MPPSC 2010 General Studies Solved Paper-1

(C) On 1 November 1956,Madhya Bharat, together with the states of Vindhya Pradesh and Bhopal State, was merged into Madhya Pradesh. In 1956,under pressure from Marathi Irredentists, the Berar and Nagpur divisions (Vidarbha region) were transferred to Bombay state. In 1960, the Bombay State was partitioned into Maharashtra and Gujarat.