Dr. Ambedkar Nagar

Also known as Mhow, Mahu

Mhow, officially Dr. Ambedkar Nagar, is a town in the Indore district in Madhya Pradesh state of India. It is located south-west of Indore city, towards Mumbai on the old -Agra Mumbai Road. It is the birthplace of the social and political reformer and the chairman of the Constitution Drafting Committee B. R. Ambedkar who was also independent India's first law minister. In 2003, the Government of Madhya Pradesh renamed the town Dr. Ambedkar Nagar in honour of Dr B R Ambedkar

Key facts

Settlement.name: Mhow
Settlement.official_name: Dr. Ambedkar Nagar
Settlement.named_for: B. R. Ambedkar
Settlement.other_name: Mahu
Settlement.settlement_type: Cantonment Town
Settlement.image_skyline: Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Memorial Mhow.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Bhim Janmabhoomi, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Memorial Mhow
Settlement.pushpin_map: India Madhya Pradesh#India
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Mhow in Madhya Pradesh
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: India
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Madhya Pradesh
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Indore
Settlement.governing_body: Indore Metropolitan Region
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric

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Encyclopedic overview

18 sections

Contents

Etymology
History
Climate
Demographics
Cantonment
The Infantry School
Military College of Telecommunication Engineering (MCTE)
The Army War College
Government and politics
Tourism
Janapav
Infantry Research Center & Museum - Mhow
Transport
In popular culture
Notable people
Universities and colleges in the Tehsil
References
External links

==Etymology== Some articles in popular literature state that 'MHOW' stands for Military Headquarters Of Warfare. However, this is a backronym, and there is no proof to support the theory that the name of the cantonment town comes from the acronym.

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