1/3rd of so called marathi were part of Nizam. Mumbai presidency comprised of Whole Gujju & Sindh and part of Maharashtra, Karnatka & yemen (Gulf). Chief Language were Sindhi & Gujurati & Urdu.
After 1955, when the State of Bombay was being re-organised along linguistic lines into the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat, there was a demand that the city be constituted as an autonomous city-state. However, the Samyukta Maharashtra movement opposed this, and insisted that Mumbai be declared the capital of Maharashtra. Following a successful protests in which 105 people were killed by police firing, Maharashtra state was formed with Mumbai as its capital on May 1, 1960.
RE:RE:Bombai Presidency?
by Terminator on Feb 25, 2008 11:54 AM Permalink
and ofcourse there was no police firing while forming Bihar and UP... because they speak the national language Hindi/Urdu
RE:Bombai Presidency?
by zindaa hoon on Feb 25, 2008 11:53 AM Permalink
That is a very interesting piece of information that even Yemen was part of Bombay presidency! Is it really true?
We should respect each other's culture, that's true. I agree fully with that. But sorry Mr. Raj, if your culture says to beat innocent people, I won't do that. If your culture says to oppose Chhath Pooja (outsider festival), I'll still participate in Ganesh Pooja (outsider festival). If your culture says to beat someone because his leader has said something wrong, I'll beat his leader instead (assuming I've same power as you). You really look like a smart politician, but your work and word just don't justify it.
Just a thought.. Cinema in India was introduced by a Marathi known as Dada Saheb Phakle.. So I guess Amitabh or Sinha wouoldn't exist if there was no cinema in India
RE:Just a thought before people start hating each other...
by on Feb 25, 2008 07:27 PM Permalink
Let's give credit where it's due.
While there were some theatre personalities in Calcutta who tried to document their plays, it is Dhundiraj Govind Phalke (1870 - 1944), affectionately called Dadasaheb Phalke, who was the first to make a full-length feature film, is the Father of Indian Cinema.
He was the son of a Sanskrit scholar, who studied at J J College of Art in Bombay and at Kala Bhavan, Baroda. He then studied architecture and became proficient as a landscape painter of academic nature studies.
He also tried his hand at photography, learned three-colour block making and ceramics, worked as a portrait photographer, stage make-up man, assistant to a German illusionist and as a magician! While he was to become a printer he saw a film called The Life of Christ.
He was sufficiently charged to believe that an indigenous film industry could be established by tackling Indian themes. At the heart of his career as a filmmaker was his fervent belief in the nationalistic philosophy of swadeshi, which advocated that Indians should take charge of their own economy in the in an independent India.
"Like the life of Christ we shall make pictures on Rama and Krishna."
Raising a loan from an old friend and pledging his life insurance, Phalke sailed for England on February 1, 1912 and returned two weeks later to launch Raja Harishchandra.
RE:RE:Just a thought before people start hating each other...
by on Feb 25, 2008 07:45 PM Permalink
Raja Harishchandra was about an honest king who for the sake of his principles sacrificed his kingdom and family till the gods, impressed with his honesty, restored him to his former glory. Indian cinema has come a long way from its first silent feature film in 1913 directed by Dada Saheb Phalke.
The Dada Saheb Phalke Award is given annualy by the Indian Government in recognition of the outstanding contributions made in the field of Indian Cinema.
Since 1970, there have been 37 Awardees, including Film Director Shyam Benegal in 2006.
Though we have all heard of the Father of Indian Cinema, many do not know that he "died pennyless."
Neither the Film Industry, that coverts the Dada Saheb Phalke Award nor the Maharashtra Government, has ever paid any heed to his family.
But he was a Marathi manoos who set up his studio in Nasik (now Nashik) where Raj thackeray and his MNS recently struck body blows to our democratic fabric with their sons-of-the soil rhetoric.
Wat Raj has said is absolute rite.... I a punjabi nd fully agrees tht thr is no wrong if one wants to save his culture.. if some bdy moves to sme native place he shold mingle wth the local culture nd language... If he cant thn he shold return back frm where he came..
Re: Re: I totally agrees wth Raj....
by jai sharma on Oct 20, 2008 11:22 PM Permalink
i am a punjabi and do not agree with you.. India is one , if a bihari for example comes to punjab , he should not be forced to loose his identity.We should respect all cultures and people and accept them as they are.. For me Bihari's and Marathi's are same , they even look alike to me..
RE:RE:I totally agrees wth Raj....
by Raj on Feb 25, 2008 11:42 AM Permalink
jo bole so nihallllll !!!!! kal ek punjabi munda nu asi pit te dikhya si.... u know why ? he was playing dirt politics in office... problem is not region , we should must stop, attack bad, dirty, ill minded person whoever he/she is. And yes saving our own culture is never wrong...
RE:I totally agrees wth Raj....
by VS on Feb 25, 2008 11:46 AM Permalink
thts wat i m saying nd weat raj is saying.... y u guys dont say ill of lalu nd mulayam vch did nthng gud bt done dirty politics..
RE:I totally agrees wth Raj....
by Karuna Yadav on Feb 25, 2008 11:37 AM Permalink
up/bihar and maha culture are same.infact u shud go back to punjab since u are not marathi
Re: RE:I totally agrees wth Raj....
by jai sharma on Oct 20, 2008 11:36 PM Permalink
who the fkuc , you are to order the punjabi' . U are just like biharis black marathis.. i mean u are even darker than biharis....
Chaahe hon jis praant ke waasi..hon koi bhi bhashs-bhashi..sabse pehle hain bharat-waasi Now: kaun sa bharat, kaisa desh, kaun se bharatwaasi..sabse pehle to hum hain Marathi/Bihari/Bengali..and so on
