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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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Place details
- Locality
- Dewas
- Region
- Madhya Pradesh
- Country
- India
- Population
- 289,550
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
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Key facts
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.name
- Dewas
- Settlement.population_demonym
- Dewasi
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Madhya Pradesh#India3
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Madhya Pradesh
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Dewas
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Tehsil
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Dewas
- Settlement.government_type
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Madhya Pradesh
- Area
- +50
- Elevation
- +535
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Capital of
- Dewas district
- Image
- Dewas City View From Tekri Hilltop.jpg
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- Education
- Government Colleges
- Private Colleges
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- Private Schools
- See also
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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.