Till now, Mauganj was one of the 12 tehsils of Rewa district.
Now, Rewa has been bifurcated and Mauganj has become a new district.
Three tehsils, namely – Mauganj, Nayigarhi and Hanumana, have been included in Mauganj district, which is located around 70 km from Rewa district
headquarters.
Rewa district has now nine tehsils namely — Huzur, Huzurnagar, Jawa,
Tyondhar, Raipur, Karchulian, Gurh, Sirmour, Semaria and Manganwan. With
this bifurcation, three assembly seats – Devtalab (currently represented by
state assembly speaker Girish Gautam) and Mauganj now will be counted in
the new district.
The remaining six assembly seats – Rewa, Mangawan, Teonthar, Sirmor, Gurh and Semaria will remain in Rewa district.
Notably, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had promised to make Mauganj
a new district during a visit to Rewa in March this year.
“This district has been formed under sub-section of section 13 of the Madhya Pradesh Land Revenue Code, 1959 (No. 20 of 1959),” a gazette notification read.
It further stated that the “revenue department’s order states that the district headquarters of Mauganj will be the city of Mauganj”.
–IANS
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