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{{redirect| Dr. Ambedkar Nagar|other places|List of things named after B. R. Ambedkar#Places}}
{{Distinguish|Ambedkar Nagar, Jodhpur|Ambedkar Nagar district}}
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==Etymology==
==Etymology==
Some articles in popular literature state that 'MHOW' stands for '''M'''ilitary '''H'''eadquarters '''O'''f '''W'''arfare. However, this is a [[backronym]], and there is no proof to support the theory that the name of the village comes from the acronym.
Some articles in popular literature state that 'MHOW' stands for '''M'''ilitary '''H'''eadquarters '''O'''f '''W'''ar. However, this is a [[backronym]], and there is no proof to support the theory that the name of the village comes from the acronym. The village near Mhow was called Mhow Gaon in the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]]/[[Maratha Empire|Maratha]] eras, when English was not used in India. The [[Cantonment]] which came up in 1818 during the [[Third Anglo-Maratha War]], came to be known as Mhow Cantt after the name of this village. [[Sir John Malcolm]] spelt the name of this town as MOW in his writings. The 1918 edition of Encyclopædia Britannica also mentions 'MAU


==History==
==History==
This cantonment town was founded in 1818 by [[John Malcolm]] as a result of the [[Treaty of Mandsaur]] between the English and the [[House of Holkar|Holkar]]s who were the [[Maratha Empire|Maratha]] [[Maharaja]]s of Indore. John Malcolm's forces had defeated the Holkars of the [[Maratha Empire|Maratha Confederacy]] at the [[Battle of Mahidpur]] on 21 December 1817. It was after this battle that the capital of the Holkars moved from the town of [[Maheshwar]] on the banks of the [[Narmada]] to Indore.
This cantonment town was founded in 1818 by [[John Malcolm]] as a result of the [[Treaty of Mandsaur]] between the English and the [[Holkar]]s who were the [[Maratha Empire|Maratha]] [[Maharaja]]s of Indore. John Malcolm's forces had defeated the Holkars of the [[Maratha Empire|Maratha Confederacy]] at the [[Battle of Mahidpur]] on 21 December 1817. It was after this battle that the capital of the Holkars moved from the town of [[Maheshwar]] on the banks of the [[Narmada]] to Indore.


Mhow used to be the headquarters of the [[5th (Mhow) Division]] of the [[Southern Command (India)|Southern Command]] during the [[British Raj]]. Today this small town is associated with the [[Indian Army]] and with [[B. R. Ambedkar]] who was born there.
Mhow used to be the headquarters of the [[5th (Mhow) Division]] of the [[Southern Command (India)|Southern Command]] during the [[British Raj]]. Today this small town is associated with the [[Indian Army]] and with [[B. R. Ambedkar]] who was born there.
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* ''Last Post At Mhow'' by Arthur Hawkey; London: Jarrolds, 1969; Non fiction
* ''Last Post At Mhow'' by Arthur Hawkey; London: Jarrolds, 1969; Non fiction
* ''Chinnery's Hotel'' by Jaysinh Birjepatil; Ravi Dayal Publishers (India); 2005; fiction
* ''Chinnery's Hotel'' by Jaysinh Birjepatil; Ravi Dayal Publishers (India); 2005; fiction
* ''The compound microscope'' by Dr. Ratna Gosain; 2020 non-fiction book
The compound microscope by Dr.Ratna Gosain :2020 non fiction book


There are references to Mhow in the works of [[Rudyard Kipling]]:
There are references to Mhow in the works of [[Rudyard Kipling]]:
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