MADHYA BHARAT

or Madhyabharatmədyəbŭˈrət, 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.

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books on: Madhya Bharat  - 158 results

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The Story of the Integration of the Indian States
Book by V. P. Menon; Longmans, Green, 1956
Subjects: Constitutional History--India, State Governments--India
...Vindhya Pradesh 211 XI Madhya Bharat 223 XII Patiyala...7. Prime Minister Nehru inaugurating the Madhya Bharat Union by swearing-in the Maharajah of Gwalior as Rajpramukh...
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Economic Consequences of Divided India: A Study of the Economy of India and Pakistan
Book by C. N. Vakil; Vora, 1950
Subjects: India--Economic Conditions--1945-, Pakistan--Economic Conditions
...goods of Cawnpore, Calcutta and Madras, paper from West Bengal and U.P., mill cloth from Bombay, Ahmedabad and Madhya Bharat, lungi cloth and other handloom fabrics of Southern India, iron and steel products of Jamshedpur, tea chests from...
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Parliament in India
Book by W. H. Morris-Jones; University of Pennsylvania Press, 1957
Subjects: India--Legislature, Legislative Bodies--India
...states, such as Rajasthan and Madhya Bharat; it can affect the way in which...from previous princely states: Madhya Bharat, Saurashtra, Mysore, Travancore-Cochin...pollution. 1 In the villages of Madhya Bharat, it is said, there are no instances...
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Competing Equalities: Law and the Backward Classes in India
Book by Marc Galanter; University of California Press, 1984
Subjects: Civil Rights--India, Dalits--Legal Status, Laws, Etc--India, India--Scheduled Tribes--Legal Status, Laws, Etc, Minorities--Legal Status, Laws, Etc--India
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India and Pakistan: A General and Regional Geography
Book by O. H. K. Spate; Methuen, 1954
Subjects: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
...Saurashtra Western India Agency , Madhya Bharat and Vindhya Pradesh Central India...the old Central Provinces are now Madhya Pradesh --the abbreviation CP is...CP Central Provinces now Madhya Pradesh . NWFP North-West Frontier...
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journal articles on: Madhya Bharat  - 13 results

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A Socio-Demographic Analysis of the Size and Structure of the Family in India*
Journal article by S. Niranjan, Saritha Nair, T.K. Roy; Journal of Comparative Family Studies, Vol. 36, 2005
Subjects: Family size--Forecasts and trends, India--Social aspects, Nuclear family--Forecasts and trends
...selected policy patterns." In S.Bharat (ed.), Research on...br/ Madhya Pradesh 3.78 4.71 5...br/ Madhya Pradesh 3.31 4.56...br/ Madhya 4.3 2.9 49.6...
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Shankar Guha Niyogi: Beyond Conventional Trade Unionism in India
Journal article by Sharat G. Lin; Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, Vol. 24, 1992
Subjects: Asia, Asia--Intellectual Life, Asia--Politics And Government
...the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP...in power in the Madhya Pradesh state government...popular movements in Madhya Pradesh, particularly after the Bharatiya Janata Party government...closely linked to the Bharatiya Janata Party. The...in southeastern Madhya Pradesh. It encompasses...
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Big Dams in India: Necessities or Threats?
Journal article by Gail Omvedt, Ashish Kothari; Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, Vol. 31, 1999
Subjects: Asia
...we walked over 200 kilometers through Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, and across...Datta Deshmukh, Naganath Naikaudi, and Bharat Patankar. Now who among these is adivasi...is now divided among his three sons. Bharat Patankars family has fifteen acres of...
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The Impact of Divorce on Men and Women in India and the United States
Journal article by Paul R. Amato; Journal of Comparative Family Studies, Vol. 25, 1994
Subjects: Divorce--Psychological aspects, India--Social aspects, United States--Social aspects
...Future of Marriage, New York; World. Bharat, Shalini. 1988a "Single-parent Families...Profession: A Study of Working Women in Madhya Pradesh. Delhi: B.R. Publishing. Demographic...Policy Matters." Pp. 88-102 in Shalini Bharat (ed.), Research on Families with Problems...
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Contested Meanings: India's National Identity, Hindu Nationalism, and the Politics of Anxiety
Journal article by Ashutosh Varshney; Daedalus, Vol. 122, 1993
Subjects: Hinduism--Political aspects, India--Politics and government, Jammu and Kashmir--Autonomy and independence movements, Nationalism--India, Punjab, India--Autonomy and independence movements
...Hindutva; Deen Dayal Upadhyay, Akhand Bharat Aur Muslim Santasya Undivided India and...We or Our Nationhood Defined (Nagpur: Bharat Publications, 1939). (34) Savarkar, Hindutva...Dharti (land) in the peasant conception of Bharat Mata (Mother India) in Ibid., 57- 60...
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A Little Plot of Earth: Poor Indian Farmers on the March
Magazine article by Bharat Dogra; New Internationalist, January 2008
Subjects: Agricultural industry--Economic aspects, Agricultural industry--Social aspects, Farmers--Demonstrations and protests, India--Economic policy, Labor activists--Demonstrations and protests, Labor leaders--Demonstrations and protests, Land allotment--Political aspects, Land allotment--Social aspects, Land reform--Economic aspects, Land reform--Social aspects, Land use--Economic aspects, Land use--India, Land use--Social aspects, Singh, Manmohan (Indian prime minister)--Powers and duties
...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED Jagdish and Srilal, indigenous Sahariya people from central Madhya Pradesh, explained why they were there: Rich, influential persons have...houses and the wages the Government has been promising us for many years. Bharat Dogra, IPS
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Hinduism and Terror
Magazine article by Paul Marshall; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, June 2004
Subjects: Christians--Crimes against, Fundamentalism--Political aspects, Hindu nationalism--Political aspects, India--Political aspects, Political violence--Religious aspects, Religion and politics
...adherents to key positions in autonomous bodies such as the Prasar Bharati, which controls the official media, the National Film Development...amount to "disturbing public order." The states of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, and Arunachal Pradesh have a legal...


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encyclopedia articles on: Madhya Bharat  - 5 results

 
 
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Madhya Bharat
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MADHYA BHARAT or Madhyabharat m dy bu r t, former state, 46,400 sq mi (120,176 sq...It comprised 25 former princely states. In 1956 it was incorporated into Madhya Pradesh state. Gwalior was the winter capital; Indore was the summer...
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Madhya Pradesh
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...until 1950 the state was called Central Provinces and Berar. In 1956 it greatly increased its area with the addition of Madhya Bharat, Vindhya Pradesh, and Bhopal. That area was decreased significantly in 2000 when Madhya Pradeshs southeastern portion...
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Lashkar
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LASHKAR l sh k r, city, Madhya Pradesh state, central India. Formerly the capital of Madhya Bharat state, it adjoins Gwalior town and is a modern commercial center and transportation hub. Victoria College, the palace of the maharaja...
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Gwalior
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...India became independent in 1947, Gwalior and several other princely states were combined into the state of Madhya Bharat. In 1956, Madhya Bharat merged with Madhya Pradesh. The city of Gwalior (1991 pop. 717,780) was the capital of Gwalior state...
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India
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...it is also sometimes called Bharat, its ancient name. Indias land...Karnataka ; Kerala ; Madhya Pradesh ; Maharashtra...include the Janata Dal party, the Bharatiya Janata party, the Communist...group, the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata party (BJP), was also...


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