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'''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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._R._Ambedkar Dr AmbedkarNagar] Nagar after a early political leader. 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>

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>

*Article [http://dkvblog4.sulekhabp.blogspot.com/blog-GKU29zEijs8/postTbXVb_95OII/2007AAAAAAAACsY/073ulkBGZpuOU/army-regiments-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 inthe cantonment. From [http://bloggerdevkumar.blogspot.com.au/2011/04/chronicle-mhowof-1840christ-1948church-amhow-fascinatingby.htm Army Regiments in html Blogposts from Mhow (1840-1948MP)] Dev Kumar Vasudevan's blog*[http://www.facebookantiquaprintgallery.com/pages/Aindia-mhow-station-church-original-antique-print-Town1863-Called94126-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:/152409751481406/thewardrobe.org.uk/collection/detail?skid=wall 10811 A sepia photo of St Anne''A Town called s Church at Mhow'', c 1872] Facebook page This is believed to be the Church of books about Mhow’s history by Denzil LoboScotland, or Scottish Church** Photographs include***[httphttps://wwwthewardrobe.facebookorg.comuk/pagescollection/A-Town-Called-Mhow/152409751481406detail?id=152409751481406&sk=photos_stream#!/10807 A sepia photo.phpof the ????fbid=335916003130779&set=pb.152409751481406.-2207520000.1362210221&type=3&theater Postcard: The Cantonmentand R A Hospital at Mhow, MhowIndia (taken from the Mall) in 1872]***[httphttps://wwwthewardrobe.facebookorg.comuk/pagescollection/A-Town-Called-Mhow/152409751481406detail?id=152409751481406&sk=photos_stream#!/10810 A sepia photo.php?fbid=386827484706297&set=pb.152409751481406.-2207520000.1362210221&type=3&theater Church of England <nowiki>[</nowiki>Christ Church<nowiki>]</nowiki> on the MallNo 4 or New European Infantry Barracks at Mhow, Mhowin 1872]***[httphttps://wwwthewardrobe.facebookorg.comuk/pagescollection/A-Town-Called-Mhow/152409751481406detail?id=152409751481406&sk=photos_stream#!/10812 A sepia photo.php?fbid=333782013344178&set=pb.152409751481406.-2207520000.1362210221&type=3&theater Postcard: Roman Catholic Church, of the European Cavalry School at Mhow, C.I.c 1872]***[httphttps://wwwthewardrobe.facebookorg.comuk/pages/A-Town-Called-Mhowcollection/152409751481406detail?id=152409751481406&sk=photos_stream#!/6890 A sepia photo.php?fbid=317854898270223&set=pb.152409751481406.-2207520000.1362210221&type=3&theater CNI Church, Mhow, previously of the Methodist, and c 1890s the Wesleyan ChurchBattalion formed up at Mhow in 1872]***[httphttps://wwwthewardrobe.facebookorg.comuk/pages/A-Town-Called-Mhowcollection/152409751481406detail?id=152409751481406&sk=photos_stream#!/6891 A sepia photo.php?fbid=352094908179555&set=pb.152409751481406.-2207520000.1362210221&type=3&theater A distant view of the Scottish Church, Officers at Mhowin 1872] ***[http://www.facebookrorkesdriftvc.com/pagesstories/A-Town-Called-Mhowm_everett.htm An Indian Pilgrimage
] by Martin Everett. rorkesdriftvc.com. Appears to be written 2003 or earlier, as there is an [https:/152409751481406?id=152409751481406&sk=photos_stream#!/photoweb.archive.php?fbid=429593310429714&set=pborg/web/20030801025128/http://rorkesdriftvc.152409751481406com/stories/m_everett.-2207520000htm archived version] from this date.1362210221&type=3&theater This article describes headstones in the old cantonment cemetery near Mhow Railway Station many years ago:1railway 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.facebookcwgc.comorg/pages/Afind-Towna-Called-Mhowcemetery/cemetery/152409751481406?id=152409751481406&sk=photos_stream#!5001725/photoMHOW%20NEW%20CEMETERY Mhow New Cemetery] Commonwealth War Graves Commission.php?fbid=368230023232710&set=pb.152409751481406.-2207520000Select "See Casualty Records" for details of the burials, including the deaths in 1918, mentioned above.1362210221&type=3&theater Mhow Railway Station many years ago: 2]***[http://www.facebookflickr.com/pagesphotos/A-Town-Called-Mhowlenton_sands/1849611718/152409751481406?id=152409751481406&sk=photos_stream#!in/photo.php?fbid=328929447162768&set=pb.152409751481406.-220752000072157602432553340/ Photograph: Mohow Barracks (North) c 1928] flickr.1362210221&type=3&theater The Army School Mhow 1870]com***[http://wwwglosters.facebooktripod.com/pagesIndia30.html/ India 1933-36] Aseries of photographs taken in India 1933 -Town-Called-1936 of the 1st Battalion, [[61st Regiment of Foot|Glosters]] from “The Glorious Glosters “. Includes some taken at Mhow.*[http:/152409751481406?id=152409751481406&sk=photos_stream#!/photowww.bbc.php?fbid=369970956391950&set=pbco.152409751481406uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/58/a4427958.shtml 1941-22075200001945 Eastern Travels Part 2] by Cecil John Callis, [[Royal Corps of Signals]].1362210221&type=3&theater Image 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 a weekly newspaper ''The Eastern Herald'' Monday May 12the many Signals trades - linesman, telephone exchange operator, wireless and tele-printer operator, instrument mechanic, electrician, driver, dispatch rider, 1890]motor mechanic etc.***[http://www.facebookindiaofthepast.comorg/ken-staynor/pageslife-back-then/Amhow-mt-Townabu-Calledtrain-1943 Mhowto Mt. Abu by Train (1943)] by Kenneth Hugh Staynor. indiaofthepast.org. [http:/152409751481406?id=152409751481406&sk=photos_stream#!/photowww.irfca.php?fbid=336507416404971&set=pborg/apps/trip_reports/show/410 Shorter version] irfca.152409751481406org.-2207520000Describes Mhow in 1943.1362210221&type=3&theater The Studio author was then a schoolboy. It was the location of the chief Royal Corps of Davli & Sons, Photographers Mhow]Signals Training Centre. ***[httphttps://www.facebookflickr.com/pagesphotos/A-Town-Called-Mhowbrianharringtonspier/2929054860/152409751481406?id=152409751481406&sk=photos_stream#!in/photo.php?fbid=481303655258679&set=pb-72157611003561984 Photograph: Signals Training Centre, Mhow.152409751481406Boys' Company.Winners of the Six-2207520000A-Side Football 1946] Brian Harrington Spier’s photstream on flickr.1362210221&type=3&theater Students of St. Mary's School Mhow c early 1900s] com