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List of Residential Boarding Schools in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

About Bhopal
Bhopal (; Hindustani pronunciation: [bʱoːpaːl] (listen)) is the capital city of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of both Bhopal district and Bhopal division It is known as the City of Lakes for its various natural and artificial lakes and for being one of the greenest cities in India It is the 16th largest city in India and 131st in the world After formation of Madhya Pradesh, the state capital Bhopal was a part of the Sehore district It was bifurcated in 1972 and a new district Bhopal was formed.

Founded in 1707, the city was the capital of the former Bhopal State, a princely state of the British ruled by the Nawabs of Bhopal Numerous heritage structures from this period include the Taj-ul-Masajid and Taj Mahal palace In 1984, the city was struck by the Bhopal disaster, one of the worst industrial disasters in history A Y-class city, Bhopal houses various educational and research institutions and installations of national importance, including ISRO's Master Control Facility, BHEL and AMPRI Bhopal is home to the largest number of institutes of National Importance in India, namely IISER, MANIT, SPA, AIIMS, NLIU, IIFM and IIIT (currently functioning from a temporary campus inside MANIT).

The city attracted international attention in December 1984 after the Bhopal disaster, when a Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide manufacturing plant (now owned by Dow Chemical Company) leaked a mixture of deadly gases composed mainly of methyl isocyanate, leading to one of the worst industrial disasters in the world's history The Bhopal disaster continues to be a part of the socio-political debate and a logistical challenge for the people of BhopalBhopal was selected as one of the first twenty Indian cities (the first phase) to be developed as a smart city under PM Narendra Modi's flagship Smart Cities Mission Bhopal was also rated as the cleanest state capital city in India for three consecutive years, 2017, 2018 and 2019
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