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Dewas District
Dewas District () is a Districts of Madhya Pradesh, district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The town of Dewas is the district headquarters. It belongs to Ujjain Division. The Dewas District roughly corresponds to the territories of the twin Maratha Empire, Maratha princely states of Dewas - Dewas Junior, Junior & Dewas Senior, Senior. The district straddles the Vindhya Range; the northern portion of the district lies on the Malwa plateau, while the southern portion lies in the valley of the Narmada River. The Narmada forms the southern boundary of the district. The district is bounded to the east by Sehore District, to the south by the Harda District, Harda and Khandwa District, Khandwa districts, to the west by the Khargone District, Khargone and Indore District, Indore districts, and to the north by the Ujjain District, Ujjain and Shajapur District, Shajapur districts. Dewas District is part of Ujjain Division. Devsaal Rawats of Uttarakhand are said to have their origin ...
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List Of Districts Of Madhya Pradesh
The Indian state of Madhya Pradesh came into existence on 1 November 1956. Madhya Pradesh has various geographic regions which have no official administrative governmental status; some correspond to historic countries, states or provinces. Currently, the number of districts in the state is 55. and Of these Mauganj, Pandhurna & Maihar are newly created districts. 2 districts, Chachaura and Nagda are also proposed which was approved by state cabinet on 18th March 2020. These 55 districts are grouped into 10 administrative divisions. Districts are subdivided into tehsils, of which there are 428 in Madhya Pradesh. List of districts There are 55 districts in Madhya Pradesh, categorized into ten divisions. Proposed districts A bill giving in-principle approval to the creation of three districts was passed on 18 March 2020. The following districts would be created: * Chachaura district (Guna) * Nagda district (Ujjain) * Maihar district (satna) Announced by state government ...
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Vidhan Sabha
The State Legislative Assembly, also known as the Vidhan Sabha or the Saasana Sabha, is a legislative body in each of the states and certain union territories of India. Members of the legislative assembly are often directly elected to serve five year terms from single-member constituencies. A legislative assembly may be dissolved in a state of emergency, by the governor on request of the chief minister of the respective state or union territory, or if a motion of no confidence is passed against the ruling majority party or coalition. Definition and powers As per the Constitution of India, where there is a unicameral legislature, the legislative body is termed as the legislative assembly. In bicameral jurisdictions, there exists a State Legislative Council. The legislative assembly has the power to create or abolish the legislative council of the respective state or union territory by passing a resolution to that effect by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the memb ...
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Malwa
Malwa () is a historical region, historical list of regions in India, region of west-central India occupying a plateau of volcanic origin. Geologically, the Malwa Plateau generally refers to the volcanic plateau, volcanic upland north of the Vindhya Range. Politically and administratively, it is also synonymous with the former state of Madhya Bharat which was later merged with Madhya Pradesh. At present the historical Malwa region includes districts of western Madhya Pradesh and parts of south-eastern Rajasthan. Sometimes the definition of Malwa is extended to include the Nimar region south of the Vindhya Range, Vindhyas. The Malwa region had been a separate political unit from the time of the ancient Malava Kingdom. It has been ruled by several kingdoms and dynasties, including the Avanti (India), Avanti Kingdom, The Maurya Empire, Mauryans, the Malavas, the Gupta Empire, Guptas, the Paramara dynasty, Paramaras, The Rajput, Rajputs, the Delhi Sultanate, the Malwa Sultanate, M ...
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Vindhya Range
The Vindhya Range (also known as Vindhyachal) () is a complex, discontinuous chain of mountain ridges, hill ranges, highlands and plateau escarpments in west-central India. Technically, the Vindhyas do not form a single mountain range in the geological sense. The exact extent of the Vindhyas is loosely defined, and historically, the term covered a number of distinct hill systems in central India, including the one that is now known as the Satpura Range. Today, the term principally refers to the escarpment and its hilly extensions that runs north of and roughly parallel to the Narmada River in Madhya Pradesh. Depending on the definition, the range extends up to Gujarat in the west, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in the north, and Chhattisgarh in the east. The average elevation of the Vindhyas is also dependent on different sources. The word Vindhya is derived from the Sanskrit word ''vaindh'' (to obstruct) and is in reference to a mythological story. The Vindhya range is also known as ...
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Dewas Senior
Dewas Senior was established by Tukoji Rao I Pawar during the Maratha conquest of Central India. It was a 15 Gun Salute Maratha princely state. On 12 December 1818 it became a British protectorate. History The original state was founded in 1728 by Tukoji Rao, from the Pawar clan of the Marathas who together with his younger brother Jivaji Rao, had advanced into Malwa with Peshwa Baji Rao I as part of the Maratha Conquest of Malwa. The brothers divided the territory among themselves; their descendants ruled as the senior and junior branches of the family. After 1841, each branch ruled his own portion as a separate state, though the lands belonging to each were intimately entangled; in Dewas, the capital town, the two sides of the main street were under different administrations and had different arrangements for water supply and lighting. The two Rajas heading Dewas states both lived in separate residences in the town of Dewas, and ruled over separate areas. The Senior ...
