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Madhya Bharat

Former state of India (1947–1957)

Summary

Former state of India (1947–1957)

Field	Value
conventional_long_name	Madhya Bharat
common_name	Madhya Bharat
nation	India
status_text	State of India
year_start	1948
event_start	Abolition of the Central India Agency
year_end	1956
event_end	Creation of Madhya Pradesh State
p1	Central India Agency
p2	Gwalior Residency
s1	Madhya Pradesh
flag_p1	British Raj Red Ensign.svg
flag_p2	British Raj Red Ensign.svg
flag_s1	..Madhya Pradesh Flag(INDIA).png
image_map	Madhya Bharat in India (1951).svg
image_map_caption	Location of Madhya Bharat in India, 1951
stat_area1	194000
stat_year1	1881
stat_pop1	9261907
capital	Gwalior

Madhya Bharat, also known as Malwa Union, was an Indian state in west-central India, created on 28 May 1948 from twenty-five princely states which until 1947 had been part of the Central India Agency, with Jiwajirao Scindia as its Rajpramukh.

The union had an area of 46478 sqmi.Gwalior was made the capital and the first legislative assembly took place inside the Moti Mahal of Gwalior. It was bordered by the states of Bombay (presently Gujarat and Maharashtra) to the southwest, Rajasthan to the northwest, Uttar Pradesh to the north, and Vindhya Pradesh to the east, and Bhopal State and Madhya Pradesh to the southeast. The population was mostly Hindu and Hindi-speaking. On 1 November 1956, Madhya Bharat, together with the states of Vindhya Pradesh and Bhopal State, was merged into Madhya Pradesh.

Districts

Madhya Bharat comprised sixteen districts 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 Rajpramukh (Governor). It had also the post of an Uparajpramukh. The state had a Vidhan Sabha of 99 members, who were elected from 79 constituencies (59 single member and 20 double member). There were 9 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state (7 single member and 2 double member).

Jivaji Rao Scindia was Rajpramukh of the state from 28 May 1948 to 31 October 1956 and Liladhar Joshi was the first Chief Minister. He was succeeded by Gopi Krishna Vijayvargiya in May 1949. On 18 October 1950, Takhatmal Jalori became the third Chief Minister of Madhya Bharat.

In the 1952 Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly election, the Indian National Congress won 75 seats and the Hindu Mahasabha won 11 seats. 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 Indo-Gangetic Plain to the north, the Bundelkhand upland to the east, the Malwa Plateau to the south, and the East Rajasthan Uplands on the west.

References

[http://www.statoids.com/uin.html India States]
"Bhind-History". Bhind district website.
{{cite EB1911
Bhattacharyya, P. K.. (1977). "Historical Geography of Madhya Pradesh from Early Records". Motilal Banarsidass.
(November 2022). "मध्यप्रदेश स्थापना दिवस आज : Mp के इतिहास का गवाह है मोती महल, यहां पहले मुख्यमंत्री ने ली थी शपथ".
"Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Bharat". Election Commission of India website.
"Statistical Report on General Elections, 1951 to the First Lok Sabha". Election Commission of India website.
(18 April 2005). "This Day That Age - April 18, 1955: Madhya Bharat CM". [[The Hindu]].

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