there it flows north towards Mhow. Infantry Research Center & Museum - Mhow A world-class and one of its kind Indian Army Museum showcasing the history, courage, valour, and sacrifices of the Infantry as the ultimate cutting-edge combat arm, has been established at Mhow. Transport The railway station, a meter gauge line, was founded in the 1870s as part of the Holkar State Railway. Mhow was connected to Indore and Khandwa by metre gauge railway lines. On 18 January 2008, the work of broad gauge track between Mhow-Indore was completed in 2016 and the services are currently active. On the other side the work is in progress for the gauge conversion to Khandwa. The cost of the gauge conversion would be about Rs.1421.25 crore and Mhow has YDM-4 Metre Gauge(M.G) locomotives in Ratlam diesel loco shed. The Patalpani Kalakund Ghat Section will function as a heritage railway from 25 December 2018. The nearest airport is Indore. In popular culture Some books about Mhow include: Diaries and letters from India, 1895-1900 by Violet Jacob; Non fiction Last Post At Mhow by Arthur Hawkey; London: Jarrolds, 1969; Non fiction Chinnery's Hotel by Jaysinh Birjepatil; Ravi Dayal Publishers (India); 2005; fiction There are references to Mhow in the works of Rudyard Kipling: His poem "The Ladies" A reference to the train from Ajmer to Mhow in Chapter 1 of The Man Who Would Be King (1888) A reference to Mhow in chapter 11 of Kim (1901) Notable people B.R. Ambedkar, Indian politician and architect of India's constitution, was born in Mhow. His father Ramji Maloji Sakpal was posted here as a Subedar Major in a battalion of the British Indian Army's Mahar Regiment. A memorial to Dr. Ambedkar in the shape of a Buddhist stupa is being built at a spot where his father's quarters used to be. It is located by the Mhow-Mandleshwar Highway (State Highway 1) and is in the Kali Paltan area of Mhow. Shankar Lakshman, Indian hockey goalkeeper from Mhow (Indore) Subedar Major Vijay Kumar (sport shooter), AVSM, SM (Retd) of the 16th Battalion Dogra Regiment, Indian Army won a silver medal at the London Olympics 2012 in the 25m rapid fire pistol event. He had been posted at the Army Marksmanship Unit (AMU) Mhow from 2003 till 2017. Kishan Lal, captain of Indian Hockey Team which won gold at the 1948 London Olympics belonged to Mhow. In the