- Vidisha District
Vidisha District is a district of
Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The city ofVidisha is the administrative headquarters of the district.The district has an area of 2,742 km², and is bounded by the districts of Ashoknagar to the northeast, Sagar to the east, Raisen to the south, Bhopal to the southwest, and Guna to the northwest.
Vidisha District lies where the western
Malwa region meets the easternBundelkhand region. In addition to the town of Vidisha, the district is home to the historic city ofBesnagar and the Buddhiststupa atSanchi .The district was created in 1904 by joining the tehsils of Vidisha and
Basoda , which were then part ofGwalior state. After India's independence in 1947, the former princely state of Gwalior became part ofMadhya Bharat state, which was formed in 1948. Vidisha District was enlarged in 1949 by the addition of the small princely state ofKurwai . The district took its present form in 1956, whenMadhya Bharat state,Bhopal state, and thetehsil of Sironj, then part ofRajasthan state and previously part of the princely state of Tonk, were both merged into Madhya Pradesh state.Sironj tehsil and the smallpargana ofPiklone from Bhopal state were merged into Vidisha District.External links
*http://www.vidisha.nic.in
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