Bhopal Travel Guide

Bhopal: Overview

Bhopal , capital of Madhya pradesh , Bhopal is built upon a hilly tract of the Malwa plateau, which extends across most of Madhya Pradesh Bhopal is situated on the site of an 11th Century city, it was founded by Raja Bhoja. whose foundness for building dems or pals, to form lakes gave the city its name Bhoj-pal or Bhopal The Founder of the exising city was however, an Afghan soldier of fortence, Dost Mohammed (1708 AD to 1740 AD,Fleeing from Delhi in the chaotic period that followed Aurangzeb's death, Dost Mahammed enocountered the beautiful Gond Queen Kamalapati, She sought his help after the murder of her consort, When the city was founded the Queen would Recline in a lotus barge that , on moonlit night would drift across the lake. Bhopal today wears a multi - facted profile; the old city with its terming market places and five old mosques and places still bears the aritsocratic imprint of its former Rulers among them the succession of powerful Begums who Ruled Bhopal from 1819 to 1926 AD, Equally impressive is the new city with its ardant, Exuisitely laid our parks and gardents, broad avenes and stremlined modern edifices. Bhopal's extensive walls and Dost Khan's old fort crown the Rocky slope of the great lake. Behind the for is the huge,unfinished Taj -ul - Masajid the beiggest mosque in India.

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