Bombay State

Bombay State
State of India
1950–1960
Coat of arms of Bombay
Coat of arms
CapitalBombay(Mumbai)
Government
Governor 
• 1950-1952
Raja Maharaj Singh (first)
• 1952-1954
Sir Girija Shankar Bajpai
• 1955-1956
Harekrushna Mahatab
• 1956-1960
Sri Prakasa (last)
Chief Minister 
• 1950-1952
Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher
• 1952-1956
Morarji Desai
• 1956-1960
Yashwantrao Chavan
History 
• Declaration of a Republic
1950
• Split into Maharashtra and Gujarat
1960
Preceded by		Succeeded by
Bombay Province
Maharashtra
Gujarat
Today part ofIndia
Bombay Presidency in 1909, northern portion
Bombay Presidency in 1909, southern portion

Bombay State was a large Indian state created in 1950 from the erstwhile Bombay Province, with other regions being added to it in the succeeding years. Bombay Province (in British India roughly equating to the present-day Indian state of Maharashtra, excluding Marathwada and Vidarbha) was merged with the princely states of Baroda, Western India and Gujarat (the present-day Indian state of Gujarat) and the Deccan States (which included parts of the present-day Indian states of Maharashtra and Karnataka).

On 1 November 1956, Bombay State was reorganised under the States Reorganisation Act on linguistic lines, absorbing various territories including the Saurashtra and Kutch States, which ceased to exist. On 1 May 1960, Bombay State was dissolved and split on linguistic lines into the two states of Gujarat, with the Gujarati speaking population and Maharashtra, with Marathi speaking population.

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