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"'''Mhow''', a town of was founded in 1818 by [[Central IndiaJohn Malcolm]], with British military as a cantonment, within the native state town. It is still a major location of [[Indore]], on the Indian Army. In 2003 its name was changed to [[Malwa]] branch of the [[Rajputana]] railway, 13 mhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._R. [south of the city_Ambedkar Dr Ambedkar Nagar] of Indoreafter a early political leader." ("Mhow", ''Love to Know 1911'')
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This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2009-12/1262327933 post] gives details of a new book about Mhow’s history , ''A town called Mhow'' by Denzil Lobo
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The cantonment was one of those located within a [[Princely States|Princely State]] but under the direct control of the the British. It was part of the Central India Administration.<ref> At the time of the 1931 Census. [http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/1603/1/20283_1931_ADM.pdf ''Census of India, 1931 Volume XX Central India Agency Part III.- Administrative Volume''] lsi.gov.in</ref>
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]]. <ref> Pages 122-123, ''Pick up your Parrots and Monkeys: The Life of a Boy Soldier in India'' by William Pennington 2003. Now [https://archive.org/details/pickupyourparrot0000penn/mode/2up available online] Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.</ref> 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.<ref>
[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=SoG0yYBlvf8C&lpg=PA25&pg=PA25#v=onepage&q=Mhow%20internment&f=false Page 25] ''A Soldier's Life in War and Peace'' by Maj.Gen A. S. Naravane Google Books ISBN 81-7648-437-7</ref>
== Spelling variants ==
Modern name: Dr Ambedkar Nagar<br />
Variants: Mhow, Mohow
==FIBIS Resources==
*[[:Category:Mhow images|Images of Mhow]]
==Churches==
* Sacred Heart Church
* St Anne's Church
*St Anthony's Church built in 1892 <ref> [http://bloggerdevkumar.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/a-church-in-mhow-st-anthonys-church.html St Anthony's Church] bloggerdevkumar </ref>
== External links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mhow "Mhow"] ''Wikipedia''
*Article [http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GKU29zEijs8/TbXVb_95OII/AAAAAAAACsY/3ulkBGZpuOU/s1600/Christ_Church_Mhow.jpg "Chronicle of Christ Church"] by Deepa Vanjani , originally in Indore Plus, ''The Times of India'' 24 April 2011. The church was built in 1823 for the troops in the cantonment. From [http://bloggerdevkumar.blogspot.com.au/2011/04/chronicle-of-christ-church-mhow-by.html Blogposts from Mhow (MP)]
*[http://www.antiquaprintgallery.com/india-mhow-station-church-original-antique-print-1863-94126-p.asp Drawing: The Station Church, Mhow] Scroll down and click to enlarge.
*A group of photographs taken around 1872 when the [[49th Regiment of Foot]] was in Mhow. The Wardrobe website.
**[https://thewardrobe.org.uk/collection/detail?id=10811 A sepia photo of St Anne's Church at Mhow, c 1872] This is believed to be the Church of Scotland, or Scottish Church
**[https://thewardrobe.org.uk/collection/detail?id=10807 A sepia photo of the ???? and R A Hospital at Mhow, India (taken from the Mall) in 1872]
**[https://thewardrobe.org.uk/collection/detail?id=10810 A sepia photo of the No 4 or New European Infantry Barracks at Mhow, in 1872]
**[https://thewardrobe.org.uk/collection/detail?id=10812 A sepia photo of the European Cavalry School at Mhow c 1872]
**[https://thewardrobe.org.uk/collection/detail?id=6890 A sepia photo of the Battalion formed up at Mhow in 1872]
**[https://thewardrobe.org.uk/collection/detail?id=6891 A sepia photo of the Officers at Mhow in 1872]
*[http://www.rorkesdriftvc.com/stories/m_everett.htm An Indian Pilgrimage
] by Martin Everett. rorkesdriftvc.com. Appears to be written 2003 or earlier, as there is an [https://web.archive.org/web/20030801025128/http://rorkesdriftvc.com/stories/m_everett.htm archived version] from this date. This article describes headstones in the old cantonment cemetery near Mhow railway station relating to some twenty deaths from Spanish ‘flu in September 1918 of men from the [[24th Regiment of Foot|Brecknockshire Battalion, South Wales Borderers]].
*[http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/5001725/MHOW%20NEW%20CEMETERY Mhow New Cemetery] Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Select "See Casualty Records" for details of the burials, including the deaths in 1918, mentioned above.
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/lenton_sands/1849611718/in/set-72157602432553340/ Photograph: Mohow Barracks (North) c 1928] flickr.com
*[http://glosters.tripod.com/India30.html/ India 1933-36] A series of photographs taken in India 1933 - 1936 of the 1st Battalion, [[61st Regiment of Foot|Glosters]] from “The Glorious Glosters “. Includes some taken at Mhow.
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/58/a4427958.shtml 1941-1945 Eastern Travels Part 2] by Cecil John Callis, [[Royal Corps of Signals]]. WW2People’s War. In 1941 the author attended the Royal Signals Training Centre for British soldiers in Mhow, where the soldiers were trained to become Tradesmen in one of the many Signals trades - linesman, telephone exchange operator, wireless and tele-printer operator, instrument mechanic, electrician, driver, dispatch rider, motor mechanic etc.
*[http://www.indiaofthepast.org/ken-staynor/life-back-then/mhow-mt-abu-train-1943 Mhow to Mt. Abu by Train (1943)] by Kenneth Hugh Staynor. indiaofthepast.org. [http://www.irfca.org/apps/trip_reports/show/410 Shorter version] 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.
*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/brianharringtonspier/2929054860/in/set-72157611003561984 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://wwwdsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V17_320.gif "Mhow"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'', Volume 17, page 314.1911encyclopedia*[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]] . *[http://www.davidhorsfield.org.uk/from-semaphore-to-satellite ''Love From Semaphore to Know 1911Satellite The memoirs of Major General David Horsfield, Royal Signals''] contains two chapters on Mhow during 1942-1944. British Signal Training Centre STC(B) was located in Mhow. The Officer Cadet Wing, which was part of it, received its input from Officer Cadet Training Centres in England as well as those at [[Dehra Dun]], [[Bangalore]] and Mhow itself in India.
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