Vidisha district

Vidisha District is a district of state in central India. The city of is the administrative headquarters of the district.

The district has an area of 2,742 km&sup2;, and is bounded by the districts of to the northeast,  to the east,  to the south,  to the southwest, and  to the northwest.

Vidisha District lies where the western region meets the eastern  region. In addition to the town of Vidisha, the district is home to the historic city of and the   at.

The district was created in 1904 by joining the tehsils of Vidisha and, which were then part of state. After India's independence in 1947, the former princely state of Gwalior became part of state, which was formed in 1948. Vidisha District was enlarged in 1949 by the addition of the small princely state of. The district took its present form in 1956, when state,  state, and the  of Sironj, then part of  state and previously part of the princely state of, were both merged into Madhya Pradesh state. tehsil and the small of  from Bhopal state were merged into Vidisha District.

External link

 * http://www.vidisha.nic.in