What was the outcome of the demand for a separate State for Punjabi speakers?
1) The creation of Punjab and Haryana
2) The establishment of Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand
3) The formation of Maharashtra and Gujarat
4) The division of Uttarakhand and Karnataka

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The demand for a separate State by speakers of Punjabi language led to the establishment of Punjab and Haryana as distinct States.

Moving into the late 1950s, the speakers of Punjabi language initiated their struggle for an autonomous State. Eventually, this demand was endorsed, resulting in the establishment of Punjab and Haryana as distinct States in 1966. Subsequently, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, and Jharkhand also came into existence as separate States. This process of meeting the challenge of diversity was executed through the revision of the nation's internal borders.