The States Reorganisation Commission appointed in 1953 was chaired by
- A.Fazl Ali
- B.K. M. Panikkar
- C.H. N. Kunzru
- D.S. K. Dhar
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Fazl Ali. The States Reorganisation Commission of 1953 was chaired by Justice Fazl Ali, with K. M. Panikkar and H. N. Kunzru as its two members. Its report, submitted in 1955, recommended reorganisation largely on linguistic lines and was given effect by the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, which also created the present Madhya Pradesh.
Option B is wrong because Panikkar, a historian and diplomat, was a member and not the chairman. Option C is wrong because Kunzru was the other member, and papers rotate the three names to see whether the chairman is known. Option D is wrong because S. K. Dhar headed the earlier Linguistic Provinces Commission of 1948, known as the Dhar Commission, which advised against reorganisation on language alone.
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Practice Questions
View allThe present state of Madhya Pradesh was formed on which date?
- A.26 January 1950
- B.1 November 1956
- C.1 November 2000
- D.1 May 1960
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The States Reorganisation Act, 1956 merged Madhya Bharat, Vindhya Pradesh, Bhopal and the Hindi-speaking districts of the old Madhya Pradesh into one state with effect from 1 November 1956, and the Marathi-speaking Vidarbha region went to Bombay State.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following was NOT merged into Madhya Pradesh in 1956?
- A.Madhya Bharat
- B.Vindhya Pradesh
- C.Bhopal
- D.Vidarbha
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The reorganisation brought three units, Madhya Bharat, Vindhya Pradesh and Bhopal, together with the Hindi-speaking Mahakoshal districts of the old Madhya Pradesh.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first Chief Minister of the reorganised Madhya Pradesh in 1956?
- A.Pandit Ravishankar Shukla
- B.Dwarka Prasad Mishra
- C.Kailash Nath Katju
- D.Bhagwantrao Mandloi
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Ravishankar Shukla had been Chief Minister of the old Madhya Pradesh, that is the Central Provinces and Berar, from 1947, and he continued as the first Chief Minister of the reorganised state from 1 November 1956 until his death at the end of that year.
Read the full explanation →What was the capital of the old Madhya Pradesh, the Part A state, before the reorganisation of 1956?
- A.Bhopal
- B.Indore
- C.Nagpur
- D.Jabalpur
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The Part A state called Madhya Pradesh between 1950 and 1956 was the former Central Provinces and Berar, and its capital was Nagpur.
Read the full explanation →Chhattisgarh was created from Madhya Pradesh on 1 November 2000 as which state of India?
- A.25th
- B.26th
- C.27th
- D.28th
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The Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000 separated sixteen districts of the Raipur, Bilaspur and Bastar divisions to form Chhattisgarh on 1 November 2000, the first of the three states created that year, with Raipur as its capital and the High Court at Bilaspur.
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