BhopalPronunciation: /bəʊˈpɑːl/Definition of Bhopal a city in central India, the capital of the state of Madhya Pradesh; population 1,752,200 (est. 2009). In December 1984 leakage of poisonous gas from an American-owned pesticide factory in the city caused the death of about 2,500 people. Bhopal in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Bhopal in the US English dictionary