Class 8 Subject- History14. Formation of State of Maharashtra
Class 8 Subject- History 14. Formation of State of Maharashtra 1. Rewrite the statements by choosing the appropriate options. (1) The State of ............. was formed on 1 May 1960. (a) Goa (b) Karnataka (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Maharashtra Ans: Maharashtra (2) ............. put forth the proposal of Samyukta Maharashtra with Mumbai in the Mumbai Municipal Corporation. (a) G.T.Madkholkar (b) Acharya Atre (c) D.V.Potdar (d) Shankarrao Dev Ans: (b) Acharya Atre (3) ............. accepted the responsibility as first Chief Minister of Maharashtra. (a) Yashvantrao Chavan (b) Prithviraj Chavan (c) Shankarrao Chavan (d) Vilasrao Deshmukh Ans: (a) Yashvantrao Chavan 2. Explain the following statements with reasons. (1) Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti came to be established. Ans: The demand for a state of Marathi speaking people of all regions was put forth in the Nagpur Pact in 1953. There was ...