Maharashtra-Karnataka Border Dispute

Recently, Maharashtra has filed a petition in the Supreme Court, challenging some provisions of the State Reorganisation Act, 1956 and demanding 865 villages from five districts of Karnataka.

About the Dispute

Genesis

  • The genesis of the dispute lies in the reorganisation of states along linguistic and administrative lines in 1956.
  • The erstwhile Bombay Presidency, a multilingual province, included the present-day Karnataka districts of Vijayapura, Belagavi, Dharwad, and Uttara Kannada.
  • In 1948, the Belgaum municipality requested that the district, having a predominantly Marathi-speaking population, be incorporated into the proposed Maharashtra state.
  • However, the States Reorganisation Act of 1956 made Belgaum and 10 ....
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