What do you understand by the Bombay Plan?
1. To separate Maharashtra and Gujarat on the linguistic basis
2. Development of Bombay as a metro city
3. A group of industrialists drafted a proposal for the industrial economic development of India
4. Establishing of all central machinery in Bombay

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The Bombay Plan was a significant economic and industrial development proposal formulated by prominent Indian industrialists and big entrepreneurs in 1944. The Bombay Plan emphasized the need for a planned economy with an active role for the state in industrial and economic development. It proposed measures such as the expansion of key industries, the promotion of domestic capital investment, the establishment of public sector enterprises, and the development of infrastructure.