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Where 1909 meets AI.
Official venue
Kushabhau Thakre International Convention Centre
popularly known as Minto Hall, Bhopal
On 22 November 2026, in Madhya Pradesh’s 70th year, the hall that once housed the state’s Legislative Assembly hosts a day about the technology Madhya Pradesh will build next.
- Foundation stone laid
- 1909
- Seat of the MP Vidhan Sabha
- 40 yrs
- Artisans restoring the zardozi dome
- 6+ months
- Of Madhya Pradesh in 2026
- 70 yrs
A hall that keeps reinventing itself.
1909
1909
A crown for the City of Lakes
Nawab Sultan Jahan Begum, the last Begum of Bhopal, had the foundation stone laid on 12 November 1909. Its elevation was shaped like an imperial crown, and inside, Western ballroom proportions met Bhopal's Nawabi ornament.
1956
1956
Where Madhya Pradesh found its voice
When Madhya Pradesh was formed on 1 November 1956, Minto Hall became home to its Legislative Assembly. For forty years, until 1996, the laws and plans that shaped the young state were debated here.
2018–19
2018–19
Restored by hand, rebuilt as a smart building
The state restored the hall as a convention centre. Artisans spent more than six months reviving the zardozi painting and carving in the central dome. Walls were repaired with traditional lime, surkhi, jaggery and bel, and a modern building-management system now runs quietly behind the heritage ceilings.
2021
2021
Kushabhau Thakre International Convention Centre
Renamed after Kushabhau Thakre, who was born in Dhar, Madhya Pradesh, the hall is now one of the state's main venues for international conferences, summits and cultural gatherings.
2026
2026
AI enters the hall
In Madhya Pradesh's 70th year, the state's developers, students and founders meet in the old Assembly hall for DevFest Bhopal, a day of AI, Google Cloud, Android, Web and DevOps.
Seventy years ago, the state’s first Assembly sat here. This year, its developers do.
Madhya Pradesh turns 70 in 2026, the year of DevFest Bhopal. The room where the state was first governed becomes a place to learn, build and ship with AI and the cloud. Students from engineering colleges across MP, working developers and early-stage founders will share it for one day.
Inspired by the zardozi dome
Art, heritage and AI, in the heart of the state.
Heritage as the stage
We picked one of the state's most loved landmarks on purpose. Tech in Madhya Pradesh doesn't need to look elsewhere for its setting. It can grow out of the state's own history.
AI for Madhya Pradesh
Talks and workshops on Gemini, agents and Google Cloud, focused on what local developers, students and startups can build and ship for Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, Gwalior and beyond.
Craft, then and now
The zardozi in the dome and the code on our screens both reward patience, pattern and a steady hand. DevFest celebrates both kinds of making under the same roof.
Talent that stays home
A world-class venue tells the city's engineering students that they don't have to leave the state to find serious tech. It's already here in Bhopal.
In the old heart of the City of Lakes.
Kushabhau Thakre International Convention Centre (Minto Hall) sits in central Bhopal, close to the lakes. Its rooftop restaurant, 1909 – Crown of Bhopal, run by MP Tourism, looks out over the lawns and the Lower Lake. Pick how you’re arriving to see a tip.
How are you getting there?
Just say “Minto Hall” to your driver. It's one of the best-known names in Bhopal.
आओ, बनाएं साथ में
Five years in, we’re just getting started.
4,936+ developers across Madhya Pradesh are already building with Cloud, AI, Development, and Open Source. Come build with us.