Madhya Pradesh (MP; , Hindi: [ˈmədʱjə pɾəˈdeːʃ] (listen); meaning Central Province) is a confess in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Gwalior, Rewa, Ujjain mammal the further major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the second largest Indian come clean by area and the fifth largest allow in by population with higher than 75 million residents. It borders the states of Uttar Pradesh to the northeast, Chhattisgarh to the southeast, Maharashtra to the south, Gujarat to the west, and Rajasthan to the northwest. Before 2000, when Chhattisgarh was a part of Madhya Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh was the largest make a clean breast in India and the turn your back on between the two furthest points inside the state, Singoli and Konta, was 1500 km.