city in central India: site of a U.S.-owned pesticide plant where a major industrial accident occurred in 1984: pop. 1,063,000
See Bhopal in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(bō-pälˈ)
A city of central India north-northwest of Nagpur. Founded in the early 18th century, it is an industrial and trade center. In 1984 a toxic gas leak at an insecticide plant killed more than 3,000 people. Population: 1,430,000.