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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Bhopal</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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href="https://anp.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2" title="भोपाल – Angika" lang="anp" hreflang="anp" data-title="भोपाल" data-language-autonym="अंगिका" data-language-local-name="Angika" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अंगिका</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84" title="بوبال – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="بوبال" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal" title="Bhopal – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Bhopal" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-awa mw-list-item"><a href="https://awa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2" title="भोपाल – Awadhi" lang="awa" hreflang="awa" data-title="भोपाल" data-language-autonym="अवधी" data-language-local-name="Awadhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अवधी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal" title="Bhopal – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Bhopal" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%87%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%84" title="بهوپال – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="بهوپال" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AD%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2" title="ভোপাল – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ভোপাল" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal" title="Bhopal – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Bhopal" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB" title="Бхапал – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Бхапал" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2" title="भोपाल – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="भोपाल" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal" title="Bhopal – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Bhopal" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB" title="Бопал – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Бопал" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal" title="Bhopal – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Bhopal" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_(ciutat)" title="Bhopal (ciutat) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Bhopal (ciutat)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_(kapital_sa_estado_sa_Indiya)" title="Bhopal (kapital sa estado sa Indiya) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Bhopal (kapital sa estado sa Indiya)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bh%C3%B3p%C3%A1l" title="Bhópál – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Bhópál" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal" title="Bhopal – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Bhopal" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal" title="Bhopal – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Bhopal" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal" title="Bhopal – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Bhopal" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dty mw-list-item"><a href="https://dty.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2" title="भोपाल – Doteli" lang="dty" hreflang="dty" data-title="भोपाल" data-language-autonym="डोटेली" data-language-local-name="Doteli" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>डोटेली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%80%CE%AC%CE%BB" title="Μποπάλ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μποπάλ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal" title="Bhopal – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Bhopal" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bopalo" title="Bopalo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Bopalo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal" title="Bhopal – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Bhopal" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%87%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%84" title="بهوپال – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بهوپال" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal" title="Bhopal – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Bhopal" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal" title="Bhopal – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Bhopal" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%B3pal" title="Bópal – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Bópal" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%84" title="بوپال – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="بوپال" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%AD%E0%AB%8B%E0%AA%AA%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B2" title="ભોપાલ – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="ભોપાલ" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B3%B4%ED%8C%94" title="보팔 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="보팔" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D5%B0%D5%B8%D5%BA%D5%A1%D5%AC" title="Բհոպալ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Բհոպալ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2" title="भोपाल – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="भोपाल" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal" title="Bhopal – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Bhopal" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal" title="Bhopal – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Bhopal" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AD%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2" title="ভোপাল – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="ভোপাল" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal" title="Bhopal – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Bhopal" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB" title="Бхопал – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Бхопал" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal" title="Bhopal – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Bhopal" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal" title="Bhopal – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Bhopal" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%90%D7%9C" title="בופאל – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="בופאל" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal" title="Bhopal – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Bhopal" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AD%E0%B3%8A%E0%B2%AA%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%8D" title="ಭೊಪಾಲ್ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಭೊಪಾಲ್" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal" title="Bhopal – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Bhopal" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%B0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9E%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98" title="ბჰოპალი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ბჰოპალი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal" title="Bhopal – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Bhopal" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB" title="Бхопал – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Бхопал" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal" title="Bhopal – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Bhopal" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopala" title="Bhopala – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Bhopala" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhop%C4%81la" title="Bhopāla – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Bhopāla" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal" title="Bhopal – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Bhopal" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopalas" title="Bhopalas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Bhopalas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhop%C3%A1l" title="Bhopál – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Bhopál" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2" title="भोपाल – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="भोपाल" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal" title="Bhopal – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Bhopal" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AD%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BD" title="ഭോപ്പാൽ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഭോപ്പാൽ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B3" title="भोपाळ – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="भोपाळ" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%B0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9E%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98" title="ბჰოპალი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ბჰოპალი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal" title="Bhopal – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Bhopal" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB" title="Бхопал – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Бхопал" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_(stad)" title="Bhopal (stad) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Bhopal (stad)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2" title="भोपाल – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="भोपाल" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2" title="भोपाल – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="भोपाल" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB" title="ボーパール – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ボーパール" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB" title="Бхопал – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Бхопал" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal" title="Bhopal – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Bhopal" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal" title="Bhopal – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Bhopal" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal" title="Bhopal – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Bhopal" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%AD%E0%AD%8B%E0%AC%AA%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%B3" title="ଭୋପାଳ – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="ଭୋପାଳ" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal" title="Bhopal – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Bhopal" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AD%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%AA%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B2" title="ਭੋਪਾਲ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਭੋਪਾਲ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DA%BE%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%84" title="بھوپال – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="بھوپال" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%84" title="بوپال – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="بوپال" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal" title="Bhopal – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Bhopal" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bopal" title="Bopal – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Bopal" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal" title="Bhopal – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Bhopal" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB" title="Бхопал – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Бхопал" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2" title="भोपाल – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="भोपाल" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%B5%E1%B1%B7%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%AF%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%9E" title="ᱵᱷᱚᱯᱟᱞ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱵᱷᱚᱯᱟᱞ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal" title="Bhopal – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Bhopal" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%80%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%84" title="ڀوپال – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="ڀوپال" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhop%C4%81l" title="Bhopāl – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Bhopāl" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal" title="Bhopal – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Bhopal" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB" title="Бопал – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Бопал" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bopal" title="Bopal – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Bopal" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal" title="Bhopal – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Bhopal" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal" title="Bhopal – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Bhopal" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal" title="Bhopal – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Bhopal" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D" title="போபால் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="போபால்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB" title="Бхопал – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Бхопал" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a 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class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/States_and_territories_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="States and territories of India">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Flag_of_Madhya_Pradesh.svg/23px-Flag_of_Madhya_Pradesh.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Flag_of_Madhya_Pradesh.svg/35px-Flag_of_Madhya_Pradesh.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Flag_of_Madhya_Pradesh.svg/45px-Flag_of_Madhya_Pradesh.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="427" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/District" title="District">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bhopal_district" title="Bhopal district">Bhopal</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="List of regions of India">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bhopal_division" title="Bhopal division">Bhopal Division</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ward</th><td class="infobox-data">85 wards<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bhoja" title="Bhoja">Raja Bhoja</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mayor%E2%80%93council_government" title="Mayor–council government">Mayor–Council</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Bhopal_Municipal_Corporation" title="Bhopal Municipal Corporation">Bhopal Municipal Corporation</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Malti Rai (<a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament">Member of Parliament</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Alok Sharma (BJP) (<a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election" title="2024 Indian general election">June 2024</a> – present)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-BMC_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BMC-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BMC_Plan_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BMC_Plan-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-census_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • <a href="/wiki/Metropolis" title="Metropolis">Metropolis</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">463 km<sup>2</sup> (179 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Metro<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">648.24 km<sup>2</sup> (250.29 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">518.73 m (1,701.87 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2011)<sup id="cite_ref-census_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • <a href="/wiki/Metropolis" title="Metropolis">Metropolis</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,798,218</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">20th</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">3,900/km<sup>2</sup> (10,000/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_area" title="Metropolitan area">Metro</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"><br />(Bhopal + Arera Colony + Berasia urban areas)</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,917,051</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Metro density</th><td class="infobox-data">3,000/km<sup>2</sup> (7,700/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Metro rank<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_million-plus_agglomerations_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="List of million-plus agglomerations in India">18th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Bhopali</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B5:30" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+5:30">UTC+5:30</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indian_Standard_Time" title="Indian Standard Time">IST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postal_Index_Number" title="Postal Index Number">Pincode</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">462001 to 462050</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Communications_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Communications in India">Telephone</a></th><td class="infobox-data">0755</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plate" title="Vehicle registration plate">Vehicle registration</a></th><td class="infobox-data">MP-04</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">Per capita GDP</a></th><td class="infobox-data">$2,087 or ₹1.47 lakh<sup id="cite_ref-MadyaPradesh_gdp_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MadyaPradesh_gdp-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">GDP Nominal</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bhopal_district" title="Bhopal district">Bhopal District</a>)</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>44,175 crore</span> (US$5.3 billion) (2020–21)<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Official_language" title="Official language">Official language</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Literacy Rate (2011)</th><td class="infobox-data">80.37%<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Precipitation_(meteorology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Precipitation (meteorology)">Precipitation</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1,123.1 millimetres (44.22 in)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Avg. high temperature</th><td class="infobox-data">31.7 °C (89.1 °F)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Avg. low temperature</th><td class="infobox-data">18.6 °C (65.5 °F)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">HDI</a> (2016)</th><td class="infobox-data">0.77 (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output 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rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://smartbhopal.city">smartbhopal<wbr />.city</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Bhopal</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title="/oʊ/: 'o' in 'code'">oʊ</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="/ɑː/: 'a' in 'father'">ɑː</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span></span>/</a></span></span>; <a href="/wiki/ISO_15919" title="ISO 15919">ISO</a>: Bhōpāla, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Hindi:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="hi-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Hindi_and_Urdu" title="Help:IPA/Hindi and Urdu">[bʱoːpaːl]</a></span> <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/4\/47\/Bhopal.ogg\/Bhopal.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"Bhopal.ogg"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/47/Bhopal.ogg/Bhopal.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:Bhopal.ogg" title="File:Bhopal.