(1)As from the appointed day, there shall be formed a new 1*** State to be known as the State of Madhya Pradesh comprising the following territories, namely:―
(a)the territories of the existing State of Madhya Pradesh, except the districts mentioned in clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 8;
(b)the territories of the existing State of Madhya Bharat, except Sunel tappa of Bhanpura tahsil of Mandsaur district;
(c)Sironj sub-division of Kotah district in the existing State of Rajasthan;
(d)the territories of the existing State of Bhopal; and
(e)the territories of the existing State of Vindhya Pradesh; and thereupon the said territories shall cease to form part of the existing States of Madhya Pradesh, Madhya Bharat, Rajasthan, Bhopal and Vindhya Pradesh, respectively.
(2)The said Sironj sub-division shall be included in, and become part of, Bhilsa district in the new State of Madhya Pradesh.