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State of central India area 443,452 sq
km/171,217 sq mi capital Bhopal towns Indore,
Jabalpur, Gwalior, Durg-Bhilainagar, Raipur,
Ujjain features it is the largest of the
states products cotton, oilseed, sugar,
textiles, engineering, paper, aluminium
population (1981) 52,132,000 language Hindi
history formed 1950 from the former British
province of Central Provinces and Berar and
the princely states of Makrai and
Chattisgarh. In 1956 it lost some SW
districts, including Nagpur, and absorbed
Bhopal, Madhya Bharat, and Vindhya Pradesh.