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statehood. It was on this day that several decades ago in the year
1960 the state which was to eventually become religiously refined,
culturally enriched, socially improved, economically powerful and
commercially commanding emerged. Even to this day Maharashtra Day is
celebrated to mark the formation of what is undisputedly one of the
most important states of India.
Celebrations to mark Maharashtra Day are held at Shivaji Park in
Central Mumbai. The governor of the state takes salute from an
impressive parade at the ceremony. The armed services lining the
parade route include members from State Reserve Police Force (SRPF),
Brihanmumbai Commando Force, Home Guards, Civil Defense, Fire
Brigade and City Police. Along with the state capital, the guardian
ministers of respective districts hoist the Tri-Colour at the
district headquarters early in the morning to commemorate the Day
and pay tributes to the martyrs.
On this occasion
several distinguished individuals are also honored for their
contribution. Illustrious teachers, police officials, sportsmen,
doctors are congratulated for their effective roles in their
respective fields.
When India became an Independent State in1947, Bombay in Western
India, was a separate state with the areas in the existing
Maharashtra and Gujarat states. In 1950s Samyukta Maharshtra Samiti
(SMS) spearheaded the demand for creation of a separate Marathi
speaking state out of the then bilingual State of Bombay. The demand
was in line with the pledge, the Indian National Congress had taken
for linguistic states prior to Independence. However after the
Independence, Nehru adamantly opposed to linguistic states. Though
Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Karnataka came into formation in 1950,
the Central Government was not paying any heed to popular demand for
creation of Maharashtra on the same line.
Tired of the adamant attitude of the then Government at the Center,
people at last decided to fight against it. The government used
force to suppress the demand. More than hundred people were killed
when the police opened fire at Flora Fountain in Mumbai. Samyukta
Maharshtra Samiti (SMS) achieved its goal when the state, with
Mumbai as its capital, was formed on 1st May, 1960, under the Bombay
Re-Organization Act. It is to commemorate this tragic incident that
Flora Fountain is renamed since then as
Hutatma Smarak.
However Goa (then a Portages Colony), Belgaum, Karwar and adjoining
areas, part of the Maharashtra State envisioned by the Samiti, were
not included in the newly formed state. Even to this day Belgaum
district with a majority of Marathi speaking people is an active
dispute with a petition by the Maharashtra government pending in
Supreme Court.
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