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Rajwada at Indore is the only existing seven storied entrance of a Palace.
Indore got its first Railway Track in 1886 from khandwa to Indore.
Indian Queen of Melody, Lata Mangeshkar was born in Indore.
Famous singer cum actor Kishore Kumar was a student at Christian College, Indore.
Famous painters M.F.Hussain and N.S.Bendre spent some years in Indore studying art with Vishnu Deolalikar.
Bada Ganapati in Indore is considered to be the largest (permanent) Ganesh idol in the world..
Sudarshan Chakra of tabla is supposed to be an Indore invention.
Indore became the capital of Holkar state only after it became a British protectorate.
Maharani Ahilya Bai Holkar supposedly came to Indore only twice. In her first visit, the city was looted and in the second visit there were riots.
The gates of Lalbagh Palace, Indore, are replica of the gates of Buckingham Palace, London. They were cast in iron in England and then shipped to Indore.
Like the Pandhari temple at Pandharpur (Maharashtra) on the bank of Chandrabhaga river, Indore too has a Pandhari temple at Pandharinath on the bank of Saraswati river where it is referred to as Chandrabhaga due to its crescent shape.
Indore has a huge concrete Cricket Bat statue with names of the players of the Indian team which won the 1971 series against West Indies led by Gary Sobers. There many not be many of its kind in the World !!
Indore is the first city in India to have a Bowling Alley in Sayaji Hotels, a western world favorite, addictive game.
In Indore Internet came long back in 1995 it was in CAT thru its own VSAT hub.
Indore recently had the honor of having IIM, Indore one of the six top Indian busines schools.
CAT, Indore is one amongst the eminent advanced technology research center in India.
Indore's Nehru Stadium became the first cricket ground in India where an international cricket match had to be abandoned due to bad pitch.
There is a city Indore in West Virginia, US as well.