Belagavi border dispute

The Belagavi border dispute or Belgaon border dispute is a dispute between the Indian states of Karnataka and Maharashtra over the administration of the city of Belgaum and surrounding areas. During the British Raj, the region was part of the Bombay Presidency, a former colonial province that included western Maharashtra, north-western Karnataka, and much of Gujarat, and then became part of the short-lived Bombay State after Indian independence. As part of the States Reorganisation Act based on linguistic lines in 1956, Belgaum—because of its Kannada plurality—was incorporated into the newly formed state of Karnataka. Adjacent Marathi-speaking areas remained in Maharashtra. Currently, Belgaum is administered as part of the Belagavi district in Karnataka.