Madhya Pradesh
History of Madhya Pradesh
History believes that Madhya Pradesh was inhabited from Middle Pleistocene era. Ujjain was the capital of the Avanti Kingdom, Malava, Karusha, Avantihedi, Dasarna and Nishada and also one of the longest inhabited cities of India. Dost Mohammed Khan, founded the Bhopal state. The British took control of the entire region, after the Third Anglo-Maratha War. After Independence, Madhya Pradesh was formed from British Central Provinces and Berar and the princely states of Makrai and Chhattisgarh, in 1950, with Nagpur as the capital of the state. In 1956, the states of Vindhya Pradesh, Madhya Bharat, and Bhopal combined to form Madhya Pradesh state. Chhattisgarh is carved out of Madhya Pradesh in November 2000 and Bhopal was made capital city of Madhya Pradesh.
