In the year 1948, which state came into existence after the merger of Bundelkhand and Baghelkhand?

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Correct — B, Vindhya Pradesh. In 1948, the erstwhile princely states of the Bundelkhand and Baghelkhand regions (north and northeast of the Vindhya range, roughly today's Sagar–Rewa–Panna belt) were integrated into a single new unit named Vindhya Pradesh — one of several 'unions of princely states' created during the post-Independence integration process.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Not the state created by this merger; 'Malwa' refers to the plateau region around Indore-Ujjain, whose princely states were integrated separately into Madhya Bharat.  (c) Not the name adopted for the merged unit — the union took the broader name Vindhya Pradesh, not a name derived from only one of the two component regions.  (d) Madhya Pradesh (formed 1950, from the old Central Provinces & Berar) was a separate entity at the time; Vindhya Pradesh was only merged into it later, in 1956, under the States Reorganisation Act.

Concept: Vindhya Pradesh (1948–1956) was one of several 'unions' of small central-Indian princely states formed after Independence, alongside Madhya Bharat (the Malwa/Gwalior-Indore states) and Bhopal State. It was dissolved in 1956, when the States Reorganisation Act merged Vindhya Pradesh, Madhya Bharat and Bhopal State into the old Madhya Pradesh (built on the former Central Provinces & Berar) to create the present-day state of Madhya Pradesh.

State PCS 2023 Q62 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer

State PCS 2023 Q62 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer