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INDIA -
CHHATTISGARH STATE |
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Date-wise Events |
- 1920s: The demand for a
separate state was first raised. Similar demands kept
cropping up at regular intervals.
- 1955: A demand for a
separate state was raised in the Nagpur assembly of the then
state of Madhya Bharat.
- August 25, 2000: The
President of India gave his consent to the Madhya Pradesh
Reorganisation Act 2000 on this day.
- November 01, 2000: The
present state of Chhattisgarh was carved out of Madhya
Pradesh on this day by partitioning 16
Chhattisgarhi-speaking southeastern districts of Madhya
Pradesh. Raipur was made its capital city.
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Description |
- Chhattisgarh is a source of electricity and steel
for India, accounting for 15% of the total steel produced in
the country.
- Chhattisgarh is one of the fastest-developing
states in India.
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