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	== Government ==		== Government ==
	The [[Indian National Congress]] won the [[1951 Bhopal Legislative Assembly election\|first elections for Legislative Assembly]] and [[Parliament]], held in 1952. The composition of the 30-member Bhopal State Assembly was:<ref name="~~rajbhavan_commissioner~~"/>		The [[Indian National Congress]] won the [[1951 Bhopal Legislative Assembly election\|first elections for Legislative Assembly]] and [[Parliament]], held in 1952. The composition of the 30-member Bhopal State Assembly was:<ref name="BhopalECI1951">{{cite web \| url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_BHOPAL.pdf \| title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Bhopal \| publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] \| access-date=2014-10-13}}</ref>

	* ~~28 -~~ Indian National Congress		* 25 – Indian National Congress
	* 1 - [[Hindu Mahasabha]]		* 1 – [[Hindu Mahasabha]]
	* ~~1 -~~ Independent		* 4 – Independent

	[[Shankar Dayal Sharma]] was sworn in as the first (and the only) Chief Minister of the state on 20 March 1952. He was the youngest Chief Minister in India at the time.<ref name="rajbhavan_commissioner">[http://www.rajbhavanmp.ind.in/commis_period.asp Raj Bhavan, Bhopal: Commissioner Period] {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111102015942/http://www.rajbhavanmp.ind.in/commis_period.asp \|date=2 November 2011 }}</ref>		[[Shankar Dayal Sharma]] (19 August 1918 – 26 December 1999) was sworn in as the first (and the only) Chief Minister of the state on 20 March 1952. He was the youngest Chief Minister in India at the time.<ref name="rajbhavan_commissioner">[http://www.rajbhavanmp.ind.in/commis_period.asp Raj Bhavan, Bhopal: Commissioner Period] {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111102015942/http://www.rajbhavanmp.ind.in/commis_period.asp \|date=2 November 2011 }}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==

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{{About|the state of independent India|the princely state|Bhopal State}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2016}}
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|native_name = भोपाल राज्य
|conventional_long_name =Bhopal State
|common_name =Bhopal
|nation = [[India]]
|subdivision = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
|era =
|year_start = 1949
|date_start =
|event_start= Independence of [[India]]
|year_end = 1956
|date_end =
|event_end= [[States Reorganisation Act]]
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|date_event1 =
|p1 =Bhopal State
|s1 = Madhya Pradesh
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|image_flag =
|image_coat =
|image_map =Bhopal in India (1951).svg
|image_map_caption =<small>1951 map of India showing Bhopal State.</small>
|stat_area1 =17801
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|footnotes =
}}
'''Bhopal''' was a [[States and territories of India|state of India]], which existed from 1949 to 1956. The state evolved out of the [[Bhopal State|princely state of Bhopal]], and was merged with neighbouring states to form [[Madhya Pradesh]] in 1956. [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]] of the [[Indian National Congress]] served as chief minister of Bhopal state from 1952 to 1956.

== History ==
Before the independence of India the [[Bhopal State|princely state of Bhopal]] was ruled by the hereditary [[Nawab of Bhopal|Nawabs]]. As a result of the [[Indian Independence Act 1947]], the princely states were released from their treaty obligations to the British and were left to decide whether to join one of the new [[dominion]]s of India and Pakistan. In March 1948, the last Nawab expressed his wish to rule Bhopal as an independent state. However, agitations against his rule broke out in December 1948, leading to the arrest of prominent leaders including Shankar Dayal Sharma. On 23 January 1949, Sharma was sentenced to eight months' imprisonment for violating restrictions on public meetings; some other [[satyagraha|satyagrahis]] were also arrested. Later, the political detainees were released and on 30 April 1949 the Nawab signed an [[Instrument of Accession]] to the [[Dominion of India]].<ref name="SRBakshi_OPRalhan_2007">{{cite book | title = Madhya Pradesh Through the Ages | author = S.R. Bakshi and O.P. Ralhan | publisher = Sarup & Sons | year = 2007 | isbn = 978-81-7625-806-7 | pages = 360 }}</ref> The state of Bhopal was taken over by the Union Government of India on 1 June 1949 and was declared a "[[States Reorganisation Commission#Background|Part C]]" state, to be governed by a [[Chief Commissioner]] appointed by the [[President of India]].

=== Disestablishment ===
According to the [[States Reorganisation Act]] of 1956, Bhopal state was integrated into the state of [[Madhya Pradesh]], and Bhopal was declared as the capital of the newly formed state.

== Geography ==
The Bhopal state included the present-day districts of [[Bhopal District|Bhopal]], [[Raisen District|Raisen]], and [[Sehore District|Sehore]].

== Government ==
The [[Indian National Congress]] won the [[1951 Bhopal Legislative Assembly election|first elections for Legislative Assembly]] and [[Parliament]], held in 1952. The composition of the 30-member Bhopal State Assembly was:<ref name="rajbhavan_commissioner"/>

* 28 - Indian National Congress
* 1 - [[Hindu Mahasabha]]
* 1 - Independent

[[Shankar Dayal Sharma]] was sworn in as the first (and the only) Chief Minister of the state on 20 March 1952. He was the youngest Chief Minister in India at the time.<ref name="rajbhavan_commissioner">[http://www.rajbhavanmp.ind.in/commis_period.asp Raj Bhavan, Bhopal: Commissioner Period] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111102015942/http://www.rajbhavanmp.ind.in/commis_period.asp |date=2 November 2011 }}</ref>

==See also==

* [[Political integration of India]]
* [[States Reorganisation Act]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{City of Bhopal}}
{{States of India on 26 January 1950}}

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