RECENTLY, the Maharashtra assembly passed a resolution over the raging border dispute with neighbouring Karnataka. The resolution aimed to pursue a legal battle in the Supreme Court and merge 865 Marathi-speaking villages with Maharashtra along with Belagavi, Karwar, Bidar, Nipani and Bhalki cities.
Incidentally, earlier, the Karnataka assembly had also passed a resolution resolving to protect the state's interests and not to give up an inch of land to Maharashtra. The border dispute between the two states had escalated on December 6, following which the Maharashtra government suspended all bus services to Karnataka. Vehicles going from Pune to Bengaluru were stopped and trucks pelted with stones.
Recently, Home Minister Amit Shah held a meeting with the chief ministers of both states. Both agreed to form a joint panel to look into the issue. Controversy erupted when Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that some villages of Maharashtra would be included in Karnataka.
With the independence of India, Belagavi district of former Bombay Presidency became a part of Bombay State. In 1956, the States Reorganisation Act incorporated it into the newly formed Mysore state (now Karnataka). This placed Belagavi, with its majority of Marathi speaking people, within the Kannada-majority Karnataka. The adjoining areas with mostly Marathi-speaking citizens were incorporated into the newly formed Maharashtra state.
On June 23, 1957, the Indian government constituted the Mahajan Committee to decide on the reorganisation of Belagavi. The four-member Committee consisted of two representatives from Maharashtra and two from Mysore. However, it failed to reach an agreement.
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