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Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000 is an Act of the
Parliament of India The Parliament of India (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST: ) is the supreme legislative body of the Republic of India. It is a bicameralism, bicameral legislature composed of the president of India and two houses: the R ...
which enabled the creation of Chhattisgarh state out of
Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital city, capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, Sagar, and Rewa, India, Rewa being the othe ...
. The law was introduced by the
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government headed by Prime Minister Vajpayee to fulfil its election promise.


Resulting changes

In addition, the Chhattisgarh High Court was set up.


See also

* Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000, by which
Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . ...
was created * Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000, by which
Uttarakhand Uttarakhand ( , or ; , ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2007), is a States and union territories of India, state in the North India, northern part of India. It is often referred to as t ...
was created


References

Acts of the Parliament of India 2000 Vajpayee administration initiatives Reorganisation of Indian states History of Madhya Pradesh (1947–present) History of Chhattisgarh (1947–present) 2000s in Madhya Pradesh 2000s in Chhattisgarh {{India-law-stub