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Sanyukta Maharashtra Movement: After independence,several states were formed on the basis of language.Maharashtrians also demanded the same but Congress was not in mood to form a seperate state.Congress had also objected about inclusion of Mumbai in Marathi state.A lobby of Gujarati industrialists were in favour of making Mumbai a Union territory. Sanyukta Maharashtra Movement was sparked by famour writer Acharya Atre,Senapti Bapat,Prabodhankar Thackray,Annabhau Sathe,Shahir Shaikh and others.Acharya Atre wrote frank and fire brand editorials in 'Maratha'.His primary preys were Nehru,Morarji Desai and Sa.Ka.Patil who were opposing Maharashtra state.Sanyukta Maharashtra Movement got an drastic turn when 105 people were gunned in Hutatma Chowk(formerly known as Flora Fountain) In Mumbai.This created a lot of unrest between Maharashtrians. On 1st May,1960 the state of Maharashtra was formed with Mumbai as its capital and official announcement was made by Nehru in Shivaji Park.However Gomantak(Goa) and Belgaum was not included in new state.Yeshwantrao Chavan was the first chief-minister of Maharashtra state.

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Sanyukta Maharashtra Movement: After independence,several states were formed on the basis of language.Maharashtrians also demanded the same but Congress was not in mood to form a seperate state.Congress had also objected about inclusion of Mumbai in Marathi state.A lobby of Gujarati industrialists were in favour of making Mumbai a Union territory. Sanyukta Maharashtra Movement was sparked by famour writer Acharya Atre,Senapti Bapat,Prabodhankar Thackray,Annabhau Sathe,Shahir Shaikh and others.Acharya Atre wrote frank and fire brand editorials in 'Maratha'.His primary preys were Nehru,Morarji Desai and Sa.Ka.Patil who were opposing Maharashtra state.Sanyukta Maharashtra Movement got an drastic turn when 105 people were gunned in Hutatma Chowk(formerly known as Flora Fountain) In Mumbai.This created a lot of unrest between Maharashtrians. On 1st May,1960 the state of Maharashtra was formed with Mumbai as its capital and official announcement was made by Nehru in Shivaji Park.However Gomantak(Goa) and Belgaum was not included in new state.Yeshwantrao Chavan was the first chief-minister of Maharashtra state.