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.

• SRC was headed by S. Fazal Ali and had two members namely M. Panikkar & H. N. Kunzru

• Bombay state was bifurcated into Gujarat and Maharashtra in 1960.