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Bhopal District (Hindi: भोपाल ज़िला, Hindi pronunciation: [bʱoːpaːl zɪlaː]) is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The city of Bhopal serves as its administrative headquarters.
The Indian state of Madhya Pradesh came into existence on 1 November 1956. Madhya Pradesh has various geographic regions which have no official administrative governmental status; some correspond to historic countries, states or provinces.
Bhopal (/ b oʊ ˈ p ɑː l /; ISO: Bhōpāla, Hindi: [bʱoːpaːl] ⓘ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of both Bhopal district and Bhopal division. [10] [11] It is known as the City of Lakes, [12] due to presence of various natural and artificial lakes near the city boundary.
A brief history of the Bhopal principality in Central India : from the period of its foundation, about one hundred and fifty years ago, to the present time; by Maj. William Hough, 1865. The Taj-ul Ikbal Tarikh Bhopal, Or, The History of Bhopal, by Shah Jahan Begum, H. C. Barstow. Published by Thacker, Spink, Simla, 1876.
Bhopal is the administrative headquarters of the division. The division consists of districts of Bhopal, Raisen, Rajgarh, Sehore, and Vidisha. [1] Before they were merged into Madhya Pradesh in 1956, Bhopal, Sehore, and Raisen districts were part of the former Bhopal State, and Vidisha was part of the former Madhya Bharat state.
A Union Carbide India Limited pesticide plant in Bhopal leaked around 32 tons of toxic gases, including methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas which led to the world's worst industrial disaster in history. In November 2000, as part of the Madhya Pradesh Reorganization Act , the southeastern portion of the state split off to form the new state of ...
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