BHILISTHAN

Bhilistan State

Adivasi means original inhabitant,Tribal

Seprate Sate Demand Name of BHILISTHAN

Bhil means Adivasi (Tribal),Indian content

Bhilisthan Movement started, post independence in India. 

The Adivasi population living in western India in the states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, and Maharashtra and the districts on the borders of Dadra Nagar Haveli is called as the Bhil belt. These are the most backward Adivasi population. 
Bhilsthan; Leader; CHHOTU VASAVA (MLA,GUJARAT)








 This area is called as the Bhil region. The Adivasis in this area are still deprived of development even after 68 years of independence. For this reason, there has been a long time demand of an Independent Adivasi State in the name of “Bhil State”.

This Adivasi area is rich with minerals, hills, rivers and forests and Adivasis are the dwellers and owners of this area since thousand years. Adivasis are displaced in the name of construction of dams, highways and sanctuaries. The land of this area is being transferred to the industrialists in the name of development.

  In spite of the provision of self-rule and self-development provided in the 5^th schedule of constitution, the governments of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra have still not implemented these provisions. The torture of Adivasis in the cases related to police and forest department is happening since the 1947 even after the independence period. The constitutional right of reservation is being provided to Adivasis for their social share in the power. But the implementation of the reservation in these four states is not being done in proper ways. (Adivasi Sena 2010)

The establishment of Bhilistan (Hindi: भीलिस्तान) has been a demand for over 30 years.^1] The 1999 book Untouchable Dalit’s in Modern India by S. M. Michael reported the demand for Bhilistan^2] In 2012, The Times of India reported that the Bhilistan movement has been gaining ground in the tribal regions of Bharuch.^[3] The Daily News and Analysis reported in 2013 that the formation of Telangana state has reignited hopes for the demand of statehood to this region, comprising the tribal dominated parts of Gujarat and neighbouring states Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.^[4]