A TOWN CALLED MHOW HAS A NEW BOOK

Just the comment needed for the booklet on Mhopw

"Even to someone who has little knowledge of Mhow, and no particular incentive to acquire it, your “facets” are fascinating. Well done!"

The list of the old and RARE pictures in '50 Fascinating Facets of Mhow'

Its taken years and years to collect the 16 pictures that now feature in this booklet.
The list of OLD PHOTOS in this booklet:
1. cover page - Sanghi Street in the early 1900s - when the street was not even known as Sanghi Street and was part of the Main Street.
2. cover page - A rare badge that was worn by members of the Mhow Goshala...imagine they had a badge also in those days.
3. The oldest known picture of the church on the Mall, dated 1872.. Mhow looks too different in this
4. A picture of the building which now is the Army Public School taken in 1872, just a few years after the building was built. Its another unbelievable picture.
5. A part of Sanghi Street known as the Dalia Bazaar...
6.The Main Street, i think even before 1900...
7. An incredible picture of the sisters of St. Mary's School when they first came to Mhow.
8. A PICTURE OF DR. AMBEDKAR'S FATHER.
9. Gopal Birdaji Malgava,the person who founded the Mhow Goshala, which celebrated its centenary year in 2011.
10. An amazing picture of the time when the magnificient Abbas Building at the Kotwali Square was being built.. early 1920s..
11. Moti Mahal Cinema in Mhow in its prime.
12. A rare picture of the Officers Training School or OTS when it functioned in Mhow during the Second World War.
13. An old picture of the Fountain at the Kotwali ..and the olden days Kotwali behind..
14. Bhanwarilal's shop with its array of sweets during Diwali in the 1970s... about 40 years ago
15. A picture of Dorab Gazder - the man who has come to Mhow probably the most times.. he is over 90 years old now..
16. A very old picture of the Tazias in Mhow showing how big they used to be that they were as tall as Abbas Building..

50 Fascinating Facets of Mhow

This is the new 24-page booklet on Mhow which has a number of old and rare pictures as well as 50 intriguing things about the history of Mhow.

Author: Denzil Lobo
lobo.denzil@rediffmail.com

A Town Called MHOW

A Town Called MHOW
Author: Denzil Lobo
212 pages
Price: Rs. 250 (Postal charges in India included)
lobo.denzil@rediffmail.com

Mhow is a town that is endlessly fascinating. In the days of the british, it was an important cantonment. This book is the result of over fourteen years of historic research and is the first of its kind on Mhow. Annotated with notes, it provides an indepth history of thsi cantonment from 1818. And this book is not only a historic work, it has a set of stories that will touch just about anyone's heart.