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  Bhopal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bhopal is the capital of the state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of Bhopal District and Bhopal Division.
Bhopal was one of the last princely states to sign the 'Instrument of Accession' 1947.
Bhopal is a hilly area, located on the Malwa plateau, and the land rises towards the Vindhya Range to the south.
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 BHOPAL - LoveToKnow Article on BHOPAL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Bhopal is the principal Mussulman state in central India, ranking next to Hyderabad among the Mahommedan states of India.
The residence of the political agent and the headquarters of the Bhopal battalion are at Sehore, 20 m.
The Bhopal agency is administered by the agent to the governorgeneral in central India.
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 Where is Bhopal?
Bhopal is a city in central India, and the capital of the state of Madhya Pradesh.
Bhopal's population was only 850,000 in 1984 when, as a result of the Union Carbide gas leak, half a million people were exposed to deadly chemicals.
The two lakes of Bhopal still dominate the city; bordered along their shores are the old city with its marketplaces, magnificent mosques and palaces, and the new city with its verdant, exquisitely laid out parks and gardens, broad avenues and streamlined modern buildings.
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Bhopal is also the name of a district in Madhya Pradesh with Bhopal city as its headquarters.
Bhopal is a hilly area, situated between Vindhya and Satpuda ranges and the Malwa plateau.
Investigation of the tragedy at Bhopal concludes that a disgruntled employee caused the disaster.
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 Bhopal in TutorGig Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Bhopal state included the present-day Bhopal, Raisen, and Sehore districts, and was part of the Central India Agency.
The population of Bhopal district increased by 51% from 1981 to 1991, and by 36% from 1991 to 2001.
Bhopal District is bounded by the districts of Guna to the north, Vidisha to the northeast, Raisen to the east and southeast, Sehore to the southwest and west, and Rajgarh to the northwest.
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 Bhopal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Bhopal is also the name of a district in MadhyaPradesh with Bhopal city as its headquarters.
Khan was the virtual ruler of Bhopal, he still acknowledged the suzerainty of the declining Mughal Empire.His successors however, acquired the title of 'Nawab' and declared Bhopal an independent state.
Bhopal is a hilly area, situated between Vindhya and Satpuda rangesand the Malwa plateau.
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 Bhopal Travel, Tour Packages, Tours, Hotels, Holidays Or Vacation In Bhopal
Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh, is an interesting blend of scenic beauty, historicity and modern urban planning.
Bhopal today offers a versatile profile; the old city with its teeming market places and fine old mosques and palaces still bears the aristocratic impression of its former rulers, among them the succession of powerful Begums who ruled Bhopal from 1819 to 1926.
Bhopal was one of the last states to sign the 'Instrument of Accession' in A.D. Thus, it was under him that Bhopal's transformed from a sleepy town into a major developing metropolis.
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 Bhopal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The state of Bhopal was established in by the Afghan Sardar Dost Mohammed Khan who was a commander in the Mughal army posted at Mangalgarh (which now to the north of modern Bhopal).
An interesting turn came in the history Bhopal when in 1819 18 year old Qudsia Begum (also known as Gohar Begum) took the reigns after the assassination of her She was the first female ruler of Although she was illiterate she was brave refused to follow the purdah tradition.
According to the Act of Reorganization of in 1956 Bhopal was integrated into the state Madhya Pradesh and Bhopal was declared as its The population of the city rose rapidly.
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 Mosques Of India, Mosques In India, Indian Mosques, Jama Masjid, Muslim Mosques, Muslim Mosques In India, India Mosques.
The Moti Masjid was an important landmark of Bhopal, and was built in 1860 by Sikandar Jehan Begum, Qudisiya Begum's daughter.
Sikandar Begum was fairly unconventional compared to Muslim women of her time - she usually dressed like a man and went out riding without a veil, often with a dagger tucked under her belt.
Bhopal came to be known as the domain of the relatively liberated, even progressive women, and it was Sikandar Begum who set the trend.
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 Bhopal city Map, City Map of Bhopal, Bhopal India City Map, City Map Bhopal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Bhopal, the City of Lakes and Mosques is located in the centre of India.
The tow lakes of Bhopal still dominate the city, and are indeed itsnucleus; along their shores stand silent sentinels that testify to the growth of a city.
Bhopal today presents a multi-faceted profile; the old city with its teeming marketplaces and fine oldmosques and palace still bears the aristocratic imprint of its former-rulers, among them the succession of powerful Begums who ruled Bhopal from 1819 to 1926.
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Said to be the largest mosque in the country, the construction of this towering edifice was begun by Shah Jehan Begum (1868-1901) but was incomplete on her death.
After her death, lack of fund prevented the completion of masjid and construction was resumed only in 1971.The most striking features of the mosque are the impressive main hall with its inter-arched roof, broad facade, spacious courtyard and smooth marble floor.
