Bombay State

Bombay
Former State 1950–1960
State of Bombay
Emblem of Bombay
Location of Bombay in India
Country	India
Region	West India
Formation	1950
Bifurcation	1960 (into Maharashtra and Gujarat states)
Consolidation	1956 (merged Kutch State, Saurashtra State and Vidarbha)
Capital and largest city	Bombay
Government
• Governor
• 1950–1952	Raja Maharaj Singh (First)
• 1956–1962	Sri Prakasa (Last)
• Chief minister
• 1946–1952	Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher (First)
• 1956–1960	Yashwantrao Chavan (Last)
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Preceded by Succeeded by Bombay Presidency Deccan States Agency Baroda, Western India and Gujarat States Agency Saurashtra State Kutch State Maharashtra Gujarat Mysore State

Bombay State was a large Indian state created in 1950 from the erstwhile Bombay Presidency, with other regions being added to it in the succeeding years. Bombay Presidency (roughly equating to the present-day Indian state of Maharashtra, excluding South Maharashtra 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 re-organized 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 Gujarati speaking population and Maharashtra, with Marathi speaking population.^[1]