MADHYA PRADESH

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Basic Facts about Madhya Pradesh

● Statehood: 26 January 1950

● Capital: Bhopal

● Number of District : 52

● Governor: Lalji Tandon

● Chief Minister: Kamal Nath

● High court: Madhya Pradesh High Court

● Chief Justice: Ajay Kumar Mittal

● Members of the Legislative Assembly: 230

● Lok Sabha Seats : 29

● Rajya Sabha Seats : 11

Boundaries

It borders the states of Uttar Pradesh to the northeast, Chhattisgarh to the

southeast, Maharashtra to the south, Madhya Pradesh to the west, and

Rajasthan to the northwest.

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State Symbols

● State Animal: Barasingha

● State Bird: Indian paradise flycatcher

● State Flower: Madonna lily

● State Tree: Banyan tree

History of Madhya Pradesh

● The area covered by the present-day

Madhya Pradesh includes the area of the

ancient Avanti Mahajanapada.

● After the Third Anglo-Maratha War, the

British took control of the entire region.

● All the sovereign states in the region

became princely states of British India,

governed by the Central India Agency.

● After India's independence, Madhya

Pradesh state was created with Nagpur

as its capital

● First CM of Madhya Pradesh:

Ravishankar Shukla

● First Governor of Madhya Pradesh:

Pattabhi Sitaramayya

● वर्तमान मध्य प्रदेश द्वारा कवर ककए गए के्षत्र में

प्राचीन अवंती महाजनपद का के्षत्र शाकमल है।

● तीसरे एंग्लो-मराठा युद्ध के बाद, अंगे्रज ं ने पूरे

के्षत्र पर कनयंत्रण कर कलया।

● मध्य भारर् एजेंसी द्वारा शाकसर् इस के्षत्र के सभी

संप्रभु राज्य किकिश भारर् की ररयासर्ें बन गए।

● भारर् की स्वरं्त्रर्ा के बाद, मध्य प्रदेश राज्य क

नागपुर के साथ अपनी राजधानी बनाया गया था

● मध्य प्रदेश के पहले सीएम: रववशंकर शुक्ल

● मध्य प्रदेश के पहले राज्यपाल: पट्टावि

सीतारमैय्या

Geography

● Madhya Pradesh is the second largest Indian

state by area and the fifth largest state by

population.

● The state straddles the Narmada River, which

runs east and west between the Vindhya and

Satpura ranges; these ranges and the Narmada

are the traditional boundaries between the north

and south of India.

● The highest point in Madhya Pradesh is

Dhupgarh, with an elevation of 1,350 m.

● गुजरार् भारर् के पकिमी र्ि पर स्थथर् एक राज्य है

कजसका समुद्र र्ि 1,600 वकलोमीटरका है।

● यह के्षत्रफल के कहसाब से पांचवा सबसे बडा

भारर्ीय राज्य है और जनसंख्या के कहसाब से नौवां

सबसे बडा राज्य है।

● साबरमती गुजरार् की सबसे बडी नदी है कजसके

बाद र्ापी है, हालांकक नमतदा राज्य के माध्यम से

इसके मागत में सबसे लंबी दूरी र्य करर्ी है।

● सरदार सरोवर पररयोजना नममदा नदी पर बनी है,

ज प्रायद्वीपीय भारर् की प्रमुख नकदय ं में से एक है।

● वगरनार सबसे ऊंची च िी है और सापुतारा राज्य

का एकमात्र कहल-से्टशन है।

● कच्छका रण थार रेकगस्तान में स्थथर् एक मौसमी

दलदली खारा कमट्टी है।

● Elections to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held on 28 November 2018 to elect

members of the 230 constituencies in Madhya Pradesh.

● It is believed that the election was a direct political battle between the BJP and the INC.

● The election led INC emerging as the single largest party and the BJP winning the popular vote.

