Malwa (disambiguation)

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Malwa may refer to the following entities in India:

Central India
  • Malwa, plateau in central India and one of the six historical regions of northern India, part of the modern Madhya Pradesh state
    • Malwa culture, a Chalcolithic culture based in Malwa
    • Malwa Express, a passenger train in India
    • Malwa or Malvi, a zebu cattle breed of India
    • Malwa Sultanate (1401–1562), medieval kingdom of India
    • Malwa Subah (1568–1743), a top-level province of Mughal India
    • Malwa Agency (1895–1947), administrative section of the Central India Agency for indirect rule of the princely states of British India
    • Malwa Union later Madhya Bharat (1948–1957), former state of India, merged with Madhya Pradesh
    • Battle of Malwa, 1738, part of the Mughal-Maratha wars
elsewhere in India
  • Malwa (Punjab), one of the three geographical regions that make up Punjab, India

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