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*[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.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
===Historical books online===
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V17_320.gif  "Mhow"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'', Volume 17, page 314.
*[https://archive.org/stream/b21452404#page/466/mode/2up "Mhow"] page 466'' Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary State of the Army in India : with Abstract of Evidence, and of Reports Received from Indian Military Stations'' 1864 Archive.org. At this time, Mhow was a cantonment for the [[Bombay Army]].


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 06:57, 8 April 2015

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

There was an internment camp at Mhow, for Germans residing in India, during the Second World War.[2]

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 [3]

External links

Historical books online

  • "Mhow" Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 17, page 314.
  • "Mhow" page 466 Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary State of the Army in India : with Abstract of Evidence, and of Reports Received from Indian Military Stations 1864 Archive.org. At this time, Mhow was a cantonment for the Bombay Army.

References

  1. Pages 122-123, Pick up your Parrots and Monkeys: The Life of a Boy Soldier in India by William Pennington 2003
  2. Page 25 A Soldier's Life in War and Peace by Maj.Gen A. S. Naravane Google Books ISBN 81-7648-437-7
  3. St Anthony's Church bloggerdevkumar