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Bhopal

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Bho⋅pal

[boh-pahl]
–noun
1. a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh state.
2. a city in and the capital of Madhya Pradesh state, in central India. 392,077.

Madh⋅ya Pra⋅desh

[muhd-yuh-pruh-deysh, prah-desh]
–noun
a state in central India. 48,230,000; 171,201 sq. mi. (443,411 sq. km). Capital: Bhopal.
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Bho·pal   (bō-päl')   
A city of central India north-northwest of Nagpur. Founded in the early 18th century, it is an industrial and trade center. In 1984 a toxic gas leak at an insecticide plant killed more than 3,000 people. Population: 1,430,000.
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