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Bhopal : An Introduction |
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Bhopal the capital of Madhya Pradesh, situated around two artificial lakes amidst picturesque settings is also known as the city of lakes. Bhopal was built on the site of an 11th century city, 'Bhojapal', founded by the legendary king, Raja Bhoja. The existing city was developed by Dost Mohammed (1708-1740) one of Emperor Aurangazeb's Afghan governors. His progeny, including efficient women rulers ruled Bhopal until 1947 when the state finally joined the Indian Union.The old city with its crowded market places, fine old mosques and palaces intermingles with the new city with the broad avenues, high rise offices and exquisitely laid out parks and gardens.
Historical Places in Bhopal
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Bhopal : Hotel & Restaurant Directory :
Bhopal, being the capital city of Madhya Pradesh, is a popular tourist destination. Often termed as the City of Lakes, Bhopal is full of many man made and natural water bodies. It also has many architectural masterpieces like temples, mosques, museums and forts also forests and wildlife sanctuaries making it a well known name among tourists visiting this state. To cater to these travelers, there are various Hotels in Bhopal. These hotels can be broadly categorized as Heritage Hotels, First Class Hotels and Budget Hotels. |
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Bhopal : Gems & Jewellery Directory :
Bhopal is one of the main center for pearl jewelry in India and is famous world over.Skilled craftsmen, do processing and grading of pearls here. After the long process of grading and processing of pearls is over they are strung together by skilled knitters or patwas, using silk or gold strings. Different types of pearl necklaces are made in Bhopal.Typical designs being Satlada (seven strands of pearls set with emeralds, diamonds and rubies, Kundan Ranihar (pearl sets with enamel kundan work), and the regular Jugni sets (several strands of pearls with a central pendant) and many more. |
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Bhopal: Information Technology Directory :
The city contributes 80% of software exports from the state, and was selected as the fourth hottest IT destination in India.Since the establishment of Technopark in 1995, Thiruvananthapuram has steadily grown into a competitive IT centre. The city was rated as the best 2nd tier metro with IT/ITES infrastructure, and second in terms of availability of human talent.Technopark houses global majors like Oracle Corporation, Infosys, ITC Infotech, TCS, HCL, Visual Graphics Computing Services, Ernst & Young Global Shared Services Center, Allianz Cornhill, RR Donnelley, UST Global, Tata Elxsi, IBS Software Services, NeST Software, SunTec Business Solutions etc. |
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Distance Chart |
Agra - 541 Km
Ahmedabad - 568 Km
Amritsar - 1191 Km
Bellary - 1206 Km
Bhubaneshwar - 1192 Km
Calcutta - 1356 Km
Chennai - 1435 Km
Coimbatore - 1741 Km
Cuttack - 1167
New Delhi - 744 Km
Hubli - 1198 Km
Hyderabad - 839 Km
Indore - 186 Km
Jaipur - 584
Jammu - 1327
Lucknow - 678 Km
Srinagar - 1620
Thane - 736
Tirupati - 1431
Vishakhapatnam - 1312 Km
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| Bhopal / Madya Pradesh related resources |
| Madhya Pradesh Government |
| Madhya Pradesh Portal |
| Agriculture Department, Madhya Pradesh |
| Biodiversity and Biotechnology Department, Madhya Pradesh |
| Civil Aviation Department, Madhya Pradesh |
| Directorate of Sports and Youth Welfare, Madhya Pradesh |
| Fisheries Department, Madhya Pradesh |
| Public Health Engineering Department, Madhya Pradesh |
| Police Department, Madhya Pradesh |
| Public Health and Family Welfare Department, Madhya Pradesh |
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Physical and Human Geography
Area: 2,772 sq.km
Population: 1,278,030
Language Spoken: Hindi, English and Urdu.
Best time to visit: October-March |
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