Built in 1873 by Qudsia Begum, it is a beautiful mosque, the minarets of which are crowned with gold spikes.
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 Times Argus: Vermont News & Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Salma Begum, 30 and the mother of three, lives in the village of Abirpara in central Bangladesh.
Begum said her poisoning stemmed from years of drinking from an arsenic-laced well in her home village.
Begum said she could not afford to buy medicine to counter some of the symptoms.
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 Bhopal Seethes, Pained and Poor 18 Years Later
BHOPAL, India — Eighteen years after thousands of people died here in a cloud of gas, the only monument to their memory is a rain-worn statue of a mother holding a baby and covering her face as another child hides behind her skirts.
Anderson came to Bhopal just after the disaster in 1984, he was detained by Indian authorities, then released on bail.
Begum both live in a "gas victims' colony" built by the government.
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And there are many who believe that though Dost Mohammed established the character of the old city of Bhopal, much of its grace derives from the curious fact that from 1819 to 1926 Bhopal was ruled by a succession of Begums — Islamic queens who were active monarchs.
Bhopal’s Taj-ul Masajid (a masajid is apparently larger than a masjid) is a magnificent assertion of a people’s involvement with their religion.
In old Bhopal, too, are some beautiful buildings erected during the long reign of the Nawabs and their powerful Begums.
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 Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh travel information guide, places to see
Bhopal today presents a multi-faceted profile; the old city with its teeming market places and fine old mosques and palaces still bear the aristocratic imprint of its former rulers; among them the succession of powerful Begums who ruled Bhopal from 1819 to 1926.
The two lakes of Bhopal still dominate the city, and are indeed its nucleus.
Situated behind Shaukat Mahal on the banks of the Upper Lake is Gohar Mahal, which is an architectural gem dating back to the times of Kudsia Begum, also known as Gohar Begum, who built this sprawling palace in 1820.
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 My HomePlace - Bhopal, India
Yes, in Bhopal everybody is a chieftain and everybody is (like) your Uncle!!.Apart from talking other passions of Bhopalis include paan,Shayaris and Qawalis.Just try to find one wall in Bhopal which would not prove the Bhopalis' love of paan.
Bhopal is the home town of the ex President of India, Shri.
Bhopal and Me am a native of Kerala, and I was born and brought up in Bhopal, I did my entire schooling in Bhopal, at HEMA school (KG to Class III) and Jawaharlal Nehru Higher Secondary School (Class IV upwards).As a matter of fact I also did my degree in this very city.
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 City guide- Madhya Pradesh- Bhopal- Places of interest
The work of the mosque was incomplete on her death and the construction could only resume in 1971 cause of lack of funds.
It was built by Sikandar Jahan Begum, daughter of Kudsia Begum, in 1860.
Located 28 Kms from Bhopal, Bhojpur is famous for the magnificent 11th century Shiva temple, 'Bhojeshwar Mandir' and the lake constructed by the legendary Parmar King of Dhar, Raja Bhoj (1010-1053).
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 Mysterindia.com - Bhopal - The city of moonlit lakes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh, combines scenic beauty, historicity and modern urban planning.It is situated on the site of an 11th century city, Bhojapal founded by Raja Bhoja.The two lakes of Bhopal still dominate the city, and are indeed its nucleus.
Bhopal today presents a multi-faceted profile: the old city with its teeming marketplaces and fine old mosques and palaces, still bears the aristocratic imprint of its former rulers, among them the succession of powerful Begums who ruled Bhopal from 1819 to 1926.
This great queen, Bhopal’s eighth ruler, left many monuments in the city and to her goes the credit for Bhopal’s postal sytem, railways and waterworks.
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 Bhopal - The Jiggies Reference Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Even the Pathans, famous for their roughness and soldier-like nature, acquired a taste of culture and indulged in poetry, arts and literature.
Taj-ul-Masjid: It is one of the largest mosques in Asia, built by Shahjehan Begum around a courtyard with a large tank in the centre and with an imposing double storeyed gate-way with 4 recessed archways and 9 imposing cusped multifoiled openings in the main prayer hall.
Sanchi: Situated at a small distance from the city of Bhopal, Sanchi houses some ancient Buddhist structures built by Empror Ashoka.
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 Bhopal - Bedeutung, Definition, Erklärung im netlexikon
Bhopal (भोपाल, Hindi für Herrscher) ist die Hauptstadt des Bundesstaates Madhya Pradesh in Indien mit 1.519.100 Einwohnern (Stand 1.
Noch heute ist jede vierte Geburt in Bhopal eine Totgeburt.
