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- proper noun A natural region in west-central northern
India occupying a volcanic region of Vindhya range, the Malwa plateau.
Etymologies
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Bagri is derived from a tract of country in Malwa which is known as the Bagar or 'hedge of thorns,' because it is surrounded on all sides by wooded hills.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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The Malwa believe that if they can assassinate Belisarius the opposition will collapse as he is the rallying cry.
Belisarius III-The Flames of Sunset-Eric Flint and David Drake « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews 2009
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To the shock of the Malwa, his assault proves successful as he drives deeper into their empire using futuristic weapons and transportation given to him by the Aide also from the future.
Belisarius III-The Flames of Sunset-Eric Flint and David Drake « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews 2009
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When the Malwa soldiers rousted the stablekeeper in Kausambe, and questioned him, he said nothing.
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The women of Malwa like embracing and kissing, but not wounding, and they are gained over by striking.
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The Naxal movement of the 70s had staggered feudal excesses in the better part of Punjab , but Malwa remained a preserve of old ways.
Archive 2006-07-01 Abhay N 2006
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Chandragupta II Vikramaditya (on throne in 379) ended the satrapy of Ujjain by conquest of Malwa, Gujerat, and Surashtra (between 388 and 401).
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Malwa (formally independent in 1401) was ruled by the Ghuris and the Khaljis (1436).
1337-38 2001
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The capital at Gulbarga and many other fortresses were built or strengthened with European science, to serve against Gujarat, Malwa, and Khandesh in the northwest, the Gonds, Orissa, and Telingana in the northeast; and Vijayanagar in the south.
1337-38 2001
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Budhagupta, one of the last emperors of the dynasty, ruled from northern Bengal to eastern Malwa, perhaps to Surashtra.
477-495+ 2001
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