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Bhopal (Hindi: भोपाल, Urdu:بهوبال, pronounced [bʱoːpaːl]  ( listen); is the capital
of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative
headquarters of Bhopal District
and Bhopal Division.
The city was the capital of the former Bhopal state. Bhopal
is also known as the Lake City[3] (or City of Lakes[4]) for its various natural as
well as artificial lakes . Bhopal is also one
of the greenest cities in India.

The city attracted
international attention after the Bhopal disaster, when a Union Carbide
India Limited (UCIL) pesticide manufacturing plant leaked a mixture of deadly
gases including methyl isocyanate
on the night of 3 December 1984, leading to the worst industrial disaster in
history and a loss of thousands of lives. Many more were rendered sick and
have been facing chronic health problems such as psychological and
neurological disabilitie generation) were exposed to the gas, still suffer of
serious birth defects.[6][7] The soil and ground water, near
the factory site, has been contaminated by the toxic wastes and other other
chemicals still leaking from the factory.[7][8][9] The Indian government, however,
maintains that no such pollution has taken place or that any such toxins are
even present at the site.[10] Since then, Bhopal has been a center of protests and
campaigns which have been joined by millions from across the globe. Bhopal is an important
economic, educational and political center of the State and houses various
institutions and installations of state as well as some of national
importance. Some of them include ISRO's Master
Control Facility[11