Bhopal Travel Guide - City Guide Bhopal

Bhopal, also called the city of lakes, is the capital of the state of Madhya Pradesh. The city offers a fascinating combination of natural pictersque beauty, rich history and modernity. The city's rich history always welcome those who are inclined towards finding more about the city, Bhopal, situated on the site of a 11th century city, Bhojapal, was founded by Raja Bhoja. The founder of the existing city was however an Afghan soldier, Dost Mohammed. Dost Mohammed, while fleeing from Delhi in the period when the Mughal empire started to crumble after the death of the Mughal king Aurangazeb, Dost Mohammed encountered the beautiful Gond queen Kamalapati, who sort his aid after the murder of her consort. This charming legend states how the queen in a lotus barge, on moonlit nights, would drift across the lake.
However the history of this beautiful city has not always been such a happy one as in 1984 Bhopal was struck with the largest industrial accident of a gas tragedy that killed several thousands of inoccent people of Bhopal.

The two lakes that surround this beautiful city have been and will be two major life lines of the city as these lakes provide for several people and is a major tourist attraction of Bhopal. Bhopal city is divided into two parts one being the newer more modern part that has modern edifices, well laid out city plan, with parks and gardens and the other that still cherishes the imprints that were left on it by the rulers of the past.