bhopal state was merged in the indian union on 2 june 2014.
bhopal state was merged in the indian union on 2 june 2014.
when was bhopal state merged in the indian union?
2 june 2014
the state was founded in 1707 ce by dost mohammad khan, a pashtun soldier in the mughal army, who became a mercenary after the emperor aurangzeb's death and annexed several territories to his fiefdom. it came under the suzerainty of the nizam of hyderabad in 1723 shortly after its foundation. in 1737, marathas defeated the mughals and the nawab of bhopal in the battle of bhopal, and started collecting tribute from the state. after the defeat of the marathas in the third anglo-maratha war, bhopal became a british princely state in 1818. bhopal state was the second largest state in pre-independence india, with a muslim leadership, first being hyderabad state. the state was merged into the union of india in 1949 as bhopal.
bhopal state
during the 1940s he was involved in the struggle for indian independence from the british, and joined the indian national congress, a party which he would remain loyal to for the rest of his life. after india's independence, the nawab of bhopal expressed his wish to retain the bhopal princely state as a separate unit. sharma led public agitations against the nawab in december 1948, leading to his arrest. on 23 january 1949, sharma was sentenced to eight months imprisonment for violating restrictions on public meetings. under public pressure, the nawab later released him, and signed the agreement for merger with the indian union on 30 april 1949. in 1952, sharma became the chief minister of the bhopal state and was the youngest chief minister then. he served in that position until the state reorganization of 1956, when bhopal state merged with several other states to form the state of madhya pradesh.
shankar dayal sharma