domestic circuit he played for the Indian Railways. In August 2004 Col (then Major) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore of the Grenadier Regiment won a silver medal in the shooting event of the Athens Olympics. At that time Major (now Col) Rathore was posted to the Army Marksmanship Unit (AMU) Mhow. Mukesh Kumar, eminent golfer belongs to Mhow. The English cricketer and footballer Denis Compton was stationed in Mhow during World War II and he had played cricket for the Holkar (Indore) team in the Ranji Trophy (India's National Cricket Championship). Adela Florence Nicolson, pen name Laurence Hope (1865-1904) a leading poet of the late 19th century and early 20th century lived in Mhow from 1895 to 1900 with her husband Major General Malcolm Hassels Nicolson of the Bombay Presidency Army. Violet Jacob Scottish writer and illustrator was in Mhow from 1895 to 1900 when her husband Major Arthur Otway Jacob was posted here. Her book Diaries and letters from India 1895–1900 is about her years in Mhow. She visited Mhow again in the 1920s. Dorothy Gill, opera singer and actress was born in Mhow J. G. Greig, Cricketer, born in Mhow Rajeev John George (1970–2005): A housing rights activist Universities and colleges Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University of Social Sciences Army War College, Mhow BANISS Military College of Telecommunication Engineering College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Mhow References External links Mhow cantonment Mhow Ki Khabrein - A blog dedicated to Mhow Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2001 B. R. Ambedkar All articles containing potentially dated statements Cities in Malwa Cantonments of India Cantonments of British India Cities and towns in Indore district