Fünf nach zwölf in Bhopal von Dominique Lapierre, Javier Moro (Gebundene Ausgabe) für EUR 22,90
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 Travel Agents in Bhopal India, Bhopal Travel Agents, Tour Operattors in Bhopal, Indian Travel Agents, Travelling in ...
Situated on the 11th century city, Bhojapal, founded by Raja Bhoja, Bhopal is the capital city of Madhya Pradesh.
This great queen, Bhopal's eighth ruler, left many monuments in the city and to her goes the credit for Bhopal's postal system, railways and waterworks.
Nearby is the elegant once-opulent Sadar Manzil, Hall of Public Audience of the former rulers of Bhopal.
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 Madame Tussaud's - The Begum of Bhopal pays us a visit
IT was on the 29th of June, eight years ago, that we had a visit from the Begum of Bhopal, a lady who rules over millions in India.
As the Begum was a Moslem, we were somewhat concerned as to how we should receive Her Highness, it being rumoured that she could not be chaperoned by one of the opposite sex.
The Begum was dressed in brown, with a flowing white yashmak hanging from a quaint head-dress shaped like a top-hat of the Leech period.
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 Bhopal, India - Current News & Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
BHOPAL, JANUARY 20: It was the Group of Seven which took the final decision to have early Lok Sabha elections soon after the BJP’s resounding victory in the...
BHOPAL: Police in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh were yesterday investigating the mysterious killing of a British painter, an official said.
Bhopal, Dec 26 (UNI) Eight people were killed and seven injured in a head-on collision between a minibus and a Tata Sumo on the Bhopal-Indore Road near Jamunia...
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Nawab
Most of the Nawab dynasties were male primogenitures, although several ruling Begums of Bhopal were a notable exception.
The term Begum of Bhopal may refer to any of several ladies who ruled the princely state of Bhopal in Central India in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Pathari is a formerly princely state of India, administratively under the Bhopal Agency subdivision of the Central India Agency.
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Elle porta d'abord le nom de Bhojpal puis devint Bhopal au fil du temps.
L'histoire de Bhopal fut bien sûr marquée par la terrible catastrophe industrielle qui frappa la ville en 1984.
Elle se trouve au centre du bazar principal de Bhopal.
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 BHOPAL5
Recognised as the sole ruler of Bhopal from 30
1844-1860 and 1868-1901 H.H. Nawab Sultan Shah Jahan Begum Sahiba, Nawab Begum of Dar ul-Iqbal-i-Bhopal, GCSI (31.5.1872), CI (1.1.1878).
Nishat Afza, Bhopal), granted the titles of Nazir ud-Daula, Khan Bahadur, Nawab and Umrao Dulha together with a personal salute of 17-guns 1856, C-in-C Bhopal State Forces 1850-1855, served in Indian Mutiny, younger son of General Sardar Bahadur Muhammad Khan, sometime C-in-C Bhopal state forces.
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 Bhopal Tour, Bhopal India Tourist Places, Sight Seeing Tour in Bhopal India, Tourist Places in Bhopal, SightSeeing Tour ...
Situated at the entrance to the Chowk area in the heart of the walled city, Shaukat Mahal is an architectural curiosity.
The Taj-ul-Masajid is one of the largest mosques in Asia, built by Nawab Shahjehan Begum around a courtyard with a large tank in the center and with an imposing double storeyed gateway with 4 recessed archways and 9 imposing cusped multifold openings in the main prayer hall.
Founded by the legendary Parmar King of Dhar, Raja Bhoj (1010-1053), and named after him, Bhojpur, 28 km from Bhopal, is renowned for the remains of its magnificent Shiva temple and Cyclopean dam.
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 Bhopal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Bhopal was a former state, South Central India States, India; 6,921 square miles; incorporated 1956 in Madhya Pradesh.
Chief state of former Bhopal Agency and next to Hyderabad the most important Muslim state in India.
The Begum of Bhopal has a rectangular tricolored standard fl - white - green in horizontal stripes of equal length with a yellow fringe...
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 Madhya Pradesh: Bhopal, Kanha, Khajuraho, Pachmarhi, Sanchi,India Travel Times, News, Hotels, Airlines, Indian, ...
Bhopal, Capital of Madhya Pradesh, has two phases: the old one with its narrow lanes, crowded market places and palaces, and the new one with its broad roads, parks and modern bungalows.
The story of Bhopal's reign of the Begums is recent history.
Bhopal is well-connected to all major towns in Madhya Pradesh by rail and road.
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 The Hindu : Royal vignettes: Pataudi: The Afghan connection
Bhopal was a State with a great deal of protocol.
She became the Nawab Begum of Bhopal after the death of her father, Nawab Hamidullah Khan.
Flag Staff House, the residential building of the Bhopal rulers is located within the Ahmedabad palace complex which Hamidullah Khan built in the old Bhopal area.
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