 The Maharashtrians also blamed the Gujaratis for the death of the 105 martyrs of the Samyukta Maharashtra movement.In the 1960s,the Marathi-speaking middle-class in Bombay, who had been the most consistent supporters of the Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti,felt threatened in Bombay despite the creation of Maharashtra.This was mainly because of the increasing number of migrants competing with them for jobs.