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The Bhopal princely state was taken over by the Union Government of India on 1 June 1949. The new Bhopal State was declared a "Part C" state, governed by a chief commissioner appointed by the President of India. Sindhi refugees from Pakistan were accommodated in Bairagarh, a western suburb of Bhopal.
Flourishing around 1707, the city was the capital of the former Bhopal State, a princely state of the British ruled by the Nawabs of Bhopal until India's independence in 1947. India achieved independence on 15 August 1947. Bhopal was one of the last states to sign the ‘Instrument of Accession’.
Bhopal was a state of India, which existed from 1949 to 1956. The state evolved out of the princely state of Bhopal , and was merged with neighbouring states to form Madhya Pradesh in 1956. Shankar Dayal Sharma of the Indian National Congress served as chief minister of Bhopal state from 1952 to 1956.
Vindhya Expressway: proposed 660 km (410 mi) long, 6-lane, from Singrauli in the east to Bhopal in the west along Vindhya Range will connect six districts of the states, Bhopal, Sagar, Damoh, Katni, Rewa, Sidhi and Singrauli. [10] [11]
The Bhopal state, which paid tribute to both the Marathas and the Nizam of Hyderabad, was founded by Dost Mohammed Khan, a former General in the Mughal army. After the Third Anglo-Maratha War, the British conquered the entire region. All the sovereign states in the region became princely states of British India, governed by the Central India ...
Name Portrait Took office Left office Duration Home State Appointed by 1. Pattabhi Sitaramayya: 1 November 1956 13 June 1957 224 days Andhra Pradesh: Rajendra Prasad: 2. Hari Vinayak Pataskar: 14 June 1957 10 February 1965 7 years, 241 days Maharashtra: 3. K. Chengalaraya Reddy: 11 February 1965 2 February 1966 356 days Karnataka: Sarvepalli ...
The Government of Madhya Pradesh (abbreviated as MP) or Madhya Pradesh Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and its 55 districts. It consists of an executive, led by the governor of Madhya Pradesh, a judiciary and a legislative branch.
The States Reorganisation Act of 1956, Bhopal state was integrated into the state of Madhya Pradesh, and Bhopal was declared as its capital.. The Government of India appointed Governors of Madhya Pradesh as the head of the state and Lal Kothi was once again chosen as the official residence of the Governors of Madhya Pradesh.