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Dewas Junior
Dewas Junior was established by Jivaji Rao I Puar in 1728 during the Maratha conquest of Central India. It was a 15-gun salute Maratha princely state. On 12 December 1818, it became a British protectorate. History The original state was founded in 1728 by Jivaji Rao, from the Puar clan of Marathas who together with his older brother (Tukoji) had advanced into Malwa with Peshwa Baji Rao, as part of the Maratha conquest. The brothers divided the territory among themselves; their descendants ruled as the junior and senior branches of the family. After 1841, each branch ruled his own portion as a separate state, though the lands belonging to each were intimately entangled; in Dewas, the capital town, the two sides of the main street were under different administrations and had different arrangements for water supply and lighting. The Junior branch had an area of and had a population of 54,904 in 1901. Both Dewas states were in the Malwa Agency of the Central India Agency. A ...
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Maratha Empire
The Maratha Empire, also referred to as the Maratha Confederacy, was an early modern India, early modern polity in the Indian subcontinent. It comprised the realms of the Peshwa and four major independent List of Maratha dynasties and states, Maratha states under the nominal leadership of the former. The Marathas were a Marathi language, Marathi-speaking peasantry group from the western Deccan Plateau (present-day Maharashtra) that rose to prominence under leadership of Shivaji (17th century), who revolted against the Bijapur Sultanate and the Mughal Empire for establishing "Hindavi Swarajya" (). The religious attitude of Aurangzeb, Emperor Aurangzeb estranged Kafir, non-Muslims, and the Deccan wars, Maratha insurgency came at a great cost for his men and treasury. The Maratha government also included warriors, administrators, and other nobles from other Marathi people, Marathi groups. Shivaji's monarchy, referred to as the Maratha Kingdom, expanded into a large realm in the 18th ...
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India
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since 2023; and, since its independence in 1947, the world's most populous democracy. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is near Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations averag ...
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Districts Of Madhya Pradesh
The States and union territories of India, Indian state of Madhya Pradesh came into existence on 1 November 1956. Madhya Pradesh has various geographic regions which have no official administrative governmental status; some correspond to historic countries, states or provinces. Currently, the number of districts in the state is 55. and Of these Mauganj district, Mauganj, Pandhurna district, Pandhurna & Maihar district, Maihar are newly created districts. 2 districts, Chachaura and Nagda are also proposed which was approved by state cabinet on 18th March 2020. These 55 districts are grouped into 10 administrative divisions. Districts are subdivided into tehsils, of which there are List of tehsils of Madhya Pradesh, 428 in Madhya Pradesh. List of districts There are 55 districts in Madhya Pradesh, categorized into ten divisions. Proposed districts A bill giving in-principle approval to the creation of three districts was passed on 18 March 2020. The following districts would be c ...
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Khategaon (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
Khategaon is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. It is part of Dewas district. As of 2023, its representative is Aashish Govind Sharma of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Members of the Legislative Assembly Election results 2018 See also * Dewas district * List of constituencies of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly The Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly or the Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral state legislature of Madhya Pradesh state in India. It is housed in the ''Vidhan Bhavan'', a building located at the center of the Capital Complex, in ... References {{coord, 22.59, 76.91, display=title Assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh Dewas district Politics of Madhya Pradesh Constituencies established in 1972 1972 establishments in Madhya Pradesh ...
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Bagali (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
Bagli Assembly constituency, also spelled Bagali, is one of the seats in Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is a segment of Khandwa Lok Sabha constituency. Members of the Legislative Assembly As a part of Madhya Bharat * 1952: Mishrilal Gangwal, Indian National Congress As a part of Madhya Pradesh * 1962: Kailash Chandra Joshi, Bharatiya Jan Sangh * 1967: Kailash Chandra Joshi, Bharatiya Jan Sangh * 1972: Kailash Chandra Joshi, Bharatiya Jan Sangh * 1977: Kailash Chandra Joshi, Janata Party * 1980: Kailash Chandra Joshi, Bharatiya Janata Party * 1985: Kailash Chandra Joshi, Bharatiya Janata Party * 1990: Kailash Chandra Joshi, Bharatiya Janata Party * 1993: Kailash Chandra Joshi, Bharatiya Janata Party * 1998: Shyam Holani (Congress) * 2003: Deepak Joshi, Bharatiya Janata Party. (Son of Kailash Joshi) * 2008: Champalal Devda, Bharatiya Janata Party * 2013: Champalal Devda, Bharatiya Janata Party Election results 2018 2013 Se ...
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