Madhya Bharat
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Madhya Bharat | |||||||||||
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State of India | |||||||||||
1948–1956 | |||||||||||
Location of Madhya Bharat in India, 1951 | |||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||
• 1881 | 194,000 km2 (75,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||
• 1881 | 9,261,907 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
• Abolition of the Central India Agency | 1948 | ||||||||||
• Creation of Madhya Pradesh State | 1956 | ||||||||||
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Madhya Bharat, also known as
The union had an area of 46,478 square miles (120,380 km2).
On 1 November 1956, Madhya Bharat, together with the states of
Districts
Madhya Bharat comprised sixteen districts[4] and these districts were initially divided into three Commissioners' Divisions, which were later reduced to two. The districts were:
- Bhind District
- Gird District
- Morena District
- Guna District
- Shivpuri District
- Rajgarh District
- Bhilsa District
- Shajapur District
- Ujjain District
- Indore District
- Dewas District
- Ratlam District
- Dhar District
- Jhabua District
- Nimar District
- Mandsaur District
Politics
The nominal head of Madhya Bharat state was
In the 1952 Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly election, the Indian National Congress won 75 seats and the Hindu Mahasabha won 11 seats.[5] Mishrilal Gangwal of Indian National Congress became the Chief Minister on 3 March 1952. After his resignation, Takhatmal Jain (Jalori) again became the Chief Minister on 16 April 1955.[7] He was the Chief Minister of the state till 31 October 1956.
Geography
Madhya Bharat state was situated in the Madhya Bharat plateau (presently lying under most of northwestern Madhya Pradesh state and Central Rajasthan). This plateau is bounded by the
References
- ^ India States
- ^ "Bhind-History". Bhind district website. Archived from the original on 19 June 2009.
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 518.
- ^ ISBN 9788120833944.
- ^ a b "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Bharat" (PDF). Election Commission of India website.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1951 to the First Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2009.
- ^ "This Day That Age - April 18, 1955: Madhya Bharat CM". The Hindu. 18 April 2005. Archived from the original on 20 April 2005. Retrieved 16 August 2009.