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**[http://www.thewardrobe.org.uk/research/contact-us/support-us/the-collection/detail/6891 A sepia photo of the Officers at Mhow in 1872]
**[http://www.thewardrobe.org.uk/research/contact-us/support-us/the-collection/detail/6891 A sepia photo of the Officers at Mhow in 1872]
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/lenton_sands/1849611718/in/set-72157602432553340/ Photograph: Mohow Barracks (North) c 1928] flickr.com
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/lenton_sands/1849611718/in/set-72157602432553340/ Photograph: Mohow Barracks (North) c 1928] flickr.com
*[http://www.irfca.org/apps/trip_reports/show/410 "Mhow to Mt. Abu in 1943"] by Ken Staynor irfca.org. Describes Mhow in 1943.  The author was then a schoolboy. It was the location of  the chief Royal Corps of Signals Training Centre.
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/69237022@N00/2929054860/in/photolist-5sQaXS-5V4hYc-5V4iXX-5V4jvR-5V4km4-5V4kNH-5V4m2v-5V4mzt-5V8ELJ-5V8FeG-5V8Fvh-5V8FHU-5V8GcY-5V8GNs-5V8GZC-5V8HDm-5V8Jiu-5VeEGT-6e2pV4-6FsCk2-77gVAy-aC4zyP-drtPTh-93Q7vZ-93Q94Z-93Qbb8-93Q8mz-93TeRY-c5qX8o-avL7yc  Photograph: Signals Training Centre, Mhow. Boys' Company. Winners of the Six-A-Side Football 1946] Brian Harrington Spier’s photstream on flickr.com
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/69237022@N00/2929054860/in/photolist-5sQaXS-5V4hYc-5V4iXX-5V4jvR-5V4km4-5V4kNH-5V4m2v-5V4mzt-5V8ELJ-5V8FeG-5V8Fvh-5V8FHU-5V8GcY-5V8GNs-5V8GZC-5V8HDm-5V8Jiu-5VeEGT-6e2pV4-6FsCk2-77gVAy-aC4zyP-drtPTh-93Q7vZ-93Q94Z-93Qbb8-93Q8mz-93TeRY-c5qX8o-avL7yc  Photograph: Signals Training Centre, Mhow. Boys' Company. Winners of the Six-A-Side Football 1946] Brian Harrington Spier’s photstream on flickr.com



Revision as of 07:06, 15 March 2014

Mhow
Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 22.548408°N, 75.761392°E
Altitude: 556 m (1,824 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Mhow
State/Province: Madhya Pradesh
Country: India
Transport links
Rajputana-Malwa Railway

Mhow was founded in 1818 by John Malcolm as a cantonment town. It is still a major location of the Indian Army. In 2003 its name was changed to Dr Ambedkar Nagar after a early political leader.

There was an Indian Boys Depot in Mhow which trained Boy Trumpeters, including Anglo Indian boys, c 1936. The top graduate was rewarded by being placed in the Royal Horse Artillery. [1] It is not known whether this was a Royal Artillery Boys Depot

Spelling variants

Modern name: Dr Ambedkar Nagar
Variants: Mhow, Mohow

FIBIS Resources

Churches

  • Sacred Heart Church
  • St Anne's Church
  • St Anthony's Church built in 1892 [2]

External links

References

  1. Pages 122-123, Pick up your Parrots and Monkeys: The Life of a Boy Soldier in India by William Pennington 2003
  2. St Anthony's Churchbloggerdevkumar
  3. Present day photograph of the old Scottish Church Mhow A Town Called Mhow- Facebook