The irony is that Mhow still has no broad gauge railway line.

There is no proof for this as it is said that the village near Mhow has been called Mhow Gaon since time immemorial.

* The Mahua ( Madhuca longifolia ) tree which grows in profusion in the forests around Mhow has also been mentioned as a possible source for the name of this town.

Mhow has an average literacy rate of 72 %, higher than the national average of 59. 5 %: male literacy is 78 %, and female literacy is 65 %.

Mhow has a large number of Shi ' i and Sunni Muslims.

Mhow also has a substantial number of Dawoodi Bohra Muslims from Gujarat who are mostly businessmen by profession.

Each community listed above has contributed in its own way towards the growth of Mhow.

It has been pulled down and a jogger's park has been built on its grounds by the Infantry School, Mhow.

The Army Marksmanship Unit ( AMU ) which has produced many medal winning shooters for the Army and for India is a part of The Infantry School Mhow.

Mhow has one seat in the State Legislative Assembly ( the Vidhan Sabha ).

Mhow has been connected to Indore and Khandwa by metre gauge railway lines.

Mhow has now been renamed Dr. Ambedkar Nagar in honour of the father of the Indian constitution, who was born here.

They also claim that the name Mhow has a history of its own and is a name which the Indian Army and civilians are deeply attached to.

Opponents of the renaming claim that Porbandar, the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi, has not been renamed Gandhinagar and Jawaharlal Nehru's birthplace Allahabad is still Allahabad and not Nehrunagar hence it is not necessary to rename Mhow after Ambedkar.

Old time Actress Sheila Ramani also has a Mhow connection.

He has been posted at the Army Marksmanship Unit ( AMU ) Mhow since 2003.

The villages of Mhow ( and Malwa ) especially Badgonda, Gawli Palasiya, Kodariya, Kelod, Jamli and Harsola have a large number of Patidars who are originally from Gujarat.

# Corps of Signals – Military College of Telecommunication Engineering ( MCTE ), Mhow is a premiere training institute of the Corps of Signals.

Mhow is a cantonment in the Indore District in Madhya Pradesh, India.

According to Hindu religious texts, Janapav Kuti near Mhow is said to be the birthplace of Parashurama, an avatar of Vishnu.

There is total lack of unanimity on how Mhow got its name.

" There are more than 5000 Sindhi Muslims living in the 6 villages of mhow tehsil they came here late before400 years ago most of them are farmers and jagirdars this community is one of the oldest community living in the area they are living long before the Mhow was originated they came from sindh ( mohenjodaro ) late before 400 years they were warriors who saved jodpur kingdom from attackers and were gifted with thousands acres land in mhow area which comprise almost 30 % of mhow tehsil. they live in chopati, banjari, karondia, richabardi, kesarbardi ,& dada. the people have even participated in 1857 war against Britishers in mhow.

The Tower of Silence is between Mhow and the Beircha Lake.

Since 2008 the MLA from Mhow is Mr. Kailash Vijayvargiya of the BJP who is also the State Industries Minister in the cabinet of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan.

Under the delimitation exercise carried out all over the nation Mhow is now in the Dhar Parliamentary constituency though it continues to be in Indore district for administrative purposes.

Present Member of Parliament for Mhow is the Dhar MP Gajendra Singh Rajukhedi of the Indian National Congress.

The river Chambal which flows through the dacoit infested areas of Northern India is said to begin at the hill of Janapav which is in a village named Kuti, around 15 km from Mhow town.

It is located by the Agra-Mumbai Road and is very near the temple, gurudwara and mosque of the Infantry School Mhow.

Until 2009 Mhow Tehsil was part of the Indore Lok Sabha constituency.

* Indian Institute of Management, Indore ( IIM Indore ), Pigdamber, Mhow Tehsil.

* Indian Institute of Technology, Indore ( IIT Indore ), Simrol, Mhow Tehsil.

* Indore Premier Co-Operative Bank Mhow

* Shankar Lakshman, Indian hockey goalkeeper from Mhow ( Indore ).

* The English cricketer and footballer Denis Compton was stationed in Mhow during World War II and he had played cricket for the Holkar ( Indore ) team in the Ranji Trophy ( India's National Cricket Championship ).

It was under this treaty that the British were given the cantonment town of Mhow which is 23 km from Indore.

Her parents are settled in the Army town of Mhow in the Indore district of Madhya Pradesh.

In 1995 she did a cameo in a Tamil film called Aasai. She is from Mhow, near Indore M. P.

The perennial Chambal originates at Manpura, south of Mhow town, near Indore, on the south slope of the Vindhya Range in Madhya Pradesh.

The 960 km long Chambal River originates from the Singar Chouri peak in the northern slopes of the Vindhyan escarpment, 15 km West-South-West of Mhow in Indore District in Madhya Pradesh state, at an elevation of about 843 m. The river flows first in a northerly direction in Madhya Pradesh ( M. P.

However, by the midpoint of the year, Byng was sent back to India to command the 10th Royal Hussars at Mhow and was appointed to the rank of a substantive lieutenant colonel in October.

However, the Cantonment was referred to by British officers as Mhow at least as early as the end of 1823 ( letter from Lt Edward Squibb to his father in London ).

* Last Post At Mhow by Arthur Hawkey ; London: Jarrolds, 1969 ; Non fiction

The 2011 edition was held at Janapao Kuti village in Mhow tehsil and was focused on " contemporary issues being faced by companies targeting rural markets.