The correct answer is Option 2. Explanation & Key Takeaways: • The Nagpur Pact was concluded between Indian political leaders on 28 September 1953. • It led to the creation of the state of Maharashtra from contiguous Marathi-speaking areas of the then Bombay State, Madhya Pradesh State and Hyderabad state • The Government of India appointed the first State Reorganisation Committee under the chairmanship of Fazal Ali on 29 December 1953. • The SRC, after considering the memorandum and all other related aspects, favoured a separate "Vidarbha State" with Nagpur as capital. • But even after the recommendation of SRC headed by Fazal Ali, Vidarbha was made part of bilingual Bombay State in 1956 and Nagpur city lost the capital status. • Nagpur thus became the only city in independent India to lose state capital status, after being a capital of India's biggest state (by area) for more than 100 years. • The Pact assured equitable development of all the regions of the proposed Marathi State. • The most prominent clause of the Nagpur Pact required one session of the Maharashtra state assembly in Nagpur every year, with minimum of six weeks' duration, to discuss exclusively points related to Vidarbha. • The signatories to the pact in 1953 were;- • Yashwantrao Chavan and • Dr Abasaheb Khedkar • Ramrao Krishnarao Patil, Gandhian, Ex ICS Officer and member of first Planning Commission.