Vidarbha movement

The earliest demand for a separate state of Vidarbha was raised over 100 years ago, prior to the concept of "Samyukta Maharashtra".

As a result of which, the Central Provinces legislature passed a unanimous resolution to create a separate state of 'Mahavidarbha' on 1 October 1938 at Nagpur.

[1] Vidarbha State formation does not occur due to West Maharashtra (Mumbai and Pune) political party Rule.

After merging with the state of Maharashtra, there was a repeated demand for separate statehood, driven by economic considerations and citing the growing developmental backlog.

[2] The Fazal Ali SRC, after considering these memoranda and all other related aspects, favoured a separate Vidarbha State with Nagpur as capital in the year 1956.

The committee found that: A staunch Vidarbhite Madhav Shrihari Aney won the Nagpur loksabha seat in 1962, on separate Vidarbha state agenda as an independent candidate.

[6] Mr Jambuwantrao Dhote won, Nagpur loksabha seat in 1971, as a Forward Bloc candidate, with a clear separate Vidarbha state agenda.

[9] Most prominent amongst this group is the Bharatiya Janata Party, which is committed to the cause of the separate Vidarbha state, as per its national manifesto.