] Madhukar Bapu Bandekar
103] Laxman Govind Gawde
104] Mahadev Barigadi
105] Kamalabai Mohite
106] Sitaram Dulaji Ghadigaonkar
107] Shankarao Toraskar
Memorials
- Fort, Mumbai. It was created in the memory of 106 Martyrs who were killed in an open firing of the police during a peaceful protest.
- Samyukta Maharashtra Smruti Dalan was constructed in 2010 at Dadar. It displays the history of the formation of Maharashtra and origins of the movement. Spread over an area of 2,800 sq ft, the 3 storey gallery is a confluence of museum and art.
Popular culture
Hutatma a Marathi webseries on
is based on the challenges faced by the people who participated in this Movement.Midnight's Children, a classic by Salman Rushdie, which won the Booker Prize has a backdrop of both the Samyukta Maharashtra movement as well as the Mahagujarat movement.
Books
- महाराष्ट्र : एका संकल्पनेचा मागोवा (लेखक - माधव दातार)
- मुंबईसह संयुक्त महाराष्ट्राचा लढा (ऐतिहासिक, लेखिका - शिरीष पै)
- संयुक्त महाराष्ट्र काल आणि आज (संपादक - प्रा. भगवान काळे)
- संयुक्त महाराष्ट्राच्या चळवळीत शाहिरांचे योगदान, (लेखिका - सुहासिनी देशपांडे)
See also
- Mahagujarat Movement
- Hutatma Chowk
- Maharashtra Day
- States Reorganisation Act
- Chronology of statehood of Maharashtra
- Nagpur Pact
- Goa Opinion Poll
- Belagavi border dispute
References
- ISBN 9788177648560. Retrieved 19 November 2017 – via Google Books.
- ^ Guha, Ramachandra (13 April 2003). "The battle for Bombay". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 6 July 2003. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
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- ^ "BMC will give jobs to kin of Samyukta Maharashtra martyrs". epaper.TimesOfIndia.com. Archived from the original on 16 August 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ISBN 9781473521889. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
External links
- Samyukta Maharashtra movement
- Founding of the Samiti
- 'Zalach Pahije!' by P.K. Atre ISBN 81-86837-00-0