Bombay state is a former state of India. During British rule, portions of the western coast of India under direct British rule were part of the Bombay Presidency. In 1937, the Bombay Presidency became a province of British India. After Indian independence in 1947, many former princely states, including the Gujarat states and the Deccan states, were merged with the former Bombay province. Bombay state was significantly enlarged on November 1, 1956, 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. The southernmost, Kannada-speaking portion of Bombay state became part of the new linguistic state of Karnataka. Morarji Desai and later Yashwantrao Chavan were its only two Chief Ministers. Bombay Presidency was a former province of British India. ... A princely state or native state was a feudal monarchy in British India ruled by a hereditary ruler, who was nominally sovereign. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Marathi is one of the widely spoken languages of India, and has a long literary history. ... Marathwada is a region of Indias Maharashtra state, which corresponds to Maharashtras Aurangabad Division. ... Hyderabad and Berar, 1903 Hyderābād was an autonomous princely state of south-central India from 1724 until 1948, ruled by a hereditary Nizam, and an Indian state from 1948 to 1956. ... Vidarbha is the north-eastern region of Maharashtra state, now forming two divisions (Nagpur and Amravati). ... Madhya Pradesh (मध्य प्रदेश) is a state in central India. ... Gujarati (ગુજરાતી; also sometimes Gujrati) is a language native to the state of Gujarat in western India. ... Saurashtra in between Gulf of Kutch and Gulf of Khambat. ... Kutch (also Cutch or Kachh) is a district of Gujarat state in western India. ... Kannada - aptly described as sirigannada (known to few as Kanarese) is one of the oldest Dravidian languages and is spoken in its various dialects by roughly 45 million people. ... Karnataka (ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ in Kannada) is one of the four southern states of India. ... Morarji Ranchhodji Desai (मोरारजी देसाई) (February 29, 1896 – April 10, 1995) was an Indian freedom fighter and the first non-Congress Party Prime Minister of India. ... Yashwantrao Chavan (born 12 March 1913) was the first Chief Minister of Maharashtra. ... A Chief Minister is the elected Head of Government of a state of India, a territory of Australia or a British overseas territory that has attained self-government. ...

Bombay state was partitioned into Gujarat and Maharashtra states on May 1, 1960, after an agitation for a separate Marathi state turned violent. The volunteers of the Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti were fired upon at Flora Fountain in the capital Mumbai (then Bombay) by the police, leading to 105 deaths. The place is now designated as Hutatma Chowk, where an eternal flame burns in their memory. Gujarat (ગુજરાત in Gujarati) is the most industrialized state in India after Maharashtra and is located in western India, bordered by Pakistan to the northwest and Rajasthan to the north. ... Maharashtra (महाराष्ट्र) is Indias third largest state in terms of area and second largest in terms of population after Uttar Pradesh. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... A political organisation that demanded the creation of a separate Marathi-speaking state out of the then bilingual Bombay state. ... Mumbai (Marathi: मुंबई ) (pronounced in Marathi, and in English), formerly known as Bombay is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and is the most populous Indian city with a 2005 estimated population of about 13 million. ... Hutatma Chowk is a square in south Mumbai, formerly known as Flora Fountain, where in 1960 peaceful agitators of the Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti were fired upon by police. ...