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Muwaffaq 4 July 2005 07:18 (UTC)

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Some points:

The lead is too short. It should summarise the topic and should have around 250-300 words. Minimum 2 paragraphs.
Table is really ugly. Please neaten it using the standard template used for Indian locations.
Images do not have a licence tag. Please tag all images and specify their source.
History should not have subheadings.
Greek and Sanskrit spellings of Ujjain unnecessary
Temperatures needed in geography. Records if possible
Economy too thin, should be expanded. Include occupations
Subheadings under culture should go.
Tourism should be expanded to about three times the current length.
In fiction should ber merged under culture.
Rename =References= as =notes=; rename Further Reading as References and include references under further reading. See Geography of India
Images needs to be correctly licenced
Consider including =Transport=
=Demographics= missing.

=Nichalp «Talk»= 07:02, 19 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

A very interesting article wothy of FA status soon. However, I'm not clear if the word Malwa is used in the current context. For example, Rayalaseema and Telangana are terms still used in Andhra Pradesh as geographic areas. Mysore Karnataka, Hyderabad Karnataka etc. are terms still used in Karnataka to refer to distinct vote banks and more importantly, distinct cultures. The article should explain in what context Malwa is used today (if at all used) and must have a few paragraphs on its identity with and distinctiveness from the other regions in Madhya Pradesh. --Gurubrahma 09:56, 26 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

It certainly is used, but more in a cultural context rather than a political one. Also, many people (especially elderly people) in these regions still use terms like Malwa, Mewar, Marwar etc rather than modern state names. Some census data, like this one are also issued based on this classification. A few years ago, I also read an (isolated) newspaper report about demand of a separate Malwa state [1]. deeptrivia (talk) 04:29, 28 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

PS: A google search showed that it's also used in politics. See for example this article. deeptrivia (talk) 04:32, 28 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Chittorgarh

Chittorgarh is the historic capital of the Mewar region of Rajasthan, and is not generally considered to be part of Malwa. Tom Radulovich 18:14, 23 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I guess you're right. Some areas of the present Chittorgarh district lie in the Malwa region, but not the whole of it. Also, borders of kingdoms kept on changing, so it might be hard to get an exact border for these regions based on political history. It's a good idea though to keep Chittorgarh fort out of the tourist places list. I wasn't sure at the first place. deeptrivia 02:07, 24 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

PS: Tom Radulovich, it would be awesome if you could contribute something to the Economy and Demography sections. deeptrivia 02:09, 24 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

You may want to move the Chittorgarh fort text to Mewar, and start a tourism section for that article. I don't know much at all about the economy or demography of Malwa, but will look into it. Tom Radulovich 03:48, 24 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Done! deeptrivia 04:11, 24 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Almost there

Its almost there. Demographics needs to be filled up with figures from the infobox. Images need to be standardised, temperatures need to be added. =Nichalp «Talk»= 10:33, 26 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Transport scrap

Major Airport

Indore

Railways

Western Railways. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway (BB&CI), and the Saurashtra, Rajputana and Jaipur railways. The BB&CI Railway was itself inaugurated in 1855, starting with the construction of a 29 mile (47 km) broad gauge track from Ankleshwar to Utran in Gujarat state on the west coast. In 1864, the railway was extended to Mumbai.

Subsequently, the project was further extended beyond Vadodara in a north easterly direction towards Godhra, Ratlam, Nagda and thereafter northwards towards Mathura, to eventually link with the Great Indian Peninsular Railway, now the Central Railway,

- - This data is for Madhya Pradesh ***

Road length per 1000 km : 460

Railway track length /00 sq km: 1.3

Surfaced roads/ 00 sq km: 20.8

Roads: Other stuff

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