Q. The first state bifurcated after the State Reorganisation Act of 1956:
Solution:
- The States Reorganisation Act, 1956 was a major reform of the boundaries of India’s states and territories, organising them along linguistic lines.
- States Reorganisation Commission (SRC) was constituted in 1953 to go into this problem and to recommend the principles and broad guidelines on which the States can be reorganised.
- The Commission submitted its report in September, 1955.
- The Commission was appointed by Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru.
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SRC was headed by S. Fazal Ali and had two members namely M. Panikkar & H. N. Kunzru
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Bombay state was bifurcated into Gujarat and Maharashtra in 1960.
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