On the night of November 1, 1956, which was Kartik Amavasya, the state of Madhya Pradesh was formed. Pandit Ravishankar Shukla took the oath as the first Chief Minister of the state on the same night. It was then that someone reminded him, ‘Today is the night of Amavasya.
On November 1, the day Madhya Pradesh was born, 80-year-old Ravishankar Shukla, who had come from the old Madhya Pradesh’s capital Nagpur to Bhopal on the GT Express, was welcomed at various places on the way. There was a grand reception at the Itarsi railway station. Upon arriving at Bhopal railway station, a procession was taken out to escort him.
