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Q.The State of Maharashtra was formed on:

(a) 15 August 1947
(b) 26 January 1950
(c) 1 May 1960
(d) 1 November 1956
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Option (c) is correct. Maharashtra came into being on 1 May 1960, when the bilingual State of Bombay was reorganised into Maharashtra (Marathi-speaking) and Gujarat (Gujarati-speaking); the day is observed as Maharashtra Day. Option (a), 15 August 1947, is India's Independence Day, not a state-formation date. Option (b), 26 January 1950, is the date the Constitution came into force (Republic Day). Option (d), 1 November 1956, is the date of the wider States Reorganisation (and of the enlarged bilingual Bombay State), but the separate state of Maharashtra was formed only in 1960.

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(c) — 1 May 1960, when the State of Bombay was divided into Maharashtra and Gujarat.

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