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Jagdalpur is a city located in the southern part of Chhattisgarh state in India. It is the administrative headquarters of the Bastar district and Bastar division . Before the independence of India , it also served as the capital of the erstwhile princely state of Bastar .
Bastar is a district in the state of Chhattisgarh in Central India. Jagdalpur is the district headquarters. Bastar is bounded on the northwest by Narayanpur District, on the north by Kondagaon district, on the east by Nabarangpur and Koraput Districts of Odisha State, on the south and southwest by Dantewada and Sukma.
Bastar Division was created in 1999, when the larger Bastar District was divided into the present-day districts of Jagdalpur, Dantewada, and Kanker. The division became part of the newly created state of Chhattisgarh. [1] In 2007, Bijapur and Narayanpur districts were also divided, and Sukma and Kondagaon in 2012. The present Divisional ...
H H Maharaja Pravir Chandra Bhanj Deo was immensely popular among the tribals. He was shot dead in a "police action" on 25 March 1966 while leading a tribal movement against encroachment of land by outsider in concert with the authorities in Bastar. He was executed on the steps of his own Palace in Jagdalpur.
Details. Chhattisgarh, a state of India, has 33 administrative districts.At the time of separation from Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh originally had 16 districts.Two new districts: Bijapur and Narayanpur were carved out on 11 May 2007 [1] and nine new districts on 1 Jan 2012.
Jagdalpur is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India. [2] It is part of Bastar district. As of 2023, it is represented by Kiran Singh Deo of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Kondagaon a municipality about 70 kilometers from Jagdalpur city is the headquarter of Kondagaon district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. It is the third largest city of Bastar division. Kondagaon separated from Bastar district on 24 January 2012 and formed as 27th district of the Chhattisgarh state. It is mostly renowned for its bell ...
Like most other Lok Sabha seats in MP and Chhattisgarh, with few seats like Durg (which has nine assembly segments under it) being exceptions, Bastar Lok Sabha seat has 8 assembly seats as its segments.