Indore is located almost in the center of India in the state of Madhya Pradesh. The cities population exceeds 3 million people. There are less than one thousand believers in this city. Languages spoken in the city are Hindi, English, Gujarati, Marathi and Sindhi. Indore is to become the next Information Technology City of Madhya Pradesh. It is known for its Center for Advanced Technology and for the town of Pithampur which is the Detroit of India where many vehicