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Bhopal

Proper noun

Meaning

The state capital of Madhya Pradesh, India.

(by extension) The 1984 leak of toxic gas in this city, resulting in thousands of deaths and over half a million injuries.

A district of Madhya Pradesh, India, containing the city of the same name.

A former state in India, containing the city of the same name.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

A 46-year-old man has approached the Bhopal police with a complaint that a tailor has stitched his underpants "too short". Source: Internet

After the independence of India in 1947, the last Nawab expressed his wish to retain Bhopal as a separate unit. Source: Internet

An Indian court convicted seven former employees of Union Carbide’s India subsidiary of “death by negligence” for their roles in the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy. Source: Internet

Anti-France protests were held by Muslim groups on Friday in Mumbai, India's financial and entertainment capital, and Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh state. Source: Internet

Begum era (1819-1926) Bhopal became a princely state after signing a treaty with the British East India Company in 1818.sfn Between 1819 and 1926, the state was ruled by four women, Begums — unique in the royalty of those days — under British suzerainty. Source: Internet

Besides, three regional satellite channels operate from Bhopal, namely ETV Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh, Sahara Madhya Pradesh and Sadhana News. Source: Internet

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