Question

Who was the chairman of the Maharashtra Ekikaran Parishad that was called at Mumbai?
A) Shankarrao Dev
B) Keshavrao Jedhe
C) Shripad Amrut Dange
D) None of these

Answer 1

Hint: Maharashtra is a state in India's western peninsula that encompasses the Deccan Plateau in its entirety. It is the world's third-most populous country subdivision and India's second-most populous state. Maharashtra is India's most industrialized state, and Mumbai, the state capital, is the country's financial and commercial center.

Complete answer:
Samyukta Maharashtra Parishad convened the Maharashtra Ekikaran Parishad on July 28, 1946, in Mumbai. It passed a resolution calling for the merger of all Marathi speaking states into one state. This should include Mumbai's Marathi speaking areas, as well as the Central provinces, Marathwada and Gomantak. Around two hundred delegates from Maharashtra, south Maharashtra, Vidharbha, and Marathwada attend the meeting, and after Acarya Dada Dharmadhikari's proposal, the Samyukta Maharashtra resolution is passed.

The Maharashtra Ekikaran Parishad, which was held in Mumbai, was presided over by Shankarrao Dev. The Belgaum City Council declared the area, Belgaum district, a Marathi majority district in the resolution and also demanded that the Belgaum district be included in the planned state of Samyukta Maharashtra. In the same year, the Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti was created to pursue a single-point demand for the district's inclusion in Maharashtra.

So, the correct answer is Option A. Shankarrao Dev

Note: The Belgaum district became a part of the Bombay State after India's independence in 1947. The Maharashtra Ekikaran Parishad was founded in Belgaum, Karnataka, India, as a linguistic and socio-political committee. Ekikaran Parishad is a single-issue political party that wants to combine Karnataka's Belgaum district with Maharashtra's state.