Vidisha District is a district of
Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The city of
Vidisha is the administrative headquarters of the district.
Geography
The district 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 on the Vindhyachal Plateau off the main
Vindhyachal Range. The Plateau slopes from south to north and is drained by a number of rivers – the
Betwa, the Bina and the
Sindh. These rivers flow between spur fanges of the Vindhyachal Range, that spread out on the
Malwa Plateau.
The district lies between 23<sup>0</sup> 20’ and 24<sup>0</sup> 22' north latitudes, and 77<sup>0</sup> 16’ and 78<sup>0</sup> 18’ east longitudes. It covers an area of 7,371 sq km.
The district is home to the historic city of
Besnagar and the
Buddhist stupa at
Sanchi.
History
The district was created in 1904 by joining the tehsils of Vidisha and
Basoda, which were then part of
Gwalior state. After India's independence in 1947, the former princely state of Gwalior became part of
Madhya Bharat state, which was formed in 1948. Vidisha District was enlarged in 1949 by the addition of the small princely state of
Kurwai. The district took its present form in 1956, when
Madhya Bharat state,
Bhopal state, and the......
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