Madhya Pradesh Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
state in central India
About Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh is the central part of India. Madhya Pradesh originally became a state on 1 November 1965. In 2000, the southeast portion of Madhya Pradesh was split off and became the state ofChhattisgarh. For the entirety of its history, the capital has been Bhopal. Madhya Pradesh has four other major cities in addition to Bhopal which are Indore, Gwalior, Jabalpur and Ujjain. It is divided into many divisions, fifty districts and two hundred blocks. Before Madhya Pradesh was divided, the population was 60,385,118 (India census 2001). The geographical area is 4,434,459 km. In ancient times Vairisimha II was the king and the capital wasUjjain. When King Bhoj became king he moved the capital toDhar. During the independence war, Fort Dhar played an important part in the fight for freedom an
Madhya Pradesh Travel Guide Sections
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