What is Bhopal State?
{{Infobox former country |conventional_long_name = Bhopal |name = Bhopal |common_name = Bhopal |region = South Asia |status = protectorate |status_text = [[Princely state]] of India (1818–1949) |empire = British Indian Empire |government_type = Principality |year_start = 1723 |date_end = 1 June |year_end = 1949 |p1 = Mughal Empire |flag_p1 = Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg |s1 = India |flag_s1 = Flag of India.svg |image_flag = Drapeau Bhopal.svg |image_coat = Bhopal State CoA.png |image_map = |image_map_caption = |capital = [[Bhopal]]<br/>[[Islamnagar, Bhopal|Islamnagar]] (for a brief period) |latd= |latm= |latNS= |longd= |longm= |longEW= |national_motto = Nasr Minullah<ref>{{cite book | title = The golden book of India | author = Roper Lethbridge| author-link = Roper Lethbridge | publisher = Aakar | edition = illustrated | year = 2005 | isbn = 978-81-87879-54-1 | page = 79 }}</ref> |common_languages = [[Persian language|Persian]] (official), [[Hindustani language|Hindustani]] |religion = Islam and Hinduism |leader1 = Dost Mohammad Khan(first) |leader2 = Hamidullah Khan (last) |year_leader1 = 1723–1728 |year_leader2 = 1926–1949 |title_leader = [[Nawab of Bhopal]] }} '''Bhopal State''' (pronounced {{IPA-hns|bʱoːpaːl||Bhopal.ogg}}) was an independent state of [[18th century]] [[India]]. It was founded in 1723.<ref>{{cite book | title=Merriam Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Co_VIPIJerIC&pg=PA141 | access-date=10 May 2013 | year=1997 | publisher=Merriam-Webster | isbn=978-0-87779-546-9 | page=141 }}</ref> It was a [[princely state]] of the [[British Raj]] from 1818 to 1947. It was an independent country from 1947 to 1