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span>) is the <a href="/wiki/Capital_(political)" class="mw-redirect" title="Capital (political)">capital</a> city of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_state" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian state">Indian state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a> and the administrative headquarters of both <a href="/wiki/Bhopal_district" title="Bhopal district">Bhopal district</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bhopal_division" title="Bhopal division">Bhopal division</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BritannicaEducational2010_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BritannicaEducational2010-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Limaye_2014_pp._446–448_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Limaye_2014_pp._446–448-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is known as the <i>City of Lakes,</i><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> due to presence of various natural and artificial lakes near the city boundary. It is also one of the greenest cities in India.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_India_by_population#1_to_50" title="List of cities in India by population">16th largest city</a> in India and 131st<sup id="cite_ref-Estimated_Population_of_Bhopal_urban_area_in_2009,_Bhopal_131th_largest_city_in_world_in_2009/_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Estimated_Population_of_Bhopal_urban_area_in_2009,_Bhopal_131th_largest_city_in_world_in_2009/-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the world. After the formation of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal was part of the Sehore district. It was bifurcated in 1972 and a new district, Bhopal, was formed. Flourishing around 1707, the city was the capital of the former <a href="/wiki/Bhopal_State" title="Bhopal State">Bhopal State</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Princely_state" title="Princely state">princely state</a> of the British ruled by the <a href="/wiki/Nawabs_of_Bhopal" title="Nawabs of Bhopal">Nawabs of Bhopal</a> until India's independence in 1947. </p><p>Bhopal has a strong economic base with numerous large and medium industries operating in and around the city. Bhopal is considered as one of the important financial and economic destinations in Madhya Pradesh's two strong wealth pillars, the other being <a href="/wiki/Indore" title="Indore">Indore</a>. Bhopal's GDP(nominal) was estimated at <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Rupee" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian National Rupee">INR</a> 44,175 crores (2020–21) by the Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Madhya Pradesh. A <a href="/wiki/Classification_of_Indian_cities" title="Classification of Indian cities">Y-class city</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bhopal houses various educational and research institutions and installations of national importance, including <a href="/wiki/ISRO" title="ISRO">ISRO</a>'s <a href="/wiki/INSAT_Master_Control_Facility" class="mw-redirect" title="INSAT Master Control Facility">Master Control Facility</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Bharat_Heavy_Electricals_Limited" title="Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited">BHEL</a> and <a href="/wiki/Advanced_Materials_and_Processes_Research_Institute" title="Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute">AMPRI</a>. Bhopal is home to a large number of <a href="/wiki/List_of_Institutes_of_National_Importance" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Institutes of National Importance">institutes of National Importance</a> in India, namely, <a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Science_Education_and_Research,_Bhopal" title="Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal">IISER</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maulana_Azad_National_Institute_of_Technology_Bhopal" class="mw-redirect" title="Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal">MANIT</a>, <a href="/wiki/School_of_Planning_and_Architecture,_Bhopal" title="School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal">SPA</a>, <a href="/wiki/All_India_Institute_of_Medical_Sciences_Bhopal" class="mw-redirect" title="All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhopal">AIIMS</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Law_Institute_University" class="mw-redirect" title="National Law Institute University">NLIU</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Management" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Institute of Management">IIFM</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Institute_of_Fashion_Technology" title="National Institute of Fashion Technology">NIFT</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Institute_of_Design,_Madhya_Pradesh" title="National Institute of Design, Madhya Pradesh">NIDMP</a> and <a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Information_Technology,_Bhopal" title="Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bhopal">IIIT</a> (currently functioning from a temporary campus inside <a href="/wiki/Maulana_Azad_National_Institute_of_Technology" title="Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology">MANIT</a>). </p><p>Bhopal city also has <a href="/wiki/Regional_Science_Centre,_Bhopal" title="Regional Science Centre, Bhopal">Regional Science Centre, Bhopal</a>, one of the constituent units of the <a href="/wiki/National_Council_of_Science_Museums" title="National Council of Science Museums">National Council of Science Museums</a> (NCSM). </p><p>The city attracted international attention in December 1984 after the <a href="/wiki/Bhopal_disaster" title="Bhopal disaster">Bhopal disaster</a>, when a <a href="/wiki/Union_Carbide" title="Union Carbide">Union Carbide</a> pesticide manufacturing plant (now owned by <a href="/wiki/Dow_Chemical_Company" title="Dow Chemical Company">Dow Chemical Company</a>) leaked a mixture of deadly gases composed mainly of <a href="/wiki/Methyl_isocyanate" title="Methyl isocyanate">methyl isocyanate</a>, leading to the worst industrial disaster in history.<sup id="cite_ref-the_atlantic_article_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-the_atlantic_article-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Bhopal disaster continues to be a part of the socio-political debate and a logistical challenge for the people of Bhopal.<sup id="cite_ref-timesofindia.indiatimes.com_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timesofindia.indiatimes.com-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bhopal was selected as one of the first twenty Indian cities (the first phase) to be developed as a <a href="/wiki/Smart_City_Bhopal" title="Smart City Bhopal">smart city</a> the <a href="/wiki/Smart_Cities_Mission" title="Smart Cities Mission">Smart Cities Mission</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bhopal was also rated as the cleanest state capital city in India for three consecutive years, 2017, 2018 and 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bhopal has also been awarded a 5-star Garbage Free City (GFC) rating, making it the cleanest State capital in the country in 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span 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.ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" 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Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">September 2023</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Bhopal is named after the legendary ancient king <a href="/wiki/Bhoja" title="Bhoja">Raja Bhoja</a>, with 'Bho' possibly originating from his name. Additionally, 'Pal' signifies 'dam' or 'reservoir,' reflecting the city's abundance of lakes. Therefore, Bhopal's etymology suggests it may mean 'City of Raja Bhoja' or 'City of Lakes,' owing to its historical association with the king and its numerous water bodies.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhopal&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history">Early history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhopal&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Statue_of_Raja_Bhoja_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Statue_of_Raja_Bhoja_01.jpg/220px-Statue_of_Raja_Bhoja_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="319" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Statue_of_Raja_Bhoja_01.jpg/330px-Statue_of_Raja_Bhoja_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Statue_of_Raja_Bhoja_01.jpg/440px-Statue_of_Raja_Bhoja_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2485" data-file-height="3599" /></a><figcaption> Bhopal was founded by and named after 11th-century <a href="/wiki/Malwa" title="Malwa">Malwa</a> king <a href="/wiki/Bhoja" title="Bhoja">Bhoja</a></figcaption></figure> <p>According to folklore, Bhopal was founded in the 11th century by the <a href="/wiki/Paramara_dynasty" title="Paramara dynasty">Paramara</a> king <a href="/wiki/Bhoja" title="Bhoja">Bhoja</a>, who ruled from his capital at <a href="/wiki/Dhar" title="Dhar">Dhar</a>. This theory states that Bhopal was originally known as Bhojpal after a dam (<i>pal</i>) constructed by the king's minister.<sup id="cite_ref-census_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An alternative theory says that the city is named after another king called Bhupala (or Bhupal).<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to yet another version, Raja Bhoj suffered from leprosy. His physician advised him to build a lake with water from 365 rivers and take daily bath in it. When such a lake was built, it was called <i>Bhoj Tal</i> [or Bhoj's lake]. Gradually people started calling the city <i>Bhojpal</i>, and finally Bhopal.<sup id="cite_ref-Salam_2022_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Salam_2022-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the early 17th century, Bhopal was a small village in the <a href="/wiki/Garha_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Garha Kingdom">Gond kingdom</a>. The modern Bhopal city was established by <a href="/wiki/Dost_Mohammad_Khan,_Nawab_of_Bhopal" class="mw-redirect" title="Dost Mohammad Khan, Nawab of Bhopal">Dost Mohammad Khan</a> (1660–1726) died at the age of 66,<sup id="cite_ref-bhopal.nic.in_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bhopal.nic.in-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a <a href="/wiki/Pashtun_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Pashtun people">Pashtun</a> soldier in the <a href="/wiki/Mughal_Empire" title="Mughal Empire">Mughal</a> army.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the death of the emperor <a href="/wiki/Aurangzeb" title="Aurangzeb">Aurangzeb</a>, Khan started providing mercenary services to local chieftains in the politically unstable <a href="/wiki/Malwa" title="Malwa">Malwa</a> region. In 1709, he took on the lease of <a href="/wiki/Berasia" title="Berasia">Berasia</a> estate and later annexed several territories in the region to establish the <a href="/wiki/Bhopal_State" title="Bhopal State">Bhopal State</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKhan200011_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKhan200011-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Khan received the territory of Bhopal from the Gond queen Kamlapati in lieu of payment for mercenary services and usurped her kingdom after her death.<sup id="cite_ref-KamlaMittal_1990_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KamlaMittal_1990-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 1720s, he built the Fatehgarh fort in the village, which developed into the city of Bhopal over the next few decades. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Maratha_rule_(1737–1818)"><span id="Maratha_rule_.281737.E2.80.931818.29"></span>Maratha rule (1737–1818)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhopal&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Maratha rule (1737–1818)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The area of Malwa which also included Bhopal and nearby regions came under <a href="/wiki/Maratha_Confederacy" title="Maratha Confederacy">Maratha</a> control after the combined armies of <a href="/wiki/Mughal_Empire" title="Mughal Empire">Mughal</a>-<a href="/wiki/Nizam_of_Hyderabad" title="Nizam of Hyderabad">Nizam</a>-<a href="/wiki/Nawabs_of_Bhopal" title="Nawabs of Bhopal">Nawab</a> were decisively defeated in <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bhopal" title="Battle of Bhopal">Battle of Bhopal (1737)</a> by the great <a href="/wiki/Bajirao_I" title="Bajirao I">Peshwa Bajirao I</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="British_rule_(1818–1947)"><span id="British_rule_.281818.E2.80.931947.29"></span>British rule (1818–1947)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhopal&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: British rule (1818–1947)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bhopal became a <a href="/wiki/Princely_state" title="Princely state">princely state</a> after signing a treaty (During the reign of Nazar Mohammed Khan 1816–1819) <sup id="cite_ref-bhopal.nic.in_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bhopal.nic.in-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the <a href="/wiki/British_East_India_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="British East India Company">British East India Company</a> in 1818.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKhan200068_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKhan200068-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between 1819 and 1926, the state was ruled by four women, <a href="/wiki/Begum_of_Bhopal" class="mw-redirect" title="Begum of Bhopal">Begums</a> – unique in the royalty of those days – under British suzerainty. <a href="/wiki/Qudsia_Begum_of_Bhopal" class="mw-redirect" title="Qudsia Begum of Bhopal">Qudsia Begum</a> was the first woman ruler (between 1819 and 1837), who was succeeded by her granddaughter, <a href="/wiki/Sultan_Shah_Jahan,_Begum_of_Bhopal" class="mw-redirect" title="Sultan Shah Jahan, Begum of Bhopal">Shah Jehan</a>. Between the years 1844–1860, when Shah Jehan was a child, her mother <a href="/wiki/Sikandar_Begum" title="Sikandar Begum">Sikandar</a> (only daughter of Qudsia) ruled as regent. Curiously during the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Rebellion_of_1857" title="Indian Rebellion of 1857">1857 revolt</a>, Sikandar supported the British, for which she was rewarded by proclaiming her as king in 1858. To give her further honour, she was given a 19-gun salute and the Grand Cross of the Star of India. The latter made her equivalent to a British person, who had been granted a knighthood. Thus she became, at that time, the only female knight in the entire British Empire besides Queen Victoria. Among the relatively minor rewards, a territory was restored to her, that she had earlier lost to a neighbouring prince.<sup id="cite_ref-Salam_2022_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Salam_2022-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sikandar ruled until 1868, when Shah Jehan succeeded her and was Begum until 1901. In 1901, Shah Jehan's daughter <a href="/wiki/Kaikhusrau_Jahan,_Begum_of_Bhopal" class="mw-redirect" title="Kaikhusrau Jahan, Begum of Bhopal">Kaikhusrau Jahan</a> became Begum, ruled until 1926, and was the last of the female line of succession. In 1926, she abdicated in favour of her son, <a href="/wiki/Hamidullah_Khan" title="Hamidullah Khan">Hamidullah Khan</a>, who ruled until 1947, and was the last of the sovereign <a href="/wiki/Nawab" title="Nawab">Nawabs</a>. The rule of Begums gave the city its waterworks, railways, a postal system, and a municipality constituted in 1907.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post_independence">Post independence</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhopal&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Post independence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Bhopal_State" title="Bhopal State">Bhopal State</a> was the second-largest Muslim-ruled princely state: the first being <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad_State" title="Hyderabad State">Hyderabad</a>. After the <a href="/wiki/Independence_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Independence of India">independence of India</a> in 1947, the last Nawab expressed his wish to retain Bhopal as a separate unit. Agitations against the Nawab broke out in December 1948, leading to the arrest of prominent leaders including <a href="/wiki/Shankar_Dayal_Sharma" title="Shankar Dayal Sharma">Shankar Dayal Sharma</a>. Later, the political detainees were released, and the Nawab signed the agreement for Bhopal's merger with the Union of India on 30 April 1949.<sup id="cite_ref-SRBakshi_OPRalhan_2007_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SRBakshi_OPRalhan_2007-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Bhopal_State_(1949%E2%80%9356)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhopal State (1949–56)">Bhopal state</a> was taken over by the Union Government of India on 1 June 1949. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bhopal_in_1984">Bhopal in 1984</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhopal&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Bhopal in 1984"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Bhopal_disaster" title="Bhopal disaster">Bhopal disaster</a></div> <p>In early December 1984, a <a href="/wiki/Union_Carbide" title="Union Carbide">Union Carbide</a> pesticide plant in Bhopal leaked around 32 tons of toxic gases, including <a href="/wiki/Methyl_isocyanate" title="Methyl isocyanate">methyl isocyanate</a> (MIC) gas which led to <a href="/wiki/List_of_industrial_disasters" title="List of industrial disasters">the worst industrial disaster in the world to date</a>. </p><p>The official death toll was initially recorded as around 4,000. A Madhya Pradesh government report stated 3,787 deaths,<sup id="cite_ref-rehabilitation1_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rehabilitation1-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while other estimates state the fatalities were significantly higher (15,000)<sup id="cite_ref-the_atlantic_article_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-the_atlantic_article-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from the accident and the medical complications caused by the accident in the weeks and years that followed. The higher estimates have been challenged by Union Carbide, however, medical staff in the city were not able to adequately record data due to the massive influx of patients. The impact of the disaster continues to this day in terms of psychological and neurological disabilities, blindness, skin, vision, breathing, and birth disorders.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-news.bbc.co.uk_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-news.bbc.co.uk-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lawyers, academics and journalists have described the disaster as an <a href="/wiki/Ecocide" title="Ecocide">ecocide</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The soil and ground water near the factory site have been contaminated by the toxic wastes.<sup id="cite_ref-news.bbc.co.uk_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-news.bbc.co.uk-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Bhopal disaster continues to be the part of the socio-political debate; the clean-up of environmental contamination and rehabilitation of those affected continues to challenge the people of Bhopal.<sup id="cite_ref-timesofindia.indiatimes.com_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timesofindia.indiatimes.com-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The centre is seeking a direction to <a href="/wiki/Union_Carbide" title="Union Carbide">Union Carbide</a> and other firms for <span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>78.44 billion additional amount over and above the earlier settlement amount of US$470 million in 1989 for paying compensation to the gas tragedy victims.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The site of the industrial accident is rusting since the day of the disaster and has not been cleared off completely either by DOW Chemicals or government authorities, the site is still storing large quantities of lethal chemicals in underground tanks and overground storages. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhopal&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Boats_in_Upper_Lake,_Bhopal.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Boats_in_Upper_Lake%2C_Bhopal.JPG/220px-Boats_in_Upper_Lake%2C_Bhopal.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Boats_in_Upper_Lake%2C_Bhopal.JPG/330px-Boats_in_Upper_Lake%2C_Bhopal.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Boats_in_Upper_Lake%2C_Bhopal.JPG/440px-Boats_in_Upper_Lake%2C_Bhopal.