 The first page of the book explains the ground realities of the time, which goes as,

Hence when linguistic reorganisation of states was decided upon, this was the background available to the Commission as a part of official records and language was the basis.As a result, the resultant Maharashtra didn't include the 'Maratha'-ruled areas of Baroda, Indore or Gwalior except for Kolhapur as the Commission took into consideration all the changes in the region over a long period of time and not just recent changes in demography.Following a memorandum from the Maharashtra government on 23 June 1957, the Government of India constituted Mahajan Committee on 5 June 1960 to look into the case.