Indore
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Indore ( Hindi: इंदौर, Indaur ) is (2011 census ), located at the confluence of the Khan and Saraswati on the Vindhya Plateau, a city in the state of Madhya Pradesh in India, with about 2 million inhabitants. It is an industrial city ( cotton, metal, furniture, chemical industry), cultural center with a university, theaters, museums and cinemas, transport hubs (road, railway, airport) and research with scientific institutes. Nearby cotton, millet, corn, canola and wheat is grown.
History
After Indore centuries was only a minor station on the pilgrim paths according to Omkareshwar and Ujjain, it evolved from 1715 into an important trading center in the region. Malhar Rao Holkar (1694-1766), founder of the Holkar dynasty, Indore made it the capital of his eponymous empire.
Since 1956 Indore belongs to the state of Madhya Pradesh.
Today, Indore is the largest trade and economic center of the region. The nearby industrial area Pithampur, often called the " Detroit of India ", is the seat of numerous steel giants and engine plants to which Honda, Hindustan Motors, Bajaj and Pratap Steel belong.
Worth seeing is the standing on the banks of the Khan Lal Bagh Palace. He is an example of the extravagant neo-classical buildings that were a taste of the immensely rich Maharajas of the 19th and 20th centuries. The landmark of Indore is the old Holkar Palace " Raj Wada " which overlooks a palm-lined square in the heart of the city. The villa was built in the style of a West Indian town house. Another palace is the Manik Bagh.