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Madhya Pradesh is the central part of India. It divided in two parts, one is Madhya
Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. The undivided Madhya Pradesh was formed on
November, 1,1965. The capita of Mp is Bhopal. It has five major cities, Indore, Bhopal
the capital, Gwalior, Jabalpur and Ujjain and is divided into many divisions, fourth
five district, two hundred Block. Each Block has fifty village and each district has
twelve tehsil. Madhya Pradesh is the richest state in India. Before the Madhya
Pradesh was divided the population was 60,385,118(India census 2001) with about
fifty percent being men. The geographical area is 4434459 Km.

The city of Ujjain (also known as Avanti) arose as a major center in the second wave
of Indian urbanization in the sixth century BC, and served as the chief city of the
kingdom of Malwa or Avanti. Further east, the kingdom of Chedi lie in Bundelkhand.
Chandragupta Maurya united northern India c. 320 BCE, establishing the Maurya
empire (321 to 185 BCE), which included all of modern-day Madhya Pradesh. King
Ashoka's wife was said to come from Vidisha- a town north of today's Bhopal. The
Maurya empire went into decline after the death of Asoka, and Central India was
contested among the Sakas, Kushanas, and local dynasties during the 3rd to 1st
centuries BCE. Ujjain emerged as the predominant commercial center of western
India from the first century BCE, located on the trade routes between the Ganges
plain and India's Arabian Sea ports. It was also an important Hindu and Buddhist
center. The Satavahana dynasty of the northern Deccan and the Saka dynasty of the
Western Satraps fought for the control of Madhya Pradesh during the 1st to 3rd
centuries CE.

Most of Madhya Pradesh came under Mughal rule during the reign of the emperor
Akbar (1556–1605). Gondwana and Mahakoshal remained under the control of
Gond kings, who acknowledged Mughal supremacy but enjoyed virtual autonomy.
After the death of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in 1707 Mughal control began to
weaken, and the Marathas began to expand from their base in central Maharashtra.
Between 1720 and 1760 the Marathas took control of most of Madhya Pradesh, and
Maratha clans were established semi-autonomous states under the nominal control
of the Maratha Peshwa. The Holkars of Indore ruled much of Malwa, and the
Bhonsles of Nagpur dominated Mahakoshal and Gondwana as well as Vidarbha in
Maharashtra. Jhansi was founded by a Maratha general. Bhopal was ruled by a
Muslim dynasty descended from the Afghan General Dost Mohammed Khan.
Maratha expansion was checked at the Third Battle of Panipat in 1761.


GENERAL INFORMATION

Time zone         IST (UTC+5:30)
Area                   308,144 kmē (118,975 sq mi)
Capital               Bhopal
Largest city        Indore
District(s)          48
Population        60,385,118 (7th)
Density              196/kmē (508/sq mi)
Language(s)    Hindi