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption>Boats in Bhojtal</figcaption></figure> <p>Bhopal has an average elevation of 500 metres (1401 ft) and is located in the central part of India, just north of the upper limit of the <a href="/wiki/Vindhya" class="mw-redirect" title="Vindhya">Vindhya</a> mountain ranges. Located on the <a href="/wiki/Malwa" title="Malwa">Malwa</a> plateau, it is higher than the north Indian plains and the land rises towards the <a href="/wiki/Vindhya_Range" title="Vindhya Range">Vindhya Range</a> to the south. The city has uneven elevation and has small hills within its boundaries. The prominent hills in Bhopal are the Idgah, Arera and Shyamala hills in the northern region, together with the Katara hills in the southern region. There are 17 lakes and 5 reservoirs biggest of them are <a href="/wiki/Bhojtal" title="Bhojtal">upper lake</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://m.bharatdiscovery.org/india/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AC,_%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2">Bada Talab</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Lower_Lake,_Bhopal" class="mw-redirect" title="Lower Lake, Bhopal">lower lake</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Upper Lake was built in the 11th century<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and has a surface area of 36 km<sup>2</sup> and catchment area of 361 km<sup>2</sup> while the Lower Lake has a surface area of 1.29 km<sup>2</sup> and catchment area of 9.6 km<sup>2</sup>.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Recently, Bhopal Municipal Corporation came with a resolution to involve local citizens in cleaning, conserving and maintaining the lakes.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bhopal city is divided into two parts where one part which is near the VIP and lake is Old Bhopal (north) and the other, New Bhopal (south), where malls are mainly situated. List of pin codes from Bhopal is 462001 to 462050 which comes under Bhopal postal division (Bhopal Region).<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhopal&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="infobox" style="width: 19.5em; float: right; clear: right; text-align: center; border: solid 1px silver" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr><th> Bhopal </th></tr> <tr><th style="font-size: 90%">Climate chart (<a href="/wiki/Template:Climate_chart/How_to_read_a_climate_chart" title="Template:Climate chart/How to read a climate chart">explanation</a>)</th></tr> <tr><td><table class="infobox" style="width: 100%; margin: 0; float: right; clear: right; text-align: center; border: none; font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">J</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">F</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">M</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">A</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">M</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">J</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">J</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">A</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">S</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">O</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">N</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">D</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:0.258em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">13</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:9.88em;height:3em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:12.88em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">24</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:8.38em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">9</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:0.156em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">7.8</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:10.28em;height:3.38em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:13.66em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">28</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:8.78em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">11</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:0.144em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">7.2</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:11.42em;height:3.3em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:14.72em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">34</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:9.92em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">17</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:0.09em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">4.5</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:12.36em;height:3.3em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:15.66em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">38</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:10.86em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">22</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:0.16em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">8</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:13.1em;height:3.04em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:16.14em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">41</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.6em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">26</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.28em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">114</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:13.06em;height:2.34em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:15.4em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">37</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.56em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">25</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:7.116em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">356</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:12.62em;height:1.5em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:14.12em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">31</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.12em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">23</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:7.768em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">388</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:12.48em;height:1.28em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:13.76em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">29</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:10.98em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">22</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:3.916em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">196</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:12.28em;height:1.82em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:14.1em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">31</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:10.78em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">21</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:0.524em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">26</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:11.68em;height:2.72em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:14.4em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">32</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:10.18em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">18</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:0.274em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">14</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:10.42em;height:3.38em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:13.8em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">29</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:8.92em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">12</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:0.248em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">12</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:9.98em;height:3.08em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:13.06em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">25</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:8.48em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">10</span></div> </div></td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="12" style="padding: 2px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em"><span style="color: red; background-color: red">█</span> Average max. and min. temperatures in °C</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="12" style="padding: 2px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em"><span style="color: #aaccee; background-color: #aaccee">█</span> Precipitation totals in mm</td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr> <tr><td> <table class="infobox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width: 100%; margin: 0; float: right; clear: right; text-align: center; border: none; font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr><th colspan="12">Imperial conversion</th></tr> <tr><td>J</td><td>F</td><td>M</td><td>A</td><td>M</td><td>J</td><td>J</td><td>A</td><td>S</td><td>O</td><td>N</td><td>D</td></tr> <tr> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:0.258em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">0.5</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:9.88em;height:3em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:12.88em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">76</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:8.38em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">49</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:0.156em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">0.3</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:10.28em;height:3.38em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:13.66em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">83</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:8.78em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">53</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:0.144em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">0.3</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:11.42em;height:3.3em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:14.72em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">92</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:9.92em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">63</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:0.09em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">0.2</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:12.36em;height:3.3em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:15.66em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">101</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:10.86em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">71</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:0.16em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">0.3</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:13.1em;height:3.04em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:16.14em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">105</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.6em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">78</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.28em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">4.5</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:13.06em;height:2.34em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:15.4em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">99</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.56em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">78</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:7.116em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">14</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:12.62em;height:1.5em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:14.12em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">87</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.12em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">74</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:7.768em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">15</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:12.48em;height:1.28em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:13.76em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">84</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:10.98em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">72</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:3.916em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">7.7</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:12.28em;height:1.82em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:14.1em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">87</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:10.78em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">71</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:0.524em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">1</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:11.68em;height:2.72em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:14.4em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">90</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:10.18em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">65</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:0.274em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">0.5</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:10.42em;height:3.38em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:13.8em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">84</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:8.92em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">54</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:0.248em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">0.5</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:9.98em;height:3.08em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:13.06em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">78</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:8.48em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">50</span></div> </div></td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="12" style="padding: 2px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em"><span style="color: red; background-color: red">█</span> Average max. and min. temperatures in °F</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="12" style="padding: 2px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em"><span style="color: #aaccee; background-color: #aaccee">█</span> Precipitation totals in inches</td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Bhopal has a <a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">humid subtropical climate</a> (Cwa), with cool, dry winters, a hot summer and a humid monsoon season. Summers start in late March and go on until mid-June, the average temperature being around 30 °C (86 °F), with the peak of summer in May, when the highs regularly exceed 40 °C (104 °F) Extreme high in May was 46.7 °C on 19 May 2016 and in June it was 45.9 °C on 7 June 2019. The monsoon starts in late June and ends in late September. These months see about 40 inches (1020 mm) of precipitation, frequent thunderstorms and flooding. The average temperature is around 25 °C (77 °F) and the humidity is quite high. Temperatures rise again up to early November when winter starts, which lasts up to early March. Winters in Bhopal are cool, and not very much comfortable like summers, with average daily temperatures around 18 °C (64 °F). The winter peaks in January when temperatures may drop close to freezing on some nights. Lowest temperature ever recorded was 0.6 °C. Total annual rainfall is about 1101 mm (43.35 inches). </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Bhopal (<a href="/wiki/Bairagarh,_Berasia" title="Bairagarh, Berasia">Bairaghar</a>) 1991–2020, extremes 1949–present </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.0<br />(91.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF1A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.6<br />(99.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF0500; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">40.7<br />(105.3) </td> <td style="background: #D70000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">44.4<br />(111.9) </td> <td style="background: #B70000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">46.7<br />(116.1) </td> <td style="background: #C60000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">45.6<br />(114.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF0200; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">41.2<br />(106.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF2800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.6<br />(96.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF1C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.4<br />(99.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF0D00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">39.6<br />(103.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF2A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.3<br />(95.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF3B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.8<br />(91.0) </td> <td style="background: #C00000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">46.0<br />(114.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF7200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.9<br />(76.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF5A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.4<br />(83.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF3400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.9<br />(93.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF1300; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.7<br />(101.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF0200; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">41.1<br />(106.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF1C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.4<br />(99.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF4900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.9<br />(87.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.9<br />(84.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF4600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.3<br />(88.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF3C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.7<br />(90.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.9<br />(85.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.7<br />(80.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF4000; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">32.1<br />(89.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFA44A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.6<br />(63.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.0<br />(69.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.0<br />(78.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF4900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.8<br />(87.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.0<br />(93.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.0<br />(87.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.9<br />(80.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.7<br />(78.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.6<br />(79.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.8<br />(78.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF8409; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.3<br />(72.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9D3B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.7<br />(65.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF6E00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">25.5<br />(78.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFD4AA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.6<br />(51.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFC388; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.1<br />(55.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFA44A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.6<br />(63.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF8308; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.4<br />(72.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.6<br />(79.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.0<br />(78.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.8<br />(74.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.0<br />(73.