Facts About Bhopal
- Bhopal is the capital city of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of both Bhopal district and Bhopal division.
- Bhopal has an average elevation of 500 metres and is located in the central part of India, just north of the upper limit of the Vindhya mountain ranges.
- Bhopal was founded in 1707, as the capital of the former Bhopal State, a princely state of the British ruled by the Nawabs of Bhopal.
- The estimated population of Bhopal is 2.4 Million, as of 2020.
- The city attracted international attention in December 1984 after the Bhopal disaster, when a Union Carbide India Limited pesticide manufacturing plant leaked a mixture of deadly gases composed mainly of methyl isocyanate, leading to one of the worst industrial disasters in the world’s history.
- Bhopal was selected as one of the first twenty Indian cities to be developed as a smart city under PM Narendra Modi’s flagship Smart Cities Mission.
- The Museum of Mankind in Bhopal exhibits tribal and folk houses from all corners of India.
- Bhopal was also rated as the cleanest state capital city in India for three consecutive years, 2017, 2018 and 2019.
- The city has the third largest bus rapid system corridor in the country, known as the BRTS.
- Bhopal has a humid subtropical climate, with cool, dry winters, a hot summer and a humid monsoon season.