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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Act of the Parliament of India}}<br />
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{{Infobox legislation<br />
|status = In force<br />
|enacted_by= [[Parliament of India]]<br />
|short_title= Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000<br />
|long_title=An Act to provide for the reorganisation of the existing State of Madhya Pradesh and for matters<br />
connected therewith<br />
|citation=<ref name="act">{{cite web |url=https://www.indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/1992/3/a2000-28.pdf |title=The Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000|format=pdf|access-date= December 18, 2020}}</ref><br />
|date_enacted=25th August, 2000<br />
}}<br />
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'''Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000''' is an [[Act of Parliament|Act]] of the [[Parliament of India]] which enabled the creation of [[Chhattisgarh]] state out of [[Madhya Pradesh]].<ref name="indiankanoon">{{cite web |url=https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1407416/ |title=The Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000 |website=indiankanoon.org |date= 25 August 2000 |access-date= 21 January 2021}}</ref> The law was introduced by [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|NDA]] government headed by [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee|Vajpayee]] to fulfil its election promise.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1717/17170370.htm |title=Chhattisgarh: quiet arrival |access-date=2004-07-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040504202537/http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1717/17170370.htm |archive-date=4 May 2004 }}</ref><br />
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==Resulting changes==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
!rowspan="2"|Entity<br />
!rowspan="2"|Undivided Madhya Pradesh<br/>(before 2000)<br />
!colspan="2"|New<br />
|-<br />
!Madhya Pradesh<br />
!Chhattisgarh<br />
|-<br />
|[[Rajya Sabha]] Seats<br />
|16<br />
|11 ([[List of Rajya Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh|list]])<br />
|5 ([[List of Rajya Sabha members from Chhattisgarh|list]])<br />
|-<br />
|[[Lok Sabha]] Seats<br />
|40<br />
|29 ([[List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha#Madhya Pradesh (29)|list]])<br />
|11 ([[List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha#Chhattisgarh (11)|list]])<br />
|-<br />
|Legislative Assembly constituencies<br />
|320<br />
|230 ([[List of constituencies of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly|list]])<br />
|90 ([[List of constituencies of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly|list]])<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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In addition, the [[Chhattisgarh High Court]] was setup.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000]], by which [[Jharkhand]] was created<br />
* [[Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000]], by which [[Uttarakhand]] was created<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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{{Indian legislations|state=collapsed}}<br />
[[Category:Acts of the Parliament of India 2000]]<br />
[[Category:Vajpayee administration initiatives]]<br />
[[Category:Reorganisation of Indian states]]<br />
[[Category:History of Madhya Pradesh (1947–present)]]<br />
[[Category:History of Chhattisgarh (1947–present)]]<br />
[[Category:2000s in Madhya Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:2000s in Chhattisgarh]]<br />
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