Madhya Bharat

Madhya Bharat or Madhyabharat, former state, 46,400 sq mi (120,176 sq km), W central India. It comprised 25 former princely states. In 1956 it was incorporated into Madhya Pradesh state. Gwalior was the winter capital; Indore was the summer capital.

Madhya Bharat (Hindi: मध्य भारत), also known as Malwa Union was a former state in west-central India. Madhya Bharat was created in 1950 from 25 former princely states, which were formerly part of the British Raj's Central India Agency. It was bordered by the states of Bombay (presently Gujarat and Maharashtra) to the southwest, Rajasthan to the northeast, Uttar Pradesh to the north, Uttar Pradesh and Vindhya Pradesh to the east, and Bhopal and Madhya Pradesh to the southeast. The state was mostly Hindu and Hindi-speaking. It had an area of 120,176 km² (46,400 mi²). Gwalior was the winter capital and Indore was the summer capital.

On November 1, 1956, Madhya Bharat, together with the states of Vindhya Pradesh and Bhopal, was merged into Madhya Pradesh.

Madhya Bharat Plateau

The Madhya Bharat plateau lies in central India, lying under most of northwestern Madhya Pradesh state and Central Rajasthan. It is bounded by the Indo-Gangetic plain to the north, the Bundelkhand upland to the east, the Malwa Plateau to the south, and the East Rajasthan Uplands on the west.

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