● CONGRESS :

INC: 114 seats

BJP : 109 seats

BSP : 2 seats

SP : 1 seats

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Major Dams

● Bansagar Dam : Bansagar or Ban Sagar Dam is a multipurpose river Valley Project on Sone

River in the Shahdol district.

● Indirasagar Dam: The Indira Sagar Dam is a multipurpose project of the state Madhya

Pradesh on the Narmada River in the Khandwa district.

● Gandhi Sagar Dam: The Gandhi Sagar Dam is one of the four major dams built on India's

Chambal River. The dam is located in the Mandsaur, Neemuch districts of the state of

Madhya Pradesh.

● Omkareshwar Dam: The Omkareshwar Dam is a gravity dam on the Narmada River just

upstream of Mandhata in Khandwa district.

● Barna Dam: The Barna Dam is a gravity dam on the Barna River in Badi tahsil Raisen

district

● Bheemgarh Dam: Bheemgarh dam officially the Upper Wainganga (Sanjay Sarovar) Dam, is

built across the Wainganga river in Chhapara tehsil of Seoni district

General Facts

● Before 2000, when Chhattisgarh was a part of Madhya Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh was the largest state in

India and the distance between the two furthest points inside the state, Singoli and Konta, was 1500 km.

Konta is presently in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh state.

● MP has the largest reserves of diamond and copper in India.

● According to the census of 2011, 90.80% of the MP residents followed Hinduism, while others are Muslim

(6.57%), Jain (0.78%), Buddhists.

● Some of the noted Hindustani classical music gharanas in Madhya Pradesh include the Maihar gharana,

the Gwalior gharana and Senia gharana.

● Two of the medieval India's most noted singers, Tansen and Baiju Bawra, were born near Gwalior in

present-day Madhya Pradesh.

● Noted Dhrupad exponents Aminuddin Dagar (Indore), Gundecha Brothers (Ujjain) and Uday

Bhawalkar (Ujjain) were also born in present-day Madhya Pradesh.

● The main tribal groups in Madhya Pradesh are Gond, Bhil, Baiga, Korku,

Bhadia (or Bhariya), Halba, Kaul, Mariya, Malto and Sahariya.

Festivals & Fairs of Madhya Pradesh

● SIMHASTHA: Kumbha in Ujjain known as Simhastha.

● AALAMI TABLEEGI IJTIMA: This three-day congregation is considered

among the most important religious occasions celebrated in Bhopal.

● FAIR OF PIR BUDHAN: This fair is held in Sanwara of Shivpuri district near

the tomb of the Muslim saint PirBudhan.

● FAIR OF JAGESHWARI DEVI: This fair is held in Chanderi of Guna district

since time immemorial.

● Lokrang Festival: Bhopal

● Akhil Bhartiya Kalidas Samaroh: Ujjain

● Khajuraho Festival: Khajuraho

● Bhagoria Haat Festival: West Nimar(Khargon) and Jhabua

● MalwaUtsav: Indore & Ujjain

Dances of Madhya Pradesh

● Grida Dance

● Maanch

● Matki dance

● Phulpati dance

● Bandhavgarh National Park

● Kanha National Park

● Satpura National Park

● Sanjay National Park

● Madhav National Park

● Van Vihar National Park

● Mandla Plant Fossils National Park

● Panna National Park

● Pench National Park

● Dinosaur National Park, Dhar.

Important National Park and wildlife Sanctuaries in Madhya

Pradesh

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Khajuraho Group of Monuments: 1986

Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi : 1989

Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka : 2003

GI Tags of Madhya Pradesh

● Chanderi Fabric

● Leather Toys of Indore

● Ratlami Sev

● Jhabua Kadaknath Black Chicken Meat

● Kamlapati Palace : Bhopal

● Champa Baoli : Dhar

● Hindola Mahal: Dhar

● Nav Toran Temple: Mandsaur

● Torana gate: Shivpuri

● Tomb of Nadir Shah & compound: Burhanpur

● Bateshwar temple complex: Morena

Monuments of National Importance in Madhya Pradesh

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