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Political Maharashtra
Politics of Maharashtra

After India's independence, most of Maharashtra's political history was dominated by the Indian National Congress party. Maharashtra became a bastion of the Congress party producing stalwarts such as Yashwantrao Chavan, Vasantdada Patil, Shankarrao Chavan, Vasantrao Naik, Vilasrao Deshmukh and Sharad Pawar.

The party enjoyed near unchallenged dominance of the political landscape until 1995 when the Shiv Sena and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured an overwhelming majority in the state to form a coalition. After a split in the Congress party, former chief minister Sharad Pawar formed the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), but formed a coalition with the Congress to keep out the BJP-SS combine. Prithviraj Chavan of Congress party is the current Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
Maharashtra, 1960-1971
Establishment of the State : In 1956 the Bombay State ceded Kannada-speaking territory to Mysore, but gained Marathwada (Aurangabad Division) from Hyderabad State and Vidarbha (Amravati and Nagpur Divisions) from Madhya Pradesh & Berar. In 1960, Bombay State was split into the States of Gujarat and Maharashtra.

Administration : From 1962 to 1979 Maharashtra was administrated by an Indian National Congress (INC) led government

Annals : 1960 : Bombay State split into Gujarat and Maharashtra; Bombay capital of Maharashtra, Marathi provincial language
1960 : Nagpur Pact; Nagpur (Vidarbha) elevated to second capital of Maharashtra; legislative assembly meets here for two weeks in December every year
1961 : communal violence in Nagpur (BBoY 1962)
1962 : state election; INC formed government
1966 : communal incidents in Maharashtra (BBoY 1967)
1966 : Shiv Sena (SHS), Maharashtra Hindu party, founded
1967 : state election; INC formed government
1968 : Hindu-Muslim riots in Aurangabad and Nagpur (BBoY 1969)
1969 : India's first nuclear power station at Tarapur became operational (BBoY 1970)

Social History : In 1961 the
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