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF850B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.2<br />(72.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF9A35; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.1<br />(66.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFB66E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.0<br />(59.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFD0A2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.2<br />(52.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9934; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">19.2<br />(66.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #E9E9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.6<br />(33.1) </td> <td style="background: #EFEFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.7<br />(35.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFF3E8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.1<br />(43.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFC994; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.2<br />(54.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFAA56; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.7<br />(62.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9730; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.5<br />(67.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.0<br />(66.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFAA55; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.8<br />(62.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFBE7E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.8<br />(56.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFCD9B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.7<br />(53.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFF3E8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.1<br />(43.0) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.0<br />(33.8) </td> <td style="background: #E9E9FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">0.6<br />(33.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainfall mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #EEFFEE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.3<br />(0.44) </td> <td style="background: #EFFFEF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.4<br />(0.37) </td> <td style="background: #F1FFF1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.8<br />(0.35) </td> <td style="background: #F4FFF4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.5<br />(0.26) </td> <td style="background: #E9FFE9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.2<br />(0.56) </td> <td style="background: #32FF32; color:#000000;" class="notheme">132.8<br />(5.23) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">367.7<br />(14.48) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">326.0<br />(12.83) </td> <td style="background: #00EF00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">175.6<br />(6.91) </td> <td style="background: #D0FFD0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.5<br />(1.24) </td> <td style="background: #F1FFF1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.7<br />(0.34) </td> <td style="background: #F2FFF2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.5<br />(0.33) </td> <td style="background: #73FF73; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,101<br />(43.35) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainy days </th> <td style="background: #F3F3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.9 </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.9 </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.8 </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.6 </td> <td style="background: #F0F0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.2 </td> <td style="background: #A1A1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.3 </td> <td style="background: #4D4DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14.4 </td> <td style="background: #5353FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.9 </td> <td style="background: #9797FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.1 </td> <td style="background: #E8E8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.8 </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.6 </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.2 </td> <td style="background: #C9C9FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">50.7 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(at 17:30 <a href="/wiki/Indian_Standard_Time" title="Indian Standard Time">IST</a>)</span> </th> <td style="background: #5E5EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">42 </td> <td style="background: #8080FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33 </td> <td style="background: #A3A3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24 </td> <td style="background: #B6B6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19 </td> <td style="background: #AAAAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22 </td> <td style="background: #4F4FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">46 </td> <td style="background: #0000E2; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">74 </td> <td style="background: #0000CF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">79 </td> <td style="background: #0202FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">66 </td> <td style="background: #5252FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">45 </td> <td style="background: #5A5AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">43 </td> <td style="background: #5A5AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">43 </td> <td style="background: #5252FF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">45 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #E9E900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">279.0 </td> <td style="background: #EEEE0A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">271.2 </td> <td style="background: #EBEB03; color:#000000;" class="notheme">285.2 </td> <td style="background: #F1F112; color:#000000;" class="notheme">303.0 </td> <td style="background: #EFEF0D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">303.8 </td> <td style="background: #D8D800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">195.0 </td> <td style="background: #B1B17F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">108.5 </td> <td style="background: #AFAF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">105.4 </td> <td style="background: #D7D700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">192.0 </td> <td style="background: #E9E900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">275.9 </td> <td style="background: #E9E900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">270.0 </td> <td style="background: #E6E600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">263.5 </td> <td style="background: #E1E100; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2,852.5 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #EAEA02; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.0 </td> <td style="background: #EEEE0C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.6 </td> <td style="background: #ECEC05; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.2 </td> <td style="background: #F2F215; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.1 </td> <td style="background: #F0F010; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.8 </td> <td style="background: #D8D800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.5 </td> <td style="background: #B1B17B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.5 </td> <td style="background: #B0B083; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.4 </td> <td style="background: #D7D700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.4 </td> <td style="background: #E9E900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.9 </td> <td style="background: #EAEA02; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.0 </td> <td style="background: #E7E700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.5 </td> <td style="background: #E2E200; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">7.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: <a href="/wiki/India_Meteorological_Department" title="India Meteorological Department">India Meteorological Department</a> (sun 1971–2000)<sup id="cite_ref-IMDnormals_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IMDnormals-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-IMDextremes_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IMDextremes-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-IMDsun_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IMDsun-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: Tokyo Climate Center (mean temperatures 1991–2020)<sup id="cite_ref-TCC1_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TCC1-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div><p>Bhopal has been ranked 6th best "National Clean Air City" (under Category 1 >10L Population cities) in India according to 'Swachh Vayu Survekshan 2024 Results'.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="List_of_lakes">List of lakes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhopal&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: List of lakes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Welcome_to_Bhopal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Welcome_to_Bhopal.jpg/320px-Welcome_to_Bhopal.jpg" decoding="async" width="320" height="213" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Welcome_to_Bhopal.jpg/480px-Welcome_to_Bhopal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Welcome_to_Bhopal.jpg/640px-Welcome_to_Bhopal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption>Lighting for The City of Lakes in Bhopal</figcaption></figure> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Bhojtal" title="Bhojtal">Bhojtal</a> (Bada Talaab/ Upper Lake)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Lake_(Bhopal)" title="Lower Lake (Bhopal)">Chhota Talaab</a> (Lower Lake)</li> <li>Shahpura Lake</li> <li>Motia Talaab (at Taj-Ul-Masajid, Shahjehanbad)</li> <li>Nawab Siddique Hasan Khan Talaab (First Step lake Below Motia Talaab)</li> <li>Munshi Hussain Khan Talaab (Second Step lake Below Motia Talaab)</li> <li>Lendiya Talaab (Ram Nagar Colony)</li> <li>Sarangpani Lake (Piplani, BHEL area)</li> <li>Manit Lotus Lake (Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology)</li> <li>Jawahar Baal Udhyaan Lake (Ravishankar Nagar, Below Char Imli)</li> <li>Bordi Kalan (Bhadbhada Road)</li> <li>Preet Nagar Lake (Vidisha Bypass Road)</li> <li>Nariyalkheda Golf Course Lake (SCEPTA Golf Course)</li> <li>Laharpur Lake</li> <li>Mullah Sarovar (Barkatullah University, Habibganj)</li> <li>Nevri Talaab (Ajgar Talav near Sanjeev Nagar)</li> <li>New Jail Pond (Ayodhya Bypass Road)</li> <li>Bairagarh Visarjan Ghat (Sant Hirdaram Nagar)</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="List_of_reservoirs">List of reservoirs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhopal&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: List of reservoirs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Kolar_Dam_(Bhopal)" title="Kolar Dam (Bhopal)">Kolar Dam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerwa_Dam" title="Kerwa Dam">Kerwa Dam</a></li> <li>Kaliyasot Dam</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halali_Dam" class="mw-redirect" title="Halali Dam">Halali Dam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhadbhada_Dam" title="Bhadbhada Dam">Bhadbhada Dam</a></li> <li>Hathaikheda Dam</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhopal&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="notheme barbox tright" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:auto; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#Fcd116"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Religion in Bhopal City (2011)<sup id="cite_ref-icssr.org_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-icssr.org-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;">Religion</td> <td style="width:100px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;">Percent</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:darkorange; width:69.20%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">69.20%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:green; width:26.28%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">26.28%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jainism</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:crimson; width:1.35%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1.35%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:blue; width:1.12%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1.12%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:gold; width:1.08%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1.08%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Others†</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:black; width:0.6%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.6%</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="padding:5px; text-align:left;">Population % by religion; †<small>Includes <a href="/wiki/Sikh" class="mw-redirect" title="Sikh">Sikhs</a></small></td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div><p> According to the 2011 census, the population of the Bhopal city (the area under Bhopal Municipal Corporation) is 1,798,218, with 936,168 males and 862,050 females. The population of the Bhopal metropolitan area (the <a href="/wiki/Urban_agglomeration" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban agglomeration">urban agglomeration</a> that extends beyond Bhopal city) was 1,886,100 in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-census_metro_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census_metro-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The total effective literacy rate (for population aged 7+ years) was 85.24%, with male and female literacy respectively at 89.2% and 80.1%.<sup id="cite_ref-census_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tourist_Map_of_Bhopal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Tourist_Map_of_Bhopal.jpg/220px-Tourist_Map_of_Bhopal.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Tourist_Map_of_Bhopal.jpg/330px-Tourist_Map_of_Bhopal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Tourist_Map_of_Bhopal.jpg/440px-Tourist_Map_of_Bhopal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3998" data-file-height="2794" /></a><figcaption>Tourist Map of Bhopal</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government_and_politics">Government and politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhopal&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Government and politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bhopal is the name of the division, as well as the district and the capital city of the district.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The division is headed by the commissioner and additional commissioner for the division.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_56-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The division has five districts, of which Bhopal is one.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_56-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bhopal district administration is headed by the District Magistrate of Bhopal, who is the chief executive officer for the district.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city is represented in the parliament by <a href="/wiki/Bhopal_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhopal (Lok Sabha constituency)">Bhopal Lok Sabha constituency</a>, with Alok Sharma from the <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> elected in the <a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election" title="2024 Indian general election">2024 Indian General Election</a>. Bhopal also houses the State Legislative Assembly, or the <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh_Vidhan_Sabha" class="mw-redirect" title="Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha">Vidhan Sabha</a>, which seats 230 members of Legislative Assembly. The sixteenth (and current) Vidhan Sabha was elected in December 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of June 2024<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bhopal&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the party in the majority in Vidhan Sabha is <a href="/wiki/Bhartiya_Janata_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhartiya Janata Party">Bhartiya Janata Party</a> (BJP) with 165 seats which is led by <a href="/wiki/Mohan_Yadav" title="Mohan Yadav">Mohan Yadav</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bhopal district elects seven seats to the Assembly, and as per delimitation in 2008,<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bhopal city is represented in 6 constituencies:<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>State assembly constituency </th> <th>Wards </th> <th>Councillor </th> <th>Political party </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bhopal_Uttar_Assembly_constituency" title="Bhopal Uttar Assembly constituency">Bhopal Uttara</a> </td> <td>5–18, 22 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arif_Aqueel" title="Arif Aqueel">Arif Aqueel</a> </td> <td>Indian National Congress </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Narela,_Madhya_Pradesh_Assembly_constituency" title="Narela, Madhya Pradesh Assembly constituency">Narela</a> </td> <td>39–42, 46, 56–58, 66 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vishvas_Sarang" title="Vishvas Sarang">Vishvas Sarang</a> </td> <td>Bhartiya Janata Party </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bhopal_Dakshin-Paschim_Assembly_constituency" title="Bhopal Dakshin-Paschim Assembly constituency">Bhopal Dakshin-Paschim</a> </td> <td>26–35, 48–49 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/PC_Sharma" class="mw-redirect" title="PC Sharma">PC Sharma</a> </td> <td>Indian National Congress </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bhopal_Madhya_Assembly_constituency" title="Bhopal Madhya Assembly constituency">Bhopal Madhya</a> </td> <td>19–21, 23–25, 36–38, 43–45, 47–50, 50–52 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arif_Masood" title="Arif Masood">Arif Masood</a> </td> <td>Indian National Congress </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Govindpura_Assembly_constituency" title="Govindpura Assembly constituency">Govindpura</a> </td> <td>53–55, 59–63, 65 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Krishna_Gaur" title="Krishna Gaur">Krishna Gaur</a> </td> <td>Bhartiya Janata Party </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Huzur_Assembly_constituency" title="Huzur Assembly constituency">Huzur</a> </td> <td>1–4 </td> <td>Rameshwar Sharma </td> <td>Bhartiya Janata Party </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>It is also part of the larger urban agglomeration of Bhopal, with a population of 1,883,381.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first municipal body that governed the municipal population of the city came into being in 1907 in erstwhile Bhopal estate, and was called Majlis-e-intezamia".<sup id="cite_ref-:0_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first city survey was conducted in 1916 after the enactment of Municipal act.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Till 1956, the area under Bhopal Municipal limit was very small, after which surrounding villages were added to it.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_63-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1975, the municipal limit reached 71.23 square km.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_63-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bhopal Municipal Council got the status of Municipal Corporation, with total of 56 wards in 1983.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Civic_administration">Civic administration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhopal&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Civic administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shivaji_statue_Bhopal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Shivaji_statue_Bhopal.jpg/170px-Shivaji_statue_Bhopal.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="254" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Shivaji_statue_Bhopal.jpg/255px-Shivaji_statue_Bhopal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Shivaji_statue_Bhopal.jpg/340px-Shivaji_statue_Bhopal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1608" data-file-height="2406" /></a><figcaption>Shivaji statue at Shivaji Nagar Square Bhopal</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Bhopal_Municipal_Corporation" title="Bhopal Municipal Corporation">Bhopal Municipal Corporation</a> (BMC) is the urban civic body which oversees the needs of Bhopal city.