Indore

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Indore
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Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 22.72707°N, 75.86652°E
Altitude: 553 m (1,814 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Indore
State/Province: Madhya Pradesh
Country: India
Transport links
Rajputana-Malwa Railway

Indore was the principal city of the Indian State of the same name, situated within Central India.

The cantonment of Mhow was located thirteen miles south west of Indore.

External links

  • Indore Heritage, a presentation by Dr Uma Shashi Sharma, Mayor, City of Indore Municipal Corporation Indore. Page 16 of the pdf contains a photograph of St. Anne’s Church in Indore, now known as the White Church, which was built in 1858. There are also photographs of Daly College
  • Photograph: St Anne’s Church Indore flickr.com
  • Daly College (Wikipedia) was founded in 1880 as a School for sons of Chiefs of the Central Indian Princely States and was named after Sir Henry Daly who was the motivating force in establishing the School

Historical books online

  • "Indore City" Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 13, page 349.
  • Central India State Gazetteer Series. Compliled by Captain C E Luard, Superintendent of Gazetteer in Central India.This series includes
Indore State Gazetteer Volume II Text and Tables 1908. Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection.