68th Raising Day of MCTE Mhow...

Military College of Telecommunication Engineering (MCTE) Mhow was born on Oct 1, 1946 as the Indian Signal Corps School. It was renamed the School of Signals on June 25, 1948. On Oct 1, 1967 it became the  Military College of Telecommunication Engineering (MCTE). The college is the alma mater of the Corps of Signals of the Indian Army. 

A Pagal Gymkhana (fun n games) was held on Sunday 28 Sep at the Raman Training Ground of the during the  to celebrate the 68th Raising Day of the college 

"Aayo Gorkhali..." Khukri dance by soldiers of the 1st Gorkha Rifles 

 

Pics courtesy: MCTE  Mhow. 

Roopmati's Pavilion at Mandu

From my archives: A young couple at Roopmati's Pavilion. Mandu August 2007,
Clicked with my Yashica MF-2 film camera...

The Patalpani Kalakund Ghat Section

The Patalpani Kalakund Ghat Section - a very beautiful stretch as one travels south from Mhow/Indore towards Khandwa. There are four tunnels in this route. These tracks were laid here in the 1870s as part of the Holkar State Railway. Clicked in April 2012.

A Letter For You....

Tuesday, 23 Sept 2014

Posted a letter after ages... used this letter box kept outside the Cantonment Post Office Mhow.... 

Clicked with my smartphone....

The Gambhir - Mhow's River

                     Sept 14, 2014: The Gambhir as seen from the Khade Hanuman temple.This is a small river which begins on the hill of Janapao 15 kms from Mhow Cantonment, it flows into the Kshipra near Ujjain which flows into the Chambal (interestingly the Chambal also begins from the hill of Janapao)

Commonwealth Games Shooting Heroes Arrive Home

Above: Home are the heroes... Shooters Jitu Rai and Gurpal Singh who won Gold and Silver respectively in the 50 m pistol event at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games being received at the Indore airport by their comrades of the Army Marksmanship Unit Mhow, on friday (01 Aug)  evening....Pic courtesy AMU Mhow.

                 Above: Jitu Rai in action. Pic courtesy: AMU Mhow

Above: Gurpal Singh in action. Pic courtesy: AMU Mhow

A Simian Visitor

This was on 22 May 2014. There were three of them. They went up to our terrace and then vanished after a minute or two.

The Langur who visited us.

A New Shooting Star from Mhow

Naib Subedar Jitu Rai of Army Marksmanship Unit (AMU) of the Indian Army gave two back to back sterling performances at the ISSF World Cups held at Munich, Germany and Maribor, Slovenia, by winning Silver medals at both events.

On 11 Jun 2014 Naib Subedar Jitu Rai won Silver medal in 10m Air Pistol event at ISSF World Cup, Munich and on 16 Jun 2014 he has also won Silver medal in 50m Free Pistol event by scoring 568 out of 600 at ISSF World Cup, Maribor and established New National Record in the event.

Sep Neeraj, attending his first International tournament, brought laurels to the nation at the ISSF Junior World Cup (25 May to 01 Jul 2014), Germany by winning two Silver and one Bronze medal . The Army Shooters have done the country proud by their superb performance. 

The Owl in the Gul Mohar Tree

Sunday 18 May 2014

My friend Ulloo the Spotted Owlet (Athene Brama) was very much there in the hollow of the Gul Mohur when I passed by on Sunday... 

Brahminy Mynas Getting Ready....

From my archives... 21 Jan 2012 A pair of Brahminy Starling (ब्रह्मणी मैना Sturmus pagodarum) 
enjoy the morning sunlight...

Royalty is Royalty....

04 March 2014, Tuesday

Army Despatch Rider's Royal Enfield Motorbike in Malwa Market Mhow