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_63-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The municipal corporation follows guidelines under the Madhya Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1956,<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as the Madhya Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1961.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2015, Kolar Municipal Corporation merged with it, after having been split from it earlier.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2019, it was announced that the corporation would be split again and a proposal was put forth to the urban administration and housing department, which was criticised by the mayor-in-council.<sup id="cite_ref-BMC_Plan_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BMC_Plan-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also proposed for indirect election of the mayor.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The municipal corporation is spread over an area of 463 km<sup>2</sup> (179 sq mi) and has a population of 17,95,648.<sup id="cite_ref-BMC_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BMC-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BMC_Plan_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BMC_Plan-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-census_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city is divided into 14 zones and 85 wards for the purpose of administration, and each ward is represented by a councillor elected for a term of five years.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The winning party elects a council of members, who are responsible for various departments.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ward committees as well as Mohalla committees have been prescribed by the corporation act.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2016, the <a href="/wiki/The_Pioneer_(India)" title="The Pioneer (India)">Pioneer</a> reported the meeting of one ward committee in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Madhya Pradesh is one of the few states in India, which uses the Mayor-in-Council (MIC) system and hence the elected representatives of the Bhopal Municipal Corporation are also organised as MIC.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are multiple municipal departments in BMC such as Health and Environment; Education, Social JusticeFood and Culture; Planning and Rehabilitation; Public Relations and Library; Fire Brigade and Transport; Power; Engineering; Revenue and Project; Accounting; JnNURM; M.P.U.S.P and General Administration.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Elections held for 85 wards of Bhopal Municipal Corporation on 6 July 2022 <sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of September 2020, the reservation of wards has been decided.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The present <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">mayor</a> of the city is Malti Rai.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2019, the state government changed the rules that had applied since 1988, allowing the mayor to be indirectly elected, by elected councillors.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> V.S.Choudhary Kolsani is the <a href="/wiki/Municipal_commissioner" title="Municipal commissioner">municipal commissioner</a> of the city.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additional municipal commissioner is Shashwant Singh Meena.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The municipality receives income from tax collection, assigned revenue, rental income, fees and user charges, revenue grants, income from investment funds.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The budget for the year 2020–21 has been approved as ₹2,495 crore.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Civic_utilities">Civic utilities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhopal&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Civic utilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bhopal Development Authority is the apex body for planning and co-ordination of development activities in the Mandhya Pradesh, which consists of Bhopal and its influence area, and was set up in 1976 under the Bhopal Development Authority Act, 1974.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Electricity in Bhopal is distributed by the <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a> Madhya Kshetra Vidyut Vitaran Company Limited, the central discom of the state.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is regulated by the state electricity board, the Madhya Pradesh State Electricity Board (MPSEB), which is located in Bhopal.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fire services are provided by the Bhopal Municipal Corporation.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Bhopal_Municipal_Corporation" title="Bhopal Municipal Corporation">Bhopal Municipal Corporation</a> is responsible for planning, constructing and maintaining the water supply system within the city.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Natural sources of water are surface water (upper lake, kolar reservoir, narmada river), with a significant portion of the population depending on ground water (tubewells, handpumps) as well as privately owned and unaccounted for dugwells and borewells.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_93-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to a study done in 2014, piped water supply in the city covers about 6% of the population;<sup id="cite_ref-:1_93-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however, irregular and bad quality of water supply is a common complaint in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The system of solid waste disposal in urban areas is governed by the municipality under the <a href="/wiki/Municipal_solid_waste" title="Municipal solid waste">Municipal Solid Wastes</a> (Management and Handling) Rules 2000. These rules have been framed under the Environment Protection Act, 1986.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_95-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city of Bhopal generates 900 tonnes of solid waste.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2018, only 1.5% of this waste is segregated.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While the municipality website states that door-to-door collection was started by BMC at each zone and ward level from 15 August 2013,<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/The_Free_Press_Journal" title="The Free Press Journal">Free Press Journal</a> has reported in 2020 that the civic body has failed in the same.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_99-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bhopal has 8 transfer stations, where the garbage collected zone wise is dumped, and without any segregation, the waste is transferred to the Adampur Chhawni <a href="/wiki/Landfill" title="Landfill">landfill site</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_99-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2018, after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed the BMC to clean dump at <a href="/wiki/Bhanpur" title="Bhanpur">Bhanpur</a>, which activists claim is 80 feet high and has polluted ground water up to 500 metres below, the trenching ground was shifted to Adampur.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2019, it was announced that India's first e-waste clinic was being set up in Bhopal. BMC along with <a href="/wiki/Central_Pollution_Control_Board" title="Central Pollution Control Board">Central Pollution Control Board</a> came together to establish this clinic which will enable segregation, processing and disposal of waste, both residential and commercial.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2020, the clinic was inaugurated for operations. It started initially as a three-month pilot and if the pilot is successful, the clinics will be opened in other places as well.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2017, the city of Bhopal produces 310 MLD of sewage per day, of which only 50 MLD is treated in the 7 Sewage treatment plants that have a capacity of 80 MLD.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most of the sewage reaches water bodies, the Upper and Lower Lake, Motia Lake, Siddique Hasan Lake, Munshi Hussain Khan Lake.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_95-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are about 800 large drains in Bhopal.<sup id="cite_ref-:022_105-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:022-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> About 80% sewerage water mixes with storm water drains main drains include Patra, Mandi and Hataikheda, Jatkhedi.<sup id="cite_ref-:02_106-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After a gap of 25 years, the state capital's masterplan 2031 was finally released in March 2020 by the Directorate of Town and Country Planning, Madhya Pradesh. The previous masterplan of 1995 was valid until 2005; and Bhopal had no masterplan between 2005 and 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bhopal Municipal Corporation was ranked 3rd out of 21 Cities for best governance and administrative practices in India in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It scored 3.7 on 10 compared to the national average of 3.3.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhopal&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bharat_Bhavan_Bhopal.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Bharat_Bhavan_Bhopal.JPG/220px-Bharat_Bhavan_Bhopal.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Bharat_Bhavan_Bhopal.JPG/330px-Bharat_Bhavan_Bhopal.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Bharat_Bhavan_Bhopal.JPG/440px-Bharat_Bhavan_Bhopal.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2432" /></a><figcaption>Bharat Bhavan Bhopal</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Diwali" title="Diwali">Diwali</a> is a major festival in Bhopal. Gifts and sweets are exchanged and donation are made to the poor. Diwali is celebrated by worshiping the wealth goddess <i><a href="/wiki/Lakshmi" title="Lakshmi">Lakshmi</a></i>. During <a href="/wiki/Ganesh" class="mw-redirect" title="Ganesh">Ganesh</a> puja and <a href="/wiki/Durga_Puja" title="Durga Puja">Durga Puja</a> (Navratras), idols of Ganesh and Durga are established in <i>jhankis</i> throughout the city. People throng to offer prayers to their deities. At the end of Navratras, on the day of <a href="/wiki/Vijayadashami" title="Vijayadashami">Vijayadashami</a> (or <i>Dussehra</i>), huge effigies of <a href="/wiki/Ravana" title="Ravana">Ravan</a> are burnt in different parts of the city. Apart from jhankis, annual Durga puja is conducted in a huge way where large idols of mother goddess and pandals are installed and bhog is served. Several cultural programmes and other pujas like Kalipuja, Saraswati puja etc re also conducted. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Eid_ul-Fitr" class="mw-redirect" title="Eid ul-Fitr">Eid</a> is also a major festival in Bhopal. <a href="/wiki/Bhopal_Ijtema" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhopal Ijtema">Bhopal Ijtema</a> is an annual Muslim world preachers congregation, is held at Eint khedi, 11 km from Bhopal. The annual congregation near Bhopal attracts between 5,00,000 and 10,00,000 Muslims globally.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Architecture">Architecture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhopal&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Architecture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Nawabs_of_Bhopal" title="Nawabs of Bhopal">Nawabs of Bhopal</a> built several structures including the <a href="/wiki/Taj-ul-Masajid" title="Taj-ul-Masajid">Taj-ul-Masajid</a> and <a href="/wiki/Taj_Mahal_(palace)" title="Taj Mahal (palace)">Taj Mahal palace</a> in <a href="/wiki/Indo-Islamic_architecture" title="Indo-Islamic architecture">Indo-Islamic</a> and European styles. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Bharat_Bhavan" title="Bharat Bhavan">Bharat Bhavan</a> is the main cultural centre of the city, and hosts many theatre and film festivals every year.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has an art gallery, an open-air amphitheatre facing the Upper Lake, two other theatres and a tribal museum. The Bharat Bhavan as well as the <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh_Legislative_Assembly" title="Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly">MP Legislative Assembly</a> were designed by Charles Correa. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhopal&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BHEL_Bhopal_in_rain.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="BHEL Bhopal plant during monsoons." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/BHEL_Bhopal_in_rain.jpg/298px-BHEL_Bhopal_in_rain.jpg" decoding="async" width="298" height="224" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/BHEL_Bhopal_in_rain.jpg/447px-BHEL_Bhopal_in_rain.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/BHEL_Bhopal_in_rain.jpg/596px-BHEL_Bhopal_in_rain.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>BHEL Bhopal plant during monsoons.</figcaption></figure> <p>Nominal GDP of Bhopal District was ₹44,175 crores for the year 2020–21 with a per-capita GDP of ₹1,40,729 as per the Directorate of Economics and Statistics (Madhya Pradesh).<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bhopal's economy is primarily industrial and includes the manufacturing of pharmaceuticals, automobiles, textiles, jewellery, and electronics. Other industries include cotton and flour milling, cloth weaving and painting, as well as making matches, sealing wax, and sporting equipment.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The residents of Bhopal also engage in large retail businesses. Handicrafts, like <a href="/wiki/Zardozi" title="Zardozi">zardozi</a> and <i>batua</i> (a small string purse, usually used with Indian traditional dresses) are some of the products of the Old City.<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bhopal is also home to the <a href="/wiki/D_B_Corp_Ltd." class="mw-redirect" title="D B Corp Ltd.">DB Corp</a>, informally called the Bhaskar Group (named after its major publication <i><a href="/wiki/Dainik_Bhaskar" title="Dainik Bhaskar">Dainik Bhaskar</a></i>), a ₹17 billion business conglomerate with a strong presence in media. Its head office is located in Maharana Pratap Nagar. While an IT Park, near Bhopal Airport, houses various software development companies and the city is expected to further enlarge its IT presence in near future with giants like <a href="/wiki/WIPRO" class="mw-redirect" title="WIPRO">WIPRO</a> intending to establish software development centre in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other Software and IT companies established in the city include Sutherland Global Services, ISoft InfoTech, Soluzione IT Services, Netlink Software Pvt Ltd., Caresoft Inc India, Osmo IT Solution Pvt Ltd., and many more. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Manjul_Publishing_House_Pvt._Ltd." title="Manjul Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.">Manjul Publishing House</a>, located in the old city, is a major publishing house made famous by the translation of the <a href="/wiki/Harry_Potter" title="Harry Potter">Harry Potter</a> series of novels into <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Industries">Industries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhopal&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Industries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bharat_Heavy_Electricals_Limited" title="Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited">Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited</a>, the largest engineering and manufacturing enterprise in India, has a unit in Bhopal. It occupies a large area in the Eastern Part of the city and maintains a suburb named after it. A majority of the residents of the BHEL Suburb are employed by the unit.<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Govindpura Industrial Area is a huge industrial zone situated in northern limits of the city.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandideep" title="Mandideep">Mandideep</a> is an <a href="/wiki/Industrial_suburb" title="Industrial suburb">industrial suburb</a> of Bhopal. It is located to the south of the city on the <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_12_(India)" title="National Highway 12 (India)">NH 12</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Manufacturing units in Mandideep include HEG Limited, Procter & Gamble, Lupin Limited, Eicher Tractors, Insulators and Electricals Limited, Tafe Motors And Tractors Limited, B. S. Engineering Works, etc.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Rapidly transforming industrial zones near Bhopal also include Bagroda AKVN,<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tamot Plastic Park<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Acharpura Industrial Area.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the state government providing conducive environment for setting up of manufacturing units, the industrial zones have seen exponential demand from the investors to purchase the land which are provided at heavily subsidised prices.</li> <li>Bhopal also has in its vicinity Badiyakhedi Industrial Area (<a href="/wiki/Sehore_district" title="Sehore district">Sehore</a>), Pilukhedi Industrial Area (<a href="/wiki/Rajgarh_district" title="Rajgarh district">Rajgarh</a>), Budhni Industrial Area (<a href="/wiki/Sehore_district" title="Sehore district">Sehore</a>), Jamuniya Khejda (<a href="/wiki/Raisen_district" title="Raisen district">Raisen</a>) and Mohasa Babai Industrial Area (<a href="/wiki/Hoshangabad" title="Hoshangabad">Narmadapuram</a>). The industrial areas have attracted huge investments with companies like Welspun Corp. Ltd, Vardhaman Industries, Trident Group, Lapp India, and Inox Air Products Pvt. Ltd. already operating manufacturing plants in various industrial belts.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Upcoming_projects">Upcoming projects</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhopal&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Upcoming projects"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Bhopal also has many other mega projects lined up in its vicinity. In March 2022, Madhya Pradesh government announced the development of Bagroda Industrial Area Phase-2 after observing the immense interest of investors to set up manufacturing units near Bhopal. The government has also decided to develop <a href="/wiki/Berasia" title="Berasia">Berasia</a> Industrial Area in Bhopal district, a site close to Jaipur-Bhopal Highway and Delhi-Gwalior-Bhopal Highway.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In the sphere of IT development, a mega skill park with a total investment of more than ₹1,500 crores is being built in the eastern portion of the city. The Global Skills Park, Bhopal is a highly touted project of the Central and the state government which is being funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The Park is expected to be fully commissioned at the end of 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While the IT Park near Bhopal Airport is eying investments of software companies including TCS and Wipro. IT startups of the city are already functioning in this area.</li> <li>Bhopal is set to be a crucial intermediate city under the recently announced Delhi-Nagpur industrial corridor.<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While a multi-modal logistics park has been proposed to take shape near Mandideep. NHAI has already prepared DPR for the upcoming ring road project between Obaidullaganj and Sehore with a cost of around ₹720 crores.<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhopal&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air">Air</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhopal&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Air"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Raja_Bhoj_International_Airport_(BHO)_Bhopal_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Raja_Bhoj_International_Airport_%28BHO%29_Bhopal_India.jpg/220px-Raja_Bhoj_International_Airport_%28BHO%29_Bhopal_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Raja_Bhoj_International_Airport_%28BHO%29_Bhopal_India.jpg/330px-Raja_Bhoj_International_Airport_%28BHO%29_Bhopal_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Raja_Bhoj_International_Airport_%28BHO%29_Bhopal_India.jpg/440px-Raja_Bhoj_International_Airport_%28BHO%29_Bhopal_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4819" data-file-height="2785" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Raja_Bhoj_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Raja Bhoj International Airport">Raja Bhoj International Airport</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Raja_Bhoj_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Raja Bhoj International Airport">Raja Bhoj International Airport</a> is located near the suburb of Bairagarh (formerly known as Sant Hirdaram Nagar) and is the primary airport serving the state of Madhya Pradesh, India.