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{{Infobox former subdivision
|conventional_long_name =Madhya Bharat
|common_name = Madhya Bharat
|nation = [[India]]
|status_text = [[States and union territories of India|State of India]]
|era =
|year_start = 1948
|date_start =
|event_start = Abolition of the [[Central India Agency]]
|year_end = 1956
|date_end =
|event_end = Creation of [[Madhya Pradesh]] State
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|date_event1 =
|p1 = Central India Agency
|p2 = Gwalior Residency
|s1 = Madhya Pradesh
|flag_p1 = British Raj Red Ensign.svg
|flag_p2 = British Raj Red Ensign.svg
|flag_s1 = ..Madhya Pradesh Flag(INDIA).png
|image_flag =
|image_coat =
|image_map = Madhya Bharat in India (1951).svg
|image_map_caption = Location of Madhya Bharat in India, 1951
|stat_area1 = 194000
|stat_year1 = 1881
|stat_pop1 = 9261907
|footnotes =
}}
'''Madhya Bharat''', also known as '''[[Malwa|Malwa Union]]''',<ref>[http://www.statoids.com/uin.html India States]</ref> was an [[states and territories of India|Indian state]] in west-central [[India]], created on 28 May 1948<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bhind.nic.in/formation.html|title=Bhind-History|publisher=Bhind district website|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619091740/http://bhind.nic.in/formation.html|archive-date=19 June 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> from twenty-five [[princely state]]s which until 1947 had been part of the [[Central India Agency]],<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Malwa |volume=17 |page=518}}</ref> with [[Jiwajirao Scindia]] as its [[Rajpramukh]].

The union had an area of {{convert|46478|sqmi|km2}}.<ref name="bhattacharyya">{{cite book|last=Bhattacharyya|first=P. K. |title=Historical Geography of Madhya Pradesh from Early Records|year=1977|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|isbn=9788120833944|pages=53–4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=njYpsvmr2dsC&q=Madhya+Bharat+Part+B&pg=PA53}}</ref> [[Gwalior]] was the winter capital and [[Indore]] was the summer capital. It was bordered by the states of [[Bombay State|Bombay]] (presently [[Gujarat]] and [[Maharashtra]]) to the southwest, [[Rajasthan]] to the northwest, [[Uttar Pradesh]] to the north, and [[Vindhya Pradesh]] to the east, and [[Bhopal State (1949–56)|Bhopal State]] and [[Madhya Pradesh]] to the southeast. The population was mostly [[Hindu]] and [[Hindi]]-speaking.

On 1 November 1956, Madhya Bharat, together with the states of [[Vindhya Pradesh]] and [[Bhopal State (1949–56)|Bhopal State]], was merged into [[Madhya Pradesh]].

==Districts==
Madhya Bharat comprised sixteen districts<ref name="bhattacharyya"/> and these districts were initially divided into three Commissioners' Divisions, which were later reduced to two. The districts were:
# [[Bhind District]]
# [[Gwalior District|Gird District]]
# [[Morena District]]
# [[Guna District]]
# [[Shivpuri District]]
# [[Rajgarh District]]
# [[Vidisha District|Bhilsa District]]
# [[Shajapur District]]
# [[Ujjain District]]
# [[Indore District]]
# [[Dewas District]]
# [[Ratlam District]]
# [[Dhar District]]
# [[Jhabua District]]
# [[West Nimar District|Nimar District]]
# [[Mandsaur District]]

==Politics==
The nominal head of Madhya Bharat state was [[Rajpramukh]]. It had also the post of an Uparajpramukh. The state had a [[Vidhan Sabha]] of 99 members, who were elected from 79 constituencies (59 single member and 20 double member).<ref name=eci2>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_MB.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Bharat|publisher=Election Commission of India website}}</ref> There were 9 [[Lok Sabha]] constituencies in the state (7 single member and 2 double member).<ref name=eci1>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1951 to the First Lok Sabha|publisher=Election Commission of India website|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409233255/http://eci.nic.in/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF|archive-date=9 April 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

[[Jivaji Rao Scindia]] was Rajpramukh of the state from 28 May 1948 to 31 October 1956 and Liladhar Joshi was the first Chief Minister. He was succeeded by Gopi Krishna Vijayvargiya in May 1949. On 18 October 1950, Takhatmal jain (Jalori) became the third Chief Minister of Madhya Bharat.

In the first general election in 1951, the [[Indian National Congress]] won 75 seats and the [[Hindu Mahasabha]] won 11 seats.<ref name=eci2/> [[Mishrilal Gangwal]] of [[Indian National Congress]] became the Chief Minister on 3 March 1952. After his resignation, Takhatmal Jain (Jalori) again became the Chief Minister on 16 April 1955.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/04/18/stories/2005041800250901.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050420160708/http://www.hindu.com/2005/04/18/stories/2005041800250901.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 April 2005|title=This Day That Age - April 18, 1955: Madhya Bharat CM|date=18 April 2005|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=2009-08-16}}</ref> He was the Chief Minister of the state till 31 October 1956.

==Geography==
{{see also | Doab#Malwa_Doab | l1= Malwa doab}}
Madhya Bharat state was situated in the Madhya Bharat plateau (presently lying under most of northwestern Madhya Pradesh state and Central Rajasthan). This plateau 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.

== References ==
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