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The Samiti demanded the creation of a new state from Marathi-speaking areas of the State of Bombay, a Marathi state, with the city of Bombay as its capital. The Samiti achieved its goal when the state of Maharashtra was created as a Marathi linguistic state on 1 May 1960.
Bombay State was finally dissolved with the formation of Maharashtra and Gujarat states on 1 May 1960. Following protests of Samyukta Maharashtra Movement, in which 107 people were killed by police, Bombay State was reorganised on linguistic lines.
The Samyukta Maharashtra movement advocated for a separate state of Maharashtra consisting only of Marathi speaking population.
The Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti demanded the creation of a new state which included the Marathi-speaking population of the Bombay princely state with Bombay (present-day Mumbai) as its capital.
Based on the state's reorganization bill, Maharashtra state was formed on a linguistic basis on 1st May 1960.