<sup id="cite_ref-Chronicle_126-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chronicle-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are three routes or ways to reach the airport: (1) Via Bairagad, (2) Via Panchvati, (3) Via Gandhi Nagar road (N.H 12). From within the city, VIP Road, a four-lane road takes one to the airport, which lies 15 km to the north of the city. International flights began operations in 2010. Air India, Spice Jet and Indigo operate domestic direct flight services. As of April 2023, Bhopal has non-stop flights to New Delhi, Mumbai, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Udaipur, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mopa, Agra, Prayagraj and Raipur.<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are no international flights from Bhopal.<sup id="cite_ref-Chronicle_126-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chronicle-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roads">Roads</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhopal&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Roads"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kushabhau_Thakre_ISBT_Bhopal_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Kushabhau_Thakre_ISBT_Bhopal_%282%29.jpg/220px-Kushabhau_Thakre_ISBT_Bhopal_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Kushabhau_Thakre_ISBT_Bhopal_%282%29.jpg/330px-Kushabhau_Thakre_ISBT_Bhopal_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Kushabhau_Thakre_ISBT_Bhopal_%282%29.jpg/440px-Kushabhau_Thakre_ISBT_Bhopal_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4510" data-file-height="3007" /></a><figcaption>Kushabhau Thakre ISBT Bhopal</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Road_in_Bhopal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Road_in_Bhopal.jpg/220px-Road_in_Bhopal.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Road_in_Bhopal.jpg/330px-Road_in_Bhopal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Road_in_Bhopal.jpg/440px-Road_in_Bhopal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>Bhopal VIP road</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/National_Highway_46_(India)" title="National Highway 46 (India)">National Highway 46</a> forms a ring-road around Bhopal which connects it to <a href="/wiki/Jabalpur" title="Jabalpur">Jabalpur</a> in the East (via <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_45_(India)" title="National Highway 45 (India)">NH 45</a>) and Jaipur to the North west. <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_146_(India)" title="National Highway 146 (India)">NH 146</a>, a branch of <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_46_(India)" title="National Highway 46 (India)">NH 46</a>, connects the city to <a href="/wiki/Sagar,_Madhya_Pradesh" title="Sagar, Madhya Pradesh">Sagar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kanpur" title="Kanpur">Kanpur</a> in the North. State Highway 18 connects the city with <a href="/wiki/Indore" title="Indore">Indore</a> (with <a href="/wiki/Sehore" title="Sehore">Sehore</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dewas" title="Dewas">Dewas</a> on the way). State Highway 23 connects the city to <a href="/wiki/Guna,_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Guna, India">Guna</a> and <a href="/wiki/Berasia" title="Berasia">Berasia</a> in the north. </p><p>An <a href="/wiki/Inter_State_Bus_Terminals" class="mw-redirect" title="Inter State Bus Terminals">interstate bus terminus</a> was inaugurated in 2011, the <a href="/wiki/Kushabhau_Thakre_Inter_State_Bus_Terminal" title="Kushabhau Thakre Inter State Bus Terminal">Kushabhau Thakre Inter State Bus Terminal</a> is located near the <a href="/wiki/Habibganj_railway_station" title="Habibganj railway station">Habibganj railway station</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rail">Rail</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhopal&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Rail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Outside_view_of_Rani_Kamlapati_Railway_Station_25.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Outside_view_of_Rani_Kamlapati_Railway_Station_25.jpg/220px-Outside_view_of_Rani_Kamlapati_Railway_Station_25.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Outside_view_of_Rani_Kamlapati_Railway_Station_25.jpg/330px-Outside_view_of_Rani_Kamlapati_Railway_Station_25.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Outside_view_of_Rani_Kamlapati_Railway_Station_25.jpg/440px-Outside_view_of_Rani_Kamlapati_Railway_Station_25.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5680" data-file-height="2416" /></a><figcaption>Old (left) and new (centre) main entrance buildings of <a href="/wiki/Habibganj_railway_station" title="Habibganj railway station">Habibganj railway station</a> (officially Rani Kamalapati station)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bhopal_Junction_new_building_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Bhopal Junction railway station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Bhopal_Junction_new_building_01.jpg/220px-Bhopal_Junction_new_building_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Bhopal_Junction_new_building_01.jpg/330px-Bhopal_Junction_new_building_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Bhopal_Junction_new_building_01.jpg/440px-Bhopal_Junction_new_building_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3416" data-file-height="2755" /></a><figcaption>View of <a href="/wiki/Bhopal_Junction_railway_station" title="Bhopal Junction railway station">Bhopal Junction railway station</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Railways started in Bhopal in 1884 when the Bhopal–Itarsi section of <a href="/wiki/New_Delhi%E2%80%93Chennai_main_line" title="New Delhi–Chennai main line">New Delhi–Chennai main line</a> was opened.<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Bhopal_Junction_railway_station" title="Bhopal Junction railway station">Bhopal Junction railway station</a> was opened in 1884 and is a junction station on the <a href="/wiki/Delhi%E2%80%93Chennai_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Delhi–Chennai line">Delhi–Chennai line</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ujjain%E2%80%93Bhopal_section" title="Ujjain–Bhopal section">Ujjain–Bhopal section</a>. A total of 234 trains halt/originate/terminate at the station daily.<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another station within Bhopal's urban limits is <a href="/wiki/Habibganj_railway_station" title="Habibganj railway station">Habibganj railway station</a> (Rani Kamalapati railway station) on the <a href="/wiki/Delhi%E2%80%93Chennai_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Delhi–Chennai line">Delhi–Chennai line</a>. It is India's <a href="/wiki/List_of_private_railway_stations" title="List of private railway stations">first private railway station</a> and also is promoted as first world-class railway station of India. A total of 108 trains halt/originate/terminate at the station daily.<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other stations within urban limits are <a href="/wiki/Sant_Hirdaram_Nagar_railway_station" title="Sant Hirdaram Nagar railway station">Sant Hirdaram Nagar railway station</a>, <a href="/wiki/Misrod_railway_station" title="Misrod railway station">Misrod railway station</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nishatpura_railway_station" title="Nishatpura railway station">Nishatpura railway station</a>. </p><p>The divisional railway manager's office of <a href="/wiki/Bhopal_railway_division" title="Bhopal railway division">Bhopal railway division</a> is situated adjacent to Habibganj railway station. The division falls under <a href="/wiki/West_Central_Railway_zone" title="West Central Railway zone">West Central Railway zone</a> of <a href="/wiki/Indian_Railways" title="Indian Railways">Indian Railways</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Urban_transport">Urban transport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhopal&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Urban transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Bhopal_BRTS">Bhopal BRTS</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhopal&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Bhopal BRTS"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Bhopal_BRTS" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhopal BRTS">Bus Rapid Transit System</a>, which opened in 2013, is run by Bhopal City Link Limited (BCLL). The company has identified 4 trunk and 8 standard routes in the city on which 225 buses would be operated daily from 05:00 to 23:00. 82 bus stops are built along the 24 km long corridor.<sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 26 December 2023, following a meeting at the state secretariat, the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Madhya_Pradesh" title="Government of Madhya Pradesh">Government of Madhya Pradesh</a> led by Chief Minister <a href="/wiki/Mohan_Yadav" title="Mohan Yadav">Mohan Yadav</a> made the decision to discontinue the BRTS project. The reason cited for the decision was the traffic problems arising due to the corridor.<sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Metro_Rail">Metro Rail</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhopal&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Metro Rail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Bhoj_Metro" title="Bhoj Metro">Bhoj Metro</a> project is under construction for the city.<sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ndtv.com_139-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ndtv.com-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhopal&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_educational_institutions_in_Bhopal" title="List of educational institutions in Bhopal">List of educational institutions in Bhopal</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Basic_education">Basic education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhopal&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Basic education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NLIUGyanmandir3.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/NLIUGyanmandir3.JPG/220px-NLIUGyanmandir3.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/NLIUGyanmandir3.JPG/330px-NLIUGyanmandir3.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/NLIUGyanmandir3.JPG/440px-NLIUGyanmandir3.JPG 2x" data-file-width="448" data-file-height="336" /></a><figcaption>National Law Institute University</figcaption></figure> <p>Bhopal has more than 550 state-sponsored schools, most of which are affiliated to the <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh_Board_of_Secondary_Education" title="Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education">Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education</a> (MPBSE). In addition, there are five <a href="/wiki/Kendriya_Vidyalaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Kendriya Vidyalaya">Kendriya Vidyalayas</a> in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city is also served by numerous other private schools affiliated to either CBSE, <a href="/wiki/Indian_Certificate_of_Secondary_Education" title="Indian Certificate of Secondary Education">ICSE</a>, <a href="/wiki/Board_of_Secondary_Education,_Madhya_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="Board of Secondary Education, Madhya Pradesh">MPBSE</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Institute_of_Open_Schooling" title="National Institute of Open Schooling">NIOS</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_International_Examinations" class="mw-redirect" title="Cambridge International Examinations">CIE</a> (Cambridge). </p><p>Schools include <a href="/wiki/Delhi_Public_School,_Bhopal" title="Delhi Public School, Bhopal">Delhi Public School, Bhopal</a> (CBSE), <a href="/wiki/The_Sanskaar_Valley_School" title="The Sanskaar Valley School">The Sanskaar Valley School</a> (ICSE & <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_International_Examinations" class="mw-redirect" title="Cambridge International Examinations">Cambridge International Examinations</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-142" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Campion_School_Bhopal" class="mw-redirect" title="Campion School Bhopal">Campion School</a> (CBSE), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://sbbps.com">Shree Bhavan's Bharti Public School</a> (CBSE) and <a href="/wiki/St._Joseph%27s_Convent_School,_Bhopal" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Joseph's Convent School, Bhopal">St. Joseph's Convent</a> (CBSE). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Higher_education">Higher education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhopal&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Higher education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:IIFM_arc.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/IIFM_arc.jpg/220px-IIFM_arc.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/IIFM_arc.jpg/330px-IIFM_arc.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/IIFM_arc.jpg/440px-IIFM_arc.jpg 2x" data-file-width="517" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>IIFM arc</figcaption></figure> <p>The institutes and universities headquartered in the city include: </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 93%"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="443">Institute </th> <th scope="col" width="145">Founded </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Law_Institute_University" class="mw-redirect" title="National Law Institute University">National Law Institute University</a></td> <td>1997 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Academy_of_Scientific_and_Innovative_Research" title="Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research">AcSIR</a> in <a href="/wiki/Advanced_Materials_and_Processes_Research_Institute" title="Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute">CSIR AMPRI</a> </td> <td>2011 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gandhi_Medical_College,_Bhopal" title="Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal">Gandhi Medical College</a> </td> <td>1955 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Maulana_Azad_National_Institute_of_Technology" title="Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology">Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology</a></td> <td>1960 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Institute_of_Design,_Madhya_Pradesh" title="National Institute of Design, Madhya Pradesh">National Institute of Design, Madhya Pradesh</a></td> <td>2019 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Barkatullah_University" title="Barkatullah University">Barkatullah University</a></td> <td>1970 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Forest_Management" title="Indian Institute of Forest Management">Indian Institute of Forest Management</a></td> <td>1982 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh_Bhoj_Open_University" title="Madhya Pradesh Bhoj Open University">Madhya Pradesh Bhoj Open University</a></td> <td>1991 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi_Proudyogiki_Vishwavidyalaya" title="Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya">Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya</a></td> <td>1998 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Makhanlal_Chaturvedi_National_University_of_Journalism_and_Communication" title="Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication">Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication</a></td> <td>1990 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Judicial_Academy_(India)" title="National Judicial Academy (India)">National Judicial Academy</a></td> <td>1993 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Science_Education_and_Research,_Bhopal" title="Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal">Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal</a></td> <td>2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Institute_of_Fashion_Technology" title="National Institute of Fashion Technology">National Institute of Fashion Technology</a></td> <td>2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/School_of_Planning_and_Architecture,_Bhopal" title="School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal">School Of Planning And Architecture</a></td> <td>2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/VIT_Bhopal_University" title="VIT Bhopal University">VIT Bhopal</a></td> <td>2017 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Technocrats_Institute_of_Technology" title="Technocrats Institute of Technology">Technocrats Institute of Technology</a>, (TIT) Bhopal </td> <td>1999 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/All_India_Institute_of_Medical_Sciences,_Bhopal" title="All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal">All India Institute of Medical Science</a></td> <td>2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jagran_Lakecity_University" title="Jagran Lakecity University">Jagran Lakecity University</a> </td> <td>2013 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Information_Technology,_Bhopal" title="Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bhopal">Indian Institute of Information Technology</a> </td> <td>2017 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/RKDF_University" class="mw-redirect" title="RKDF University">RKDF University</a> </td> <td>2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mpcbpl.in/">Maharana Pratap College Bhopal (MPGI)</a> </td> <td>2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore_University,_Bhopal" title="Rabindranath Tagore University, Bhopal">Rabindranath Tagore University</a> </td> <td>2010 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b><big>Research Institutes</big></b> </p><p>Bhopal offer a number of Research institutes. Some are under central and some under state government, including <a href="/wiki/Advanced_Materials_and_Processes_Research_Institute" title="Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute">CSIR AMPRI</a> and <a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Science_Education_and_Research,_Bhopal" title="Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal">IISER</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhopal&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Yodhasthal_(Bhopal,_India)_(69).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Yodhasthal_%28Bhopal%2C_India%29_%2869%29.jpg/220px-Yodhasthal_%28Bhopal%2C_India%29_%2869%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Yodhasthal_%28Bhopal%2C_India%29_%2869%29.jpg/330px-Yodhasthal_%28Bhopal%2C_India%29_%2869%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Yodhasthal_%28Bhopal%2C_India%29_%2869%29.jpg/440px-Yodhasthal_%28Bhopal%2C_India%29_%2869%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4741" data-file-height="3160" /></a><figcaption>Yodhasthal</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Teams">Teams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhopal&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Bhopal_Badshahs" title="Bhopal Badshahs">Bhopal Badshahs</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Field_hockey" title="Field hockey">hockey</a> team based in Bhopal that plays in World Series Hockey. The team is captained by Indian hockey player <a href="/wiki/Sameer_Dad" title="Sameer Dad">Sameer Dad</a> and coached by <a href="/wiki/Vasudevan_Bhaskaran" class="mw-redirect" title="Vasudevan Bhaskaran">Vasudevan Bhaskaran</a> who was the captain of India's Olympic victory in <a href="/wiki/1980_Summer_Olympics" title="1980 Summer Olympics">1980 Summer Olympics</a> in <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a>. Badshahs defeated <a href="/wiki/Chandigarh_Comets" title="Chandigarh Comets">Chandigarh Comets</a> in the inaugural match of <a href="/wiki/2012_World_Series_Hockey" title="2012 World Series Hockey">2012 World Series Hockey</a> 4–3. <a href="/wiki/Aishbagh_Stadium" title="Aishbagh Stadium">Aishbagh Stadium</a> in Bhopal is the home ground of <a href="/wiki/Bhopal_Badshahs" title="Bhopal Badshahs">Bhopal Badshahs</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stadiums">Stadiums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhopal&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Stadiums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aishbagh_Stadium" title="Aishbagh Stadium">Aishbagh Stadium</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Field_hockey" title="Field hockey">field hockey</a> <a href="/wiki/Stadium" title="Stadium">stadium</a> in Bhopal.