Following its formation 36 princely states were merged to form Vindhya Pradesh state: On 25 January 1950, 11 erstwhile princely states, namely, Bihat, Banka Paharee, Baoni, Beri, Bijna, Charkhari, Jigni, Samthar, Sarila, Tori-Fatehpur and parts of Kirur Kubje were transferred to Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Bharat.

Bundelkhand Division with its headquarters at Nowgaon comprised the following 4 districts: Baghelkhand Division with its headquarters at Singrauli and then Rewa comprised the following 4 districts:[1] The nominal heads of the state were the Rajpramukh from 1948–49, the Chief Commissioner from March 1949–1952 and the Lieutenant Governor from March 1952–October 1956.

The state had a Vidhan Sabha comprising 60 members elected from 48 constituencies (36 single-member and 12 double-member).

Initially Awadhesh Pratap Singh became the Chief Minister of the Vindhya Pradesh.

[3] S.N.Shukla of Indian National Congress became the Chief Minister of the state on 13 March 1952, Shivanand became the Speaker and Ram Kishore Shukla of Socialist Party the leader of the opposition of the house.