i do have some information brother, rightly said that BPL was innitially not dstrict even and part of sehore. at the time of state formation Jabalpur was the biggest city. and every body was agree to make JBP capital of madhyapradesh, but condition put by Nawab of BPL that they will merge to MP when BPL will facilitaed by state capital. Shankar dayal sharma played a vital role in this, thats why final agreement that all judiciary and head-quarter of some of important offices will be located at JBP as a compensation