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/TT_Nagar_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="TT Nagar Stadium">TT Nagar Stadium</a> is a multi-purpose stadium is Bhopal.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Places_of_interest">Places of interest</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhopal&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Places of interest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_Heritage_Sites">World Heritage Sites</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhopal&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: World Heritage Sites"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2_elephants_man_riding_one_pre_historic_Bhimbetka_rock_cave_paintings_Madhya_Pradesh_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/2_elephants_man_riding_one_pre_historic_Bhimbetka_rock_cave_paintings_Madhya_Pradesh_India.jpg/220px-2_elephants_man_riding_one_pre_historic_Bhimbetka_rock_cave_paintings_Madhya_Pradesh_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/2_elephants_man_riding_one_pre_historic_Bhimbetka_rock_cave_paintings_Madhya_Pradesh_India.jpg/330px-2_elephants_man_riding_one_pre_historic_Bhimbetka_rock_cave_paintings_Madhya_Pradesh_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/2_elephants_man_riding_one_pre_historic_Bhimbetka_rock_cave_paintings_Madhya_Pradesh_India.jpg/440px-2_elephants_man_riding_one_pre_historic_Bhimbetka_rock_cave_paintings_Madhya_Pradesh_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Bhimbetka pre-historic rock cave painting near Bhopal include 500 sandstone caves and shelters. These are dated to range from 12,000 years ago to <a href="/wiki/Chalcolithic" title="Chalcolithic">chalcolithic</a> era of human history. They are a <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> World Heritage site.<sup id="cite_ref-143" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Bhimbetka_rock_shelters" title="Bhimbetka rock shelters">Bhimbetka Caves</a> are about 35 kilometres from Bhopal city. They have evidence of dwellings of pre-historic man during the Paleolithic era. Rock paintings in the caves are specimens of pre-historic settlements in India. There are about 600 caves, but only 12 are open for visitors. The caves are located in the midst of <a href="/wiki/Shorea_robusta" title="Shorea robusta">sal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Teak" title="Teak">teak</a> forests and includes a short trail around the caves. They were discovered by Wakankar in 1957. UNESCO declared Bhimbetka Caves as a World Heritage Site in 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-144" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Sanchi" title="Sanchi">Sanchi Stupas</a> are located about 47 kilometres from Bhopal city. The great stupa at Sanchi is probably the most iconic stupa ever built. It was initially built by the Mauryan emperor <a href="/wiki/Ashoka" title="Ashoka">Ashoka the Great</a> in 3rd century BCE. Later additions were made during the <a href="/wiki/Shunga" title="Shunga">Shunga Empire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Satavahana_dynasty" title="Satavahana dynasty">Satavahana</a> periods. There are two more stupas on the Sanchi hill along with the remains of Buddhist viharas, a <a href="/wiki/Gupta_Empire" title="Gupta Empire">Gupta</a> period tem-ple, etc. The site was into use till the 15th century CE. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nature">Nature</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhopal&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Nature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Van_Vihar_National_Park" title="Van Vihar National Park">Van Vihar National Park</a> is a national park in central India. It is located in Bhopal, the capital city of Madhya Pradesh. Declared as a national park in 1979, it covers an area of about 4.45 sq. kms. Although it has the status of a national park, Van Vihar is developed and managed as a modern zoological park, following the guidelines of the Central Zoo Authority. The animals are kept in their near natural habitat. Most of the animals are either orphaned brought from various parts of the state or those, which are exchanged from other zoos. No animal is deliberately captured from the forest. Van Vihar is unique because it allows easy access to the visitors through a road passing through the park, security of animals assured from poachers by building trenches and walls, chain-link fence and by providing natural habitat to the animals. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Bhoj_Wetland" title="Bhoj Wetland">Bhoj Wetland</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Ramsar_site" title="Ramsar site">Ramsar site</a>, declared in 2002. It is ideal for bird watching. Migratory birds from <a href="/wiki/Central_Asia" title="Central Asia">Central Asia</a> winter here in huge numbers. Some threatened species like <a href="/wiki/Sarus_crane" title="Sarus crane">Sarus crane</a> and <a href="/wiki/Asian_woolly-necked_stork" title="Asian woolly-necked stork">woolly-neck</a> inhabit here in good numbers. About 300 species of resident and migratory birds have been recorded in the area. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Ratapani_Tiger_Reserve" title="Ratapani Tiger Reserve">Ratapani Tiger Reserve</a> is located near the southern end of the municipal limits of Bhopal. It is home to more than 50 tigers. About 15 tigers are reported to be present in the urban area of Bhopal. Some tigers migrate about 100 kilometres westward to <a href="/wiki/Kheoni_Wildlife_Sanctuary" title="Kheoni Wildlife Sanctuary">Kheoni Wildlife Sanctuary</a>. Bhopal is the only known example of wild tigers living within the city boundaries.<sup id="cite_ref-145" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Halali_Dam" class="mw-redirect" title="Halali Dam">Halali Dam</a> is located about 38 kilometres in the north of Bhopal. The huge backwater is home to many birds and attract many other migratory birds in winters. It is an <a href="/wiki/Important_Bird_Area" title="Important Bird Area">Important Bird Area</a> declared by <a href="/wiki/Birdlife_International" class="mw-redirect" title="Birdlife International">Birdlife International</a>. </p><p>Apart from lakes, Bhopal also has many water reservoirs<sup id="cite_ref-146" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in and around the city. These include <a href="/wiki/Bhadbhada_Dam" title="Bhadbhada Dam">Bhadbhada Dam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kerwa_Dam" title="Kerwa Dam">Kerwa Dam</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kaliyasot_Dam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kaliyasot Dam (page does not exist)">Kaliyasot Dam</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kolar_Dam,_Madhya_Pradesh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kolar Dam, Madhya Pradesh (page does not exist)">Kolar Dam</a>. People of Bhopal mostly visit these places during weekends. The weather is pleasant during and post monsoon. These places are surrounded by greenery throughout the year. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tourist_attractions">Tourist attractions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhopal&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Tourist attractions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tourist attractions in Bhopal:<sup id="cite_ref-Tourist_Place_in_Bhopal_-_District_147-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tourist_Place_in_Bhopal_-_District-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Lake_(Bhopal)" class="mw-redirect" title="Upper Lake (Bhopal)">Upper Lake (Bhopal)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Lake_(Bhopal)" title="Lower Lake (Bhopal)">Lower Lake (Bhopal)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Van_Vihar_National_Park" title="Van Vihar National Park">Van Vihar National Park</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bhoj_Wetland" title="Bhoj Wetland">Bhoj Wetland Ramsar Site</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi_Rashtriya_Manav_Sangrahalaya" title="Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya">Museum of Man (Manav Sangrahalaya)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tribal_Museum_Bhopal" title="Tribal Museum Bhopal">Tribal Museum</a> and <a href="/wiki/State_Museum,_Bhopal" title="State Museum, Bhopal">State Archaeological Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharat_Bhavan" title="Bharat Bhavan">Bharat Bhavan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taj-ul-Masjid" class="mw-redirect" title="Taj-ul-Masjid">Taj-ul-Masjid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taj_Mahal_(palace)" title="Taj Mahal (palace)">Taj Mahal Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamlapati_Palace" title="Kamlapati Palace">Kamlapati Palace and Kamla Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regional_Museum_of_Natural_History,_Bhopal" title="Regional Museum of Natural History, Bhopal">Regional Museum of Natural History</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Shahpura_Lake,_Bhopal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shahpura Lake, Bhopal (page does not exist)">Shahpura Lake, Bhopal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaurya_Smarak" title="Shaurya Smarak">Shaurya Smarak</a></li></ul> <p>Tourist attractions near Bhopal:<sup id="cite_ref-Tourist_Place_in_Bhopal_-_District_147-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tourist_Place_in_Bhopal_-_District-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sanchi" title="Sanchi">Sanchi</a> – <a href="/wiki/UNESCO_World_Heritage_site" class="mw-redirect" title="UNESCO World Heritage site">UNESCO World Heritage site</a>; located 47 kilometres north-east</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhojpur,_Madhya_Pradesh" title="Bhojpur, Madhya Pradesh">Bhojpur</a> – 25 kilometres south-east</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhimbetka_rock_shelters" title="Bhimbetka rock shelters">Bhimbetka rock shelters</a> – 40 kilometres south-east</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raisen" title="Raisen">Raisen</a> – 35 kilometres east</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Activity_centres">Activity centres</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhopal&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Activity centres"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi_Rashtriya_Manav_Sangrahalaya" title="Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya">Museum of Man</a> in Bhopal exhibits tribal and folk houses from all corners of India.<sup id="cite_ref-148" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-148"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shopping">Shopping</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhopal&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Shopping"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/New_Market,_Bhopal" title="New Market, Bhopal">New Market</a> is a commercial area in Bhopal.<sup id="cite_ref-TIBusdist1_149-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TIBusdist1-149"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FParea1_150-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FParea1-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FParea2_151-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FParea2-151"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is characterised by offices, new businesses and trade establishments.<sup id="cite_ref-Disaster1_152-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Disaster1-152"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Descript1_153-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Descript1-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Notable malls include <a href="/wiki/DB_City_Mall" title="DB City Mall">DB City Mall</a> in MP Nagar,<sup id="cite_ref-154" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-154"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Aashima Anupama Mall.<sup id="cite_ref-155" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-155"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Apart from New Market, people can go for shopping at Chowk Bazar<sup id="cite_ref-156" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Sarafa in Old City Area of Bhopal. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 92px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 90px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Upper_Lake_%26_VIP_Road,_Bhopal.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="A view of the upper lake"><img alt="A view of the upper lake" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Upper_Lake_%26_VIP_Road%2C_Bhopal.JPG/135px-Upper_Lake_%26_VIP_Road%2C_Bhopal.JPG" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Upper_Lake_%26_VIP_Road%2C_Bhopal.JPG/202px-Upper_Lake_%26_VIP_Road%2C_Bhopal.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Upper_Lake_%26_VIP_Road%2C_Bhopal.JPG/270px-Upper_Lake_%26_VIP_Road%2C_Bhopal.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2736" data-file-height="3648" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A view of the upper lake</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 182px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Taj_Mahal_Bhopal.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Taj Mahal main entrance back side"><img alt="Taj Mahal main entrance back side" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Taj_Mahal_Bhopal.jpg/270px-Taj_Mahal_Bhopal.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Taj_Mahal_Bhopal.jpg/405px-Taj_Mahal_Bhopal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Taj_Mahal_Bhopal.jpg/540px-Taj_Mahal_Bhopal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> Taj Mahal main entrance back side </div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 183.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 181.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lower_Lake_Bhopal.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Lower Lake"><img alt="Lower Lake" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Lower_Lake_Bhopal.jpg/272px-Lower_Lake_Bhopal.jpg" decoding="async" width="182" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Lower_Lake_Bhopal.jpg/408px-Lower_Lake_Bhopal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Lower_Lake_Bhopal.jpg/544px-Lower_Lake_Bhopal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="678" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Lower Lake</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Taj_Ul_Masajid,_Bhopal.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Taj-ul-Masajid gate"><img alt="Taj-ul-Masajid gate" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Taj_Ul_Masajid%2C_Bhopal.JPG/240px-Taj_Ul_Masajid%2C_Bhopal.JPG" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Taj_Ul_Masajid%2C_Bhopal.JPG/360px-Taj_Ul_Masajid%2C_Bhopal.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Taj_Ul_Masajid%2C_Bhopal.JPG/480px-Taj_Ul_Masajid%2C_Bhopal.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Taj-ul-Masajid gate</div> </li> </ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhopal&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Politics,_civil_service,_science"><span id="Politics.2C_civil_service.2C_science"></span>Politics, civil service, science</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhopal&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Politics, civil service, science"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shankar_Dayal_Sharma" title="Shankar Dayal Sharma">Shankar Dayal Sharma</a> – Shankar Dayal Sharma was the ninth President of India, serving from the period of 1992 to 1997, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Bhopal from Berasia in the elections of 1952 and became Chief Minister of Bhopal State in 1952</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raghuram_Rajan" title="Raghuram Rajan">Raghuram Rajan</a> – 23rd Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, 15th Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anees_Ahmed" title="Anees Ahmed">Anees Ahmed</a> – Lawyer in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations and United Nations International Criminal Tribunals</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Barakatullah_Bhopali" title="Mohamed Barakatullah Bhopali">Mohamed Barakatullah Bhopali</a> – Prime Minister of the Provisional Government of India</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balthazar_Napoleon_IV_de_Bourbon" title="Balthazar Napoleon IV de Bourbon">Balthazar Napoleon IV de Bourbon</a> – Head of the <a href="/wiki/Bourbons_of_India" title="Bourbons of India">House of Bourbon-Bhopal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munshi_Hakimuddin" title="Munshi Hakimuddin">Munshi Hakimuddin</a> – Chief Secretary at <a href="/wiki/Bhopal_state" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhopal state">Bhopal state</a>, known for <a href="/wiki/Sadr_Diwani_Adalat" title="Sadr Diwani Adalat">Sadr Diwani Adalat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Najma_Heptulla" title="Najma Heptulla">Najma Heptulla</a> – Former Union Minister</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kailash_Chandra_Joshi" title="Kailash Chandra Joshi">Kailash Chandra Joshi</a> – Former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Qadeer_Khan" title="Abdul Qadeer Khan">Abdul Qadeer Khan</a> – Pakistani nuclear physicist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Shrivastava" title="Paul Shrivastava">Paul Shrivastava</a> – Professor of Management & Chief Sustainability Officer, The Pennsylvania State University</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amit_Sood" title="Amit Sood">Amit Sood</a> – American physician, professor and author</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Literature">Literature</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhopal&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Muskan_Ahirwar" title="Muskan Ahirwar">Muskan Ahirwar</a> - librarian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manzoor_Ahtesham" title="Manzoor Ahtesham">Manzoor Ahtesham</a> – writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Javed_Akhtar" title="Javed Akhtar">Javed Akhtar</a> – poet, screenwriter and lyricist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bashir_Badr" title="Bashir Badr">Bashir Badr</a> – poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asad_Bhopali" title="Asad Bhopali">Asad Bhopali</a> – poet and lyricist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaif_Bhopali" title="Kaif Bhopali">Kaif Bhopali</a> – poet and lyricist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manzar_Bhopali" title="Manzar Bhopali">Manzar Bhopali</a> – poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohsin_Bhopali" title="Mohsin Bhopali">Mohsin Bhopali</a> – poet and travel writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geet_Chaturvedi" title="Geet Chaturvedi">Geet Chaturvedi</a> – poet, novelist and lyricist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Qavi_Desnavi" title="Abdul Qavi Desnavi">Abdul Qavi Desnavi</a> – writer</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sports_2">Sports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhopal&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jai_Prakash_Yadav_(cricketer)" title="Jai Prakash Yadav (cricketer)">Jai Prakash Yadav</a> - Cricket Player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fatima_Bano" title="Fatima Bano">Fatima Bano</a> - female wrestling coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sameer_Dad" title="Sameer Dad">Sameer Dad</a> – National hockey player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhawna_Dehariya" title="Bhawna Dehariya">Bhawna Dehariya</a> – First female of Madhya Pradesh summit Mount Everest</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aslam_Sher_Khan" title="Aslam Sher Khan">Aslam Sher Khan</a> – National hockey player and Member of Parliament</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shahryar_Khan" title="Shahryar Khan">Shahryar Khan</a> – Chairman of <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Cricket_Board" title="Pakistan Cricket Board">Pakistan Cricket Board</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mansoor_Ali_Khan_Pataudi" title="Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi">Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi</a> – Former Captain of the <a href="/wiki/India_national_cricket_team" title="India national cricket team">India national cricket team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jalaluddin_Rizvi" title="Jalaluddin Rizvi">Jalaluddin Rizvi</a> – National hockey player and <a href="/wiki/Arjuna_Award" title="Arjuna Award">Arjuna Award</a> winner</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Film,_television_and_art"><span id="Film.2C_television_and_art"></span>Film, television and art</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhopal&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: Film, television and art"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shawar_Ali" title="Shawar Ali">Shawar Ali</a> – Actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaya_Bachchan" title="Jaya Bachchan">Jaya Bachchan</a> – Actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stebin_Ben" title="Stebin Ben">Stebin Ben</a> – Singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shakeela_Bano_Bhopali" title="Shakeela Bano Bhopali">Shakeela Bano Bhopali</a> – film actress and the first women Qawwal of India</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoaib_Ibrahim" title="Shoaib Ibrahim">Shoaib Ibrahim</a> – TV actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annu_Kapoor" title="Annu Kapoor">Annu Kapoor</a> – Actor, TV presenter and National Film Award winner</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arshi_Khan" title="Arshi Khan">Arshi Khan</a> – Actress, model</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sara_Khan_(actress,_born_1989)" title="Sara Khan (actress, born 1989)">Sara Khan</a> – Actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunil_Lahri" title="Sunil Lahri">Sunil Lahri</a> – Actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munnawar_Masoom" title="Munnawar Masoom">Munnawar Masoom</a> – Qawwali singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vipul_Roy" title="Vipul Roy">Vipul Roy</a> – Actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eisha_Singh" title="Eisha Singh">Eisha Singh</a> – Actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saumya_Tandon" title="Saumya Tandon">Saumya Tandon</a> – Television actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Divyanka_Tripathi" title="Divyanka Tripathi">Divyanka Tripathi</a> – Actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajeev_Verma" title="Rajeev Verma">Rajeev Verma</a> – Actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akanksha_Puri" title="Akanksha Puri">Akanksha Puri</a> – Actress</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_presence">Military presence</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhopal&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: Military presence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Military Station Bhopal holds: </p> <ul><li>The Garrison Headquarters of the <a href="/wiki/XXI_Corps_(India)" title="XXI Corps (India)">XXI Corps</a>.