Nagpur Agreement

* Now that a high power Commission is being appointed to report on the question of reorganizing and regrouping of the State in India, we, the people residing in the various parts of the Marathi Speaking area, have reached the following conclusions as a basis for the formation of a single State comprising all such areas.

* This State should be formed of the contiguous Marathi speaking areas of the present Bombay, Madhya Pradesh and the Hyderabad States. There should be no enclaves within the limits and boundaries of this State. It shall be called Maharashtra or Marathi Pradesh and the city of Bombay shall be its capital.

* The State will comprise of the three units of Maha-Vidarbha, Marathwada and the Rest of the State for the purposes of all types of development and administration.

* Subject to the requirements of a single Governor the allocation of funds for expenditure over the different units will be in proportion to their population but in view of the undeveloped conditions of Marathwada special attention shall be given to promote the all sided development of that area. A report in this behalf shall be placed before the State Assembly every year.