Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act : Formation of Chhatisgarh State. Indian Bare Acts :

Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act,2000

Act No : 28

Section : Formation of Chhatisgarh State.

3. Formation of Chhatisgarh State.-On and from the appointed day, there shall be formed a new State to be known as the State of Chhattisgarh comprising the following territories of the existing State of Madhya Pradesh, namely:- Bastar, Bilaspur, Dantewada, Dhamtari, Durg, Janjgir-Champa, Jashpur, Kanker, Kawardha, Korba, Koriya, Mahasamund, Raigarh, Raipur, Rajnandgaon and Surguja districts, and thereupon the said territories shall ceare to form part of the existing State of Madhya Pradesh.