Bhopal

Bhopal is an Indian state capital of Madhya Pradesh, as well as the administrative body of both the Bhopal region as well as the Bhopal subdivision. It is renowned as that of the City of Lakes because of its numerous natural and man-made lakes and also for being among India’s greenest towns. It’s indeed India’s sixteenth biggest city and the 131st in the world. Bhopal, the capital of the state, was a portion of said Sehore region until Madhya Pradesh got formed. In 1972, it was divided into two districts, one of which was named Bhopal. The city flourished in 1707 as the center of the erstwhile Bhopal Territory, a British royal state governed by the bhopal’s nawab whose last ruler was Hamidullah Khan.

Bhopal does have a solid economic backbone, with a bunch of large and medium and small-sized industries that operate all around the area and inside too. Bhopal is among Madhya Pradesh’s twin powerful economy’s backbones, the Indore being the other, and is also referred to as among the most significant economic and financial locations throughout the state of MP. Bhopal is the home of several national-level scientific and educational institutions, also including some national-level installations such as the MCF (Master control facility) of ISRO, the AMPRI and BHEL. The Bhopal section of the WCR (West Central Railway), whose property is situated at RKMP (Rani Kamlapati Railway Station), previously called Habibganj, is indeed headquartered in the city of Bhopal.

History 

Bhopal was created during the eleventh century first by Paramara monarch Bhoja, who at that time ruled from his fortress at Dhar, as per said by folklore. As per this ideology, once Bhopal was known as Bhojpal named after a river-dam whose name is pal, designed and created by the emperor’s administrator. Another story claims that perhaps the place is titled after the name of Bhupala, who is also referred to as bhupal.

Begum Rule and Post attaining Independence

During 1819 and 1926, the kingdom or we can say the society was in control of four Begums, the only women/female rulers at that time under the British sovereign control at the time. From 1819 till 1837, Begum Qudisa was the very first female sovereign, and her descendant was shah jehan, her grandchild.  Quadisa’s sole daughter, Sikandar ruled as a regent from 1844 to 1860, while Shah Jehan at that time was just a baby, and was acknowledged as king during the 1860s. She ruled till 1868, later the time she was replaced by Shah Jehan, who had worked or served as Begum ruler till 1901. Shah Jehan’s daughter, Kaikhusrau Jahan was announced as Begum in 1901 and ruled till 1926 and then became the last one in the women’s succession line. She relinquished in 1926 on behalf of her child, Hamidullah Khan, who reigned till 1947 and was also the last Khan to govern in Bhopal. 

The Bhopal City is indeed the foremost Muslim-ruled royal residence after Hyderabad was the first. Following 1947 when India attained independence, to keep the entity of Bhopal the last ruler or nawab spoke for it to keep it separate. In Dec 1948, many protests came across the ruler or nawab, which led to the arrest of Shankar Dayal Sharma and similar politicians. The democratic captives were subsequently released, and then on the year 1949, Apr 30, the Maharaja signed the contract for Bhopal’s collaboration or adjoining with the Indian union.  And on the year 1949, June 1st, the Union of Indian government became in charge of the province of Bhopal.

Hamidullah Khan (last ruler of Bhopal)

Hajji Nawab Hafiz Sir Hamidullah Khan born on Sept 9, 1894, to 4th Feb 1960, was the final governing Nawab or maharaja of Bhopal until the province of Madhya Pradesh amalgamated with this in 1956. He governed from 1926 to 1949, whereupon his mom, Begum Kaikhusrau, relinquished in his favor, and he kept the honorary title till 1960. He functioned as Chancellor of said House of Lords between 1944 and 1947 when India attained independence. He was a representative at  London’s round table conference. Nawab Hamidullah Khan was involved there at the Fight of Keren as well as the Fight or battle of El-Alamein during WWII. He was popularly known as Nawab Hamidullah and was a personal confidant of Pakistan’s creator, Md. Ali Jinnah. He was also friendly with Lord Louis Mountbatten, the governor-general and viceroy of India. Despite Jinnah’s urging, he grudgingly consented to include Bhopal in the union of India. He had no sons when he died, therefore his second child, Sajida Sultan, Bhopal’s begum, took over.

Bhopal Economic Backbone

Bhopal’s economy is largely industrialized, with medical, vehicle, textiles, and electrical products manufacturing industries dominating. Electrical items, pharmaceutical products, cotton, pesticides, and jewels are the main industries of it. Flour milling and cotton Cotton and flour milling, fabric spinning and dyeing, matchmaking, sealing waxes, and sports are among the other businesses. Bhopal natives also work in huge retail establishments. Handicrafts such as bataua and zardozi are among the Old City’s handcrafted products.

Conclusion

Bhopal is a state inside the union of India famously known as the City of Lakes being one of the greenest cities of India. The city of Bhopal flourished during 1707 when it was governed by the nawabs of Bhopal. The Bhopal city was built by Parmanara Monarch Bhoja and initially was named after him as Bhojpal. Later from 1819 to 1926, she was the only woman who ruled territory under British sovereignty. And the last ruler was Hamidullah Khan, son of Kaikhusrau Khan. During the earlier times, Bhopal was mainly populated by Muslims. However, today there is a majority of the Hindu population. The economics of Bhopal is largely based on industrial areas including cotton and textile factories, major government sectors, pharma industries, etc.