2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/35756This article gives an elementary overview of the end-state of gravitational collapse according to classical general relativity. The focus of discussion is the formation of black holes and naked singularities in various physically reasonable models of gravitational collapse. Possible implications for the cosmic censorship hypothesis are outlined.Latex file, 24 pages, 5 eps figures, uses epsf.sty; based on a talk given at the XVIIIth meeting of the Indian Association for General Relativity and Gravitation, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Madras, India, 15-17 February, 1996; to appear in the Conference Proceedings, Editors: G. Date and B. R. IyerGeneral Relativity and Quantum CosmologyAstrophysicsHigh Energy Physics - Theorytext