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Desperately waiting to see an album on the trip!!

Posted by Jimmy Jose on 2008 Jul 12 13:31:42 +0000

So here is how to spell Mhow. It will come like 'Mahoo' as seen in the hindi spelling.

Posted by Samar on 2008 Jul 12 15:40:04 +0000

Samar, MHOW means "Military Headquarters On War". The British chose it because of it's central location. With all the mountains around, it was almost invincible during those days. Mahoo is an indianised version of MHOW

Posted by Jimmy Jose on 2008 Jul 12 18:12:00 +0000

One more station in IR, derived the name like MHOW. It is AVADI - means Armoured Vehicles and Ammunition Depot of India

Posted by Ramesh on 2008 Jul 14 06:32:14 +0000

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