Bhopal

American

[boh-pahl] / boʊˈpɑl /

noun

a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh state.
a city in and the capital of Madhya Pradesh state, in central India.

Bhopal British

/ bəʊˈpɑːl /

noun

a city in central India, the capital of Madhya Pradesh state and of the former state of Bhopal: site of a poisonous gas leak from a US-owned factory, which killed over 7000 people in 1984 and was implicated in a further 15 000 deaths afterwards. Pop: 1 433 875 (2001)

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Harinarayanachari Mishra, Police Commissioner of Bhopal, told the BBC that carbide guns are also used in northern India during wedding festivities and by farmers to drive away monkeys.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2025

Over the decades, these chemicals have seeped into the surrounding environment, creating a health hazard for people living around the factory in Bhopal.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2025

The court had then dismissed an appeal against a high court ruling that quashed criminal proceedings against Husain in the cities of Bhopal, Indore and Rajkot, condemning the rise of a "new puritanism" in India.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2025

She ran her state's cabinet from 1935 till 1949, when Bhopal was merged with the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

From BBC • Nov. 23, 2024

Dost Mohammed Khan appears, indeed, to have been not the only adventurer who bettered his fortunes in Bhopal.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 by Various

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