Deccan (disambiguation)
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Deccan refers to the Deccan Plateau , a peninsular plateau in southern India, and southern India in general.
Deccan may also refer to:
Places
[edit ]- Deccan Gymkhana, a sports neighborhood in Pune, India
- East Deccan dry evergreen forests, forests in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
Events
[edit ]- Deccan Riots, peasant revolt against moneylenders in colonial India
- Deccan Famine of 1630–32, a in early-modern India where some 2,000,000 people died
Airlines
[edit ]- Deccan (airline), India's first low-cost airline, based in Bangalore, India
- Deccan Charters, an airline based in Bangalore, India
- Simplifly Deccan, formerly Air Deccan, was the first Indian low-cost carrier, headquartered in Bangalore
- Deccan 360 also known as Deccan Cargo & Express Logistics, was a cargo airline based in Bangalore
- Deccan Airways, an airline based in Hyderabad before independence
- Deccan Lanka, a low-cost Sri Lankan airline based in Colombo
Organisations
[edit ]- Deccan Mujahideen, an alleged terrorist group in India
- Deccan States Agency, an administrative unit in British India
- Deccan sultanates, Muslim kingdoms ruling southern India during 15th-17th centuries
Railways
[edit ]- Deccan Odyssey, a train traveling from Mumbai to several locations in Maharashtra and Goa
- Deccan Queen, a daily train traveling between Mumbai and Pune
Newspapers
[edit ]- Deccan Chronicle , an Indian English-language newspaper
- Deccan Herald , an Indian English-language newspaper
- The Deccan Times , defunct Indian newspaper
Other uses
[edit ]- Deccan Traps, the remnants of one of the world's largest volcanic events
- Deccan white carp (Cirrhinus fulungee), a species of freshwater cyprinid fish
See also
[edit ]- Deccan College (disambiguation)
- Deccan Park (disambiguation)
- Deccani (disambiguation)
- Decan (disambiguation)
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