</li> <li>The 3rd <a href="/wiki/Indian_Army_Corps_of_EME" title="Indian Army Corps of EME">Indian Army Corps of EME</a> (3 EME)</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Indian_Air_Force" title="Indian Air Force">Indian Air Force</a> is also present in city but the unit is unknown.</li></ul> <p>The city also holds the Units of NCC of all the 3 forces: </p> <ul><li>The 4 MP Battalion (Army Wing)</li> <li>The 2 MP Air Squadron (Air Wing)</li> <li>The 1 MP Naval Unit (Naval Wing)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhopal&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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Simon & Schuster. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4165-7878-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4165-7878-9"><bdi>978-1-4165-7878-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Animal%27s+People&rft.pub=Simon+%26+Schuster&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-1-4165-7878-9&rft.aulast=Sinha&rft.aufirst=Indra&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fanimalspeople00sinh&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABhopal" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLapierre2002" class="citation book cs1">Lapierre, Dominique (2002). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/fivepastmidnight00domi"><i>Five Past Midnight in Bhopal</i></a></span>. Warner Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7432-2035-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-7432-2035-8"><bdi>0-7432-2035-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Five+Past+Midnight+in+Bhopal&rft.pub=Warner+Books&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=0-7432-2035-8&rft.aulast=Lapierre&rft.aufirst=Dominique&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Ffivepastmidnight00domi&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABhopal" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKhan2000" class="citation book cs1">Khan, Shaharyar (2000). <i>Begums of Bhopal, A Dynasty of Women Rulers in Raj India</i> (illustrated ed.). I.B.Tauris. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-86064-528-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-86064-528-0"><bdi>978-1-86064-528-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Begums+of+Bhopal%2C+A+Dynasty+of+Women+Rulers+in+Raj+India&rft.edition=illustrated&rft.pub=I.B.Tauris&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=978-1-86064-528-0&rft.aulast=Khan&rft.aufirst=Shaharyar&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABhopal" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSingh1998" class="citation book cs1">Singh, J.P. (1998). <i>City Planning in India: A Study of Land Use of Bhopal</i>. Mittal Publications, India. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/81-7099-705-4" title="Special:BookSources/81-7099-705-4"><bdi>81-7099-705-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=City+Planning+in+India%3A+A+Study+of+Land+Use+of+Bhopal&rft.pub=Mittal+Publications%2C+India&rft.date=1998&rft.isbn=81-7099-705-4&rft.aulast=Singh&rft.aufirst=J.P.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABhopal" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFShrivastava1987" class="citation book cs1">Shrivastava, Paul (1987). <i>Bhopal: Anatomy of a Crisis</i>. Paul Chapman, London.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Bhopal%3A+Anatomy+of+a+Crisis.&rft.pub=Paul+Chapman%2C+London&rft.date=1987&rft.aulast=Shrivastava&rft.aufirst=Paul&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABhopal" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHowgh2006" class="citation book cs1">Howgh, William (2006). <i>A Brief History of the Bhopal Principality in Central India</i>. Hesperides Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-4067-1225-6" title="Special:BookSources/1-4067-1225-6"><bdi>1-4067-1225-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Brief+History+of+the+Bhopal+Principality+in+Central+India&rft.pub=Hesperides+Press&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=1-4067-1225-6&rft.aulast=Howgh&rft.aufirst=William&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABhopal" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMittal1990" class="citation book cs1">Mittal, Kamal (1990). <i>History of Bhopal State: Development of Constitution, Administration and National Awakening, 1901–1949</i>. South Asia Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/99903-0-915-9" title="Special:BookSources/99903-0-915-9"><bdi>99903-0-915-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=History+of+Bhopal+State%3A+Development+of+Constitution%2C+Administration+and+National+Awakening%2C+1901%E2%80%931949&rft.pub=South+Asia+Books&rft.date=1990&rft.isbn=99903-0-915-9&rft.aulast=Mittal&rft.aufirst=Kamal&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABhopal" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFD'Silva2006" class="citation book cs1">D'Silva, Themistocles (2006). <i>The Black Box of Bhopal</i>. Trafford Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-4120-8412-1" title="Special:BookSources/1-4120-8412-1"><bdi>1-4120-8412-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Black+Box+of+Bhopal&rft.pub=Trafford+Publishing&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=1-4120-8412-1&rft.aulast=D%27Silva&rft.aufirst=Themistocles&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABhopal" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhopal&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg" 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paramara_dynasty" title="Paramara dynasty">Paramara dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhopal_State" title="Bhopal State">Bhopal State</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bhopal" title="Battle of Bhopal">Battle of Bhopal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhopal_Agency" title="Bhopal Agency">Bhopal Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhopal_State_(1949%E2%80%9356)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhopal State (1949–56)">Bhopal State (1949–56)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhopal_disaster" title="Bhopal disaster">Bhopal disaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhopal_Conference" title="Bhopal Conference">Bhopal Conference</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:;width:1%">Geography</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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class="mw-redirect" title="National Law Institute University">National Law Institute University</a></li> <li>National Institute of Technical Teachers' Training and Research</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Institute_of_Hotel_Management_Catering_Technology_and_Applied_Nutrition" class="mw-redirect" title="Institute of Hotel Management Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition">Institute of Hotel Management Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Institute_of_Fashion_Technology" title="National Institute of Fashion Technology">National Institute of Fashion Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_educational_institutions_in_Bhopal" title="List of educational institutions in Bhopal">Other educational institutions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:;width:1%">Sports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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title="Thiruvananthapuram">Thiruvananthapuram</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Legislative</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agartala" title="Agartala">Agartala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aizawl" title="Aizawl">Aizawl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amaravati" title="Amaravati">Amaravati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangalore" title="Bangalore">Bangalore</a> (<i>summer</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgaum" title="Belgaum">Belgaum</a> (<i>winter</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhararisain" title="Bhararisain">Bhararisain</a> (<i>summer</i>)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Bhopal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhubaneswar" title="Bhubaneswar">Bhubaneswar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandigarh" title="Chandigarh">Chandigarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chennai" title="Chennai">Chennai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dharamshala" title="Dharamshala">Dharamshala</a> (<i>winter</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dehradun" title="Dehradun">Dehradun</a> (<i>winter</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gandhinagar" title="Gandhinagar">Gandhinagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gangtok" title="Gangtok">Gangtok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guwahati" title="Guwahati">Guwahati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyderabad" title="Hyderabad">Hyderabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imphal" title="Imphal">Imphal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itanagar" title="Itanagar">Itanagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaipur" title="Jaipur">Jaipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jammu" title="Jammu">Jammu</a> (<i>winter</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kohima" title="Kohima">Kohima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolkata" title="Kolkata">Kolkata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucknow" title="Lucknow">Lucknow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a> (<i>summer</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagpur" title="Nagpur">Nagpur</a> (<i>winter</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Delhi" title="New Delhi">New Delhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patna" title="Patna">Patna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pondicherry" title="Pondicherry">Pondicherry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Porvorim" title="Porvorim">Porvorim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raipur" title="Raipur">Raipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranchi" title="Ranchi">Ranchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shillong" title="Shillong">Shillong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shimla" title="Shimla">Shimla</a> (<i>summer</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Srinagar" title="Srinagar">Srinagar</a> (<i>summer</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thiruvananthapuram" title="Thiruvananthapuram">Thiruvananthapuram</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Judicial</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agartala" title="Agartala">Agartala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmedabad" title="Ahmedabad">Ahmedabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amaravati" title="Amaravati">Amaravati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangalore" title="Bangalore">Bangalore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bilaspur,_Chhattisgarh" title="Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh">Bilaspur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandigarh" title="Chandigarh">Chandigarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chennai" title="Chennai">Chennai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuttack" title="Cuttack">Cuttack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gangtok" title="Gangtok">Gangtok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guwahati" title="Guwahati">Guwahati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyderabad" title="Hyderabad">Hyderabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imphal" title="Imphal">Imphal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabalpur" title="Jabalpur">Jabalpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jodhpur" title="Jodhpur">Jodhpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jammu" title="Jammu">Jammu</a> (<i>winter</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kochi" title="Kochi">Kochi</a></li> <li><a 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Bengal</i>: <a href="/wiki/Kolkata" title="Kolkata">Kolkata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asansol" title="Asansol">Asansol</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Western_Zonal_Council" title="Western Zonal Council">Western</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Gujarat</i>: <a href="/wiki/Ahmedabad" title="Ahmedabad">Ahmedabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surat" title="Surat">Surat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vadodara" title="Vadodara">Vadodara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajkot" title="Rajkot">Rajkot</a></li> <li><i>Maharashtra</i>: <a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pune" title="Pune">Pune</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagpur" title="Nagpur">Nagpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nashik" title="Nashik">Nashik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasai-Virar" title="Vasai-Virar">Vasai-Virar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aurangabad" title="Aurangabad">Aurangabad</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Zonal_Council" title="Southern Zonal Council">Southern</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Andhra Pradesh</i>: <a href="/wiki/Visakhapatnam" title="Visakhapatnam">Visakhapatnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijayawada" title="Vijayawada">Vijayawada</a></li> <li><i>Karnataka</i>: <a href="/wiki/Bangalore" title="Bangalore">Bangalore</a></li> <li><i>Kerala</i>: <a href="/wiki/Kochi" title="Kochi">Kochi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kozhikode" title="Kozhikode">Kozhikode</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thrissur" title="Thrissur">Thrissur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malappuram" title="Malappuram">Malappuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thiruvananthapuram" title="Thiruvananthapuram">Thiruvananthapuram</a></li> <li><a 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scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Bhopal_Division" title="Template:Bhopal Division"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Bhopal_Division" title="Template talk:Bhopal Division"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Bhopal_Division" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Bhopal Division"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Cities_and_towns_in_Bhopal_division" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Cities and towns in <a href="/wiki/Bhopal_division" title="Bhopal division">Bhopal division</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Bhopal_district" title="Bhopal district">Bhopal district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Berasia" title="Berasia">Berasia</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Bhopal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Raisen_district" title="Raisen district">Raisen district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Badi,_Raisen" title="Badi, Raisen">Badi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baraily" title="Baraily">Baraily</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Begamganj" title="Begamganj">Begamganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhojpur,_Madhya_Pradesh" title="Bhojpur, Madhya Pradesh">Bhojpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gairatganj" title="Gairatganj">Gairatganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandideep" title="Mandideep">Mandideep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obedullaganj" title="Obedullaganj">Obedullaganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raisen" title="Raisen">Raisen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sultanpur,_Madhya_Pradesh" title="Sultanpur, Madhya Pradesh">Sultanpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udaipura" title="Udaipura">Udaipura</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Rajgarh_district" title="Rajgarh district">Rajgarh district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Biaora" title="Biaora">Biaora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boda,_Rajgarh" title="Boda, Rajgarh">Boda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jirapur" title="Jirapur">Jirapur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khilchipur" title="Khilchipur">Khilchipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khujner" title="Khujner">Khujner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Machalpur" title="Machalpur">Machalpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narsinghgarh,_Rajgarh" title="Narsinghgarh, Rajgarh">Narsinghgarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pachore" title="Pachore">Pachore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajgarh,_Madhya_Pradesh" title="Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh">Rajgarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarangpur,_Madhya_Pradesh" title="Sarangpur, Madhya Pradesh">Sarangpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suthaliya" title="Suthaliya">Suthaliya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talen,_Rajgarh" title="Talen, Rajgarh">Talen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sehore_district" title="Sehore district">Sehore district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ashta,_Madhya_Pradesh" title="Ashta, Madhya Pradesh">Ashta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Budhni" title="Budhni">Budhni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ichhawar" 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