Artha Vijnana: Journal of The Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics

V. D. Deshpande

Abstract

The State of Maharashtra in its present form came into existence in May 1960. Formerly it was a part of the larger bilingual state. The present State of Maharashtra includes 12 districts from the old Maharashtra, 5 districts from the old State of Hyderabad and 8 districts from Vidarbha, which was formerly a part of Madhya Pradesh.

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