Deccan (disambiguation)
Deccan means Southern part in ancient India, south of the Satpura and Vindhya ranges. Deccan includes the east and west coasts and plains, the plateau and mountain ranges of the ancient Southern India.
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Deccan may also refer to:
Geography
- Deccan Plateau, located between the Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats in India
- Deccan Traps, the remnants of one of the world's largest volcanic events
Places
- Deccan Gymkhana, a sports neighborhood in Pune, India
- Deccan Park (park)
- Deccan Park (building), a Global Development centre in Hyderabad, India
- East Deccan dry evergreen forests in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
Events
- Deccan Riots, 19th century riots in Maharashtra
- Deccan Famine of 1630–32, a famine where some 2,000,000 people died
Airlines
- 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 Limited, an airline based in Hyderabad before independence
- Deccan Lanka, a low-cost Sri Lankan airline based in Colombo
Colleges
- Deccan College (disambiguation)
Organisations
- 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
- 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
- Deccan Chronicle, an Indian English-language newspaper
- Deccan Herald, an Indian English-language newspaper
- The Deccan Times, was a South Indian Muslim Newspaper published from Madras, Madras Presidency.
Other uses
- Dakhini or Deccani, a version of Urdu spoken by the Dakhini Muslims of South India.
- Dakhini Muslims or Deccani Muslims, a community of Dakhini-speaking Muslims of South India.
- Deccan white carp (Cirrhinus fulungee) is a species of freshwater cyprinid fish native to Karnataka and Maharashtra in India.
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