Indira Gandhi Tribal University in Madhya Pradesh is located in which town?

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Correct — B, Amarkantak. Indira Gandhi National Tribal University (a central university dedicated to tribal studies, named after former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi) is located at Amarkantak, on the Maikal plateau in Anuppur district, Madhya Pradesh — a region with a substantial tribal population and also famed as the source of the Narmada and Son rivers.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) A historic Narmada-bank town (associated with the Holkar queen Ahilyabai) in Khargone district — not the tribal university's location.  (c) A Chambal-region district town in northern MP — not the tribal university's location.  (d) A Gwalior-Chambal region town known for the Peetambara Peeth temple — not the tribal university's location.

Concept: Indira Gandhi National Tribal University (IGNTU) is a central university established to focus on the education, language, and culture of India's tribal communities. It is sited at Amarkantak — chosen for its location amid MP's tribal heartland (the Mahakoshal-Gondwana belt) and its wider significance as the source of the Narmada and Son rivers on the Maikal plateau.

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