Akola Pact
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Akola Pact of 1947 was an agreement between the Congress leaders from Western Maharashtra and from then Central Provinces and Berar. It was for the creation of two sub-provinces of Mahavidarbha and Western Maharashtra. It envisaged two separate executive, legislation, judiciary and council of minister, but under a single Government.
It was signed by Barrister Ramrao Deshmukh and others on 9 August 1947.[1]
Earlier it was in 1918, a demand for a separate marathi speaking state was made by a petition during Montague-Chelmsford reforms. It was persuated in three regions of Bombay State, Vidarbha and Marathwada. In 1940, Mahavidarbha Samiti under leadership of M S Aney, suggested a Marathi speaking State consisting of four districts from Vidarbha ( Amravati, Akola, Yavatmal, Buldhana) and four districts from Nagpur division ( Nagpur, Bhandara, Wardha and Chanda ) [2]
References
- ↑ http://www.epw.in/epw/uploads/articles/6166.pdf
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