Home›More›Articles›Gujarat Was Made by a Vote, and Its Capital Moved AfterArticleGujarat Was Made by a Vote, and Its Capital Moved AfterConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)ConnectionsArticle OnGujarat, States or Territories Well-attested SourcesGujarat (Wikipedia)Wikimedia FoundationHistory, Post-independence (1947-present)Quote, History, Post-independence (1947-present)Agitation by Gujarati nationalists, the Mahagujarat Movement, and Marathi nationalists, the Samyukta Maharashtra, for their own states led to the split of Bombay state on linguistic lines; on 1 May 1960, it became the new states of Gujarat and Maharashtra.View the SourceAtlas Article VocabularyComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.