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'''Akola Pact''' of 1947 was an agreement between the Congress leaders from Western [[Maharashtra]] and from then [[Central Provinces and Berar]]. It was for the creation of two sub-provinces of Mahavidarbha and Western Maharashtra. It envisaged two separate executive, legislation, judiciary and council of minister, but under a single Government.

It was signed by Barrister [[Ramrao Deshmukh]] and others on 8 August 1947.<ref>http://www.epw.in/epw/uploads/articles/6166.pdf</ref>

Earlier it was in 1918, a demand for a separate Marathi-speaking state was made by a petition during the [[Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms]]. It was persuaded in three regions of [[Bombay State]], [[Vidarbha]] and [[Marathwada]]. In 1940, Mahavidarbha Samiti under leadership of [[M. S. Aney]], suggested a Marathi speaking State consisting of four districts from Vidarbha ( [[Amravati]], [[Akola]], [[Yavatmal]], [[Buldhana]]) and four districts from Nagpur division ( [[Nagpur]], [[Bhandara]], [[Wardha]] and [[Chandrapur|Chanda]] ) <ref>{{cite book |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Bu7UcHVE8NMC&pg=PA574&dq=nagpur+pact&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=zxZsS9G1MIXQMpvxod0K&cd=2#v=onepage&q=nagpur%20pact&f=false |title=Public governance and decentralisation: essays in honour of T.N Chaturvedi, Volume 1 |author=S. N. Mishra |author2=Anil Dutta Mishra |author3=Sweta Mishra |author4=U. C. Agarwal |author5=Triloki Nath |accessdate=5 February 2010 |page=574}}</ref>

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[[Category:Akola district]]
[[Category:History of Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:History of Maharashtra (1947–present)]]
[[Category:Reorganisation of Indian states]]
[[Category:Vidarbha]]
[[Category:Berar]]
[[Category:History of Vidarbha]]

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