<P> The demand for states to be organised on a linguistic basis was developed even before India achieved independence from British rule . A first - of - its - kind linguistic movement started in 1895 , in what is now Odisha . The movement gained momentum in later years with the demand for a separate Orissa Province to be formed by bifurcating the existing Bihar and Orissa Province . Due to the efforts of Madhusudan Das , the Father of Oriya nationalism , the movement eventually achieved its objective in 1936 , when Orissa Province became the first Indian state ( pre-independence ) to be organised on the basis of common languages . </P>
<P> The demand for states to be organised on a linguistic basis was developed even before India achieved independence from British rule . A first - of - its - kind linguistic movement started in 1895 , in what is now Odisha . The movement gained momentum in later years with the demand for a separate Orissa Province to be formed by bifurcating the existing Bihar and Orissa Province . Due to the efforts of Madhusudan Das , the Father of Oriya nationalism , the movement eventually achieved its objective in 1936 , when Orissa Province became the first Indian state ( pre-independence ) to be organised on the basis of common languages . </P>
8 . in 1936 which state became the first to be formed on linguistic basis
8 . in 1936 which state became the first to be formed on linguistic basis
Orissa Province
Orissa Province