History of Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh was a strong hold of Mughal emperor Akbar from 1556 to 1605. After Aurangzeb died in 1707, the Mughal Empire declined and Marathas began to control over the state. Between 1720 and 1760 the Marathas took control of most of Madhya Pradesh, and Maratha clans established semi-autonomous states under the nominal control of the Maratha Peshwa. The power of the Marathas came into an end in 1761 after the defeat in the battle of Panipat.
In between 18th and 19th century the British were expanding their dominion in India from bases in Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai. Most of Madhya Pradesh came under British Supremacy when the British won the third Anglo-Maratha War. Then the regions including Indore, Bhopal, Nagpur, Rewa, and dozens of other small areas became princely states of British India.
When India got her independence in 1947, the former British Central Provinces and Berar and the princely states of Makrai and Chhattisgarh were made a separate state with Nagpur as the capital. In 1956, the states of Madhya Bharat, Vindhya Pradesh, and Bhopal were merged into Madhya Pradesh, and the Marathi-speaking southern region Vidarbha, which included Nagpur, was ceded to Bombay state. Then Bhopal became the new capital of Madhya Pradesh. Madhya Pradesh remained as the largest state of the country from 1956 to 2000. In November 2000, as part of the Madhya Pradesh Reorganization Act, the southeastern portion of the state carved out to form the new state of Chhattisgarh with a huge tribal population.
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