<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chhattisgarh" id="mwAec" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Chhattisgarh">Chhattisgarh</a> officially <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh_Reorganisation_Act,_2000" id="mwAeg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000">becomes</a> the 26th <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_and_union_territories_of_India" id="mwAek" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="States and union territories of India">state of India</a>, formed from sixteen districts of eastern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" id="mwAeo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a>.