INTRODUCTION
• Bhopal is capital of Madhya Pradesh , India and founded by Raja Bhoj in 11 th Century and
BHOPAL
CITY OF LAKES
• Coordinates: 23.09849 77.24199 23.41849 77.56199
• Minimum elevation: 439 m
• Maximum elevation: 634 m
• Average elevation: 498 m
• Bhopal has an average elevation of 500 metres (1401 ft) and is
located in the central part of India, just north of the upper
limit of the Vindhya mountain ranges.
• Located on the Malwa plateau, it is higher than the north
Indian plains and the land rises towards the Vindhya Range to
the south.
• The city has uneven elevation and has small hills within its
boundaries. The prominent hills in Bhopal are the Idgah and
Shyamala hills in the northern region, together with the Katara
hills in the southern region.
• There are two lakes namely upper lake and lower lake. Bhopal
city is divided into two parts where one part which is near the
VIP and lake is Old Bhopal (north) and the other, New Bhopal
(south), where malls are mainly situated
Build by the Dand his descendants.
• Bhopal was evolved out as princely state before 1956. Later on it get merged with other
state to form Madhya Pradesh in 1956.
• Bhopal capital region consist 5 more districts i.e. Agar malwa, Rajgarh, Shajapur, Raisen
and Sehore districts.
• Bhopal has a Planning area of 1017 km2 with the BMC area of total 648 km2 .
The climate in Bhopal is warm and temperate. The winter months are much rainier than the
summer months in Bhopal. The climate here is classified as Csa by the Köppen-Geiger
system. The temperature here averages 25.3 °C | 77.5 °F. About 1074 mm | 42.3 inch of
precipitation falls annually.
The capital of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal was built on the site of the 11th Century City of Bhojpal,
founded by the Parmara King Bhoj (1000-1055). The city was originally known as Bhojpal, named
after Bhoj and the dam (‘pal’) that he is said to have constructed to form the lakes surrounding
Bhopal.
The present city of Bhopal was founded by one of Emperor Aurangzeb’s Afghan soldiers Dost
Mohammed Khan, who took advantage of the chaos that followed Aurangzeb’s death in 1707 and
managed to establish his small kingdom in Bhopal. Although the kingdom was small, it survived
several wars and became a princely state in British India in 1818. Bhopal reached its height of
culture, arts and public works under the enlightened rule of the Begums, a 19th century dynasty of
Muslim women. Although not officially recognized as a Begum, Mamola Bai (1744-95) ruled for 50
years from ‘behind the curtain’ (purdah) on behalf of her late husband’s ineffective sons.
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• Bhopal is second largest city of Madhya Pradesh. • Bhopal has many tourist places in the
region consist Sanchi stupa (50 km), Bhimbetka caves (60 km) and Udaigiri (60 km) • The
nearest river is Betwa river (60km)

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