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Dewas
Sign in to saveDewas is a city in the Malwa region of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The municipality was formerly the seat of two 15-Gun Salute state princely states during the British Raj, Dewas Junior state and Dewas Senior state, ruled by the Pawar clan of the Marathas. The city is the administrative capital of Dewas district. Dewas is an industrialised city and houses a government bank note press.
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Dewas is a city in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. It serves as the capital of Dewas district. The city is situated at an elevation of 535 meters above sea level and covers an area of 50 square units. Its postal code is 455001, and the local dialing code is 7272. Dewas operates in the UTC+05:30 time zone.
The population of Dewas is 289,550. The city is described in the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. Current weather data indicates a temperature of 32.42 degrees, humidity of 33 percent, pressure of 1006, and wind speed of 7.3.
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Place details
- Locality
- Dewas
- Region
- Madhya Pradesh
- Country
- India
- Population
- 289,550
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
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Key facts
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- Dewas
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- Dewasi
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- India Madhya Pradesh#India3
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- right
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- Country
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- State
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- Madhya Pradesh
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- District
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- Dewas
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- Tehsil
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- Dewas
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipal Corporation
- Settlement.governing_body
- Dewas Municipal Corporation
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- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 50
- Settlement.area_rank
- 900th
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 535
via Wikipedia infobox
Travel guide
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Dewas has direct trains from all the major cities of India. Premium trains that services Dewas include the daily Awanitka Express from Mumbai and the thrice-weekly Pune-Indore Express from Pune. There are two daily trains from New Delhi, the Hazarat Nizamuddin Intercity Express and the Malwa Express.
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Encyclopedic overview
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Dewas is a city in the Malwa region of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The municipality was formerly the seat of two 15-Gun Salute state princely states during the British Raj, Dewas Junior state and Dewas Senior state, ruled by the Pawar clan of the Marathas. The city is the administrative capital of Dewas district. Dewas is an industrialised city and houses a government bank note press.
==Etymology== thumb|An old photograph of Goddess Chamunda Mata's Temple on Dewas Tekri (Hill). The name Dewas is derived from the Devi Vashini hill in the city, commonly known as Tekri. The hill has a temple of the deities Devi Tulja Bhawani, Chamunda Mata and Kalika Mata. The word Dewas is believed to be a sandhi of the words Dev (deity) and Vas (abode in Marathi), so Dewas means abode of the gods. Swami Shivom Tirtha wrote the history of the hill (Tekri ) of Dewas in his book, Sadhan Shikhar. Inspired by the area, E.M. Forster wrote The Hill of Devi in 1953.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dewas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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