Madhya Bharat

Madhya Bharat ( " Central India " ) was a union of princely states in central India. In 1951 she had an area of ​​120,378 km ² and 7.9 million inhabitants.

History

Madhya Bharat was created in 1948 through the merger of 25 princes who had been subordinate to the Central India Agency in British India and now joined India. The largest of these states were Gwalior, Indore, Dhar, Dewas, Jaora, Ratlam, Barwani, Sitamau, Jhabua, Alirajpur, Rajgarh, Narsinghgarh and Sailana. Gwalior was the winter capital, Indore summer capital.

On November 1, 1956 all princely states were dissolved and the state of Madhya Pradesh incorporated.

Policy

The last Maharaja of Gwalior George Jivajirao Scindia (1916-1961) was on May 28, 1948 to October 31, 1956 Head of State ( Rajpramukh ) of Madhya Bharat.

The government focused on the following Chief Minister before: