Vindhya Pradesh

Vindhya Pradesh - विंध्य प्रदेश

status	former state
Capital	Rewa
founding	April 4, 1948
Dissolution / merger	November 1, 1956 ( States Reorganization Act : Incorporation into Madhya Pradesh )
surface	61,131.5 km²
Residents	3.6 million (1951)
Population density	59 inhabitants / km²
languages	Hindi
Location of Vindhya Pradesh in India (1951)

The major states of Vindhya Pradesh

Vindhya Pradesh ( Hindi विंध्य प्रदेश ) was a union of princely states in central India in the regions of Bundelkhand and Baghelkhand south of Benares ( Varanasi ). In 1951 the area had an area of ​​61,132 km² and around 3.6 million inhabitants.

history

Vindhya Pradesh was created on April 4, 1948 through the amalgamation of 35 princes who were subordinate to the Central India Agency in British India and who have now joined the new state of India. The largest of these states were Rewa (h) , Orchha , Panna , Bijawar , Chhatarpur , Charkhari , Datia (Duttia), Baraundha , Nagod , Ajaigarh , Samthar and Maihar . The capital became the city of Rewa .

On January 1, 1950, the enclaves (10 states) in the north were incorporated into the state of Uttar Pradesh . On November 1, 1956, all princely states were dissolved and Vindhya Pradesh was integrated into the newly created state of Madhya Pradesh .

politics

The last Maharaja of Rewa Martand Singh (1923-1995) became the first head of state (Rajpramukh) . From 1949 to 1952 the highest office in Vindhya Pradesh was the Chief Commissioner , from 1952 to 1956 the Vice-Governor .

Rajpramukh

1948–1949: Martand Singh (1923–1995)

Chief commissioner

1949–1950: SN Mehta (1904–)

1950 – March 1952: VKB Pillai

Deputy Governor

March 1952 – January 1956: K. Santhanam (1895–1980)

January 1956–31. October 1956: M. Tirumala Rao (1901–1970)

The government was headed by the following chief ministers :

April 1948 – April 1949: Awadesh Pratap Singh (1888–1967)

April 1949-12. March 1952: President's rule

March 13, 1952-31. October 1956: Shambhunath Shukla (1903–)

literature

• Andreas Birken : Philatelic Atlas of British India. , CD-ROM. Hamburg 2004.
• Ian Copland: The princes of India in the endgame of empire 1917-47. Cambridge 1997, ISBN 0-521-57179-0 .
• Joseph E. Schwartzberg Ed .: A historical atlas of South Asia. 2nd Edition. New York / Oxford 1992, ISBN 0-19-506869-6

Web links

• Vindhya Pradesh at worldstatesmen.org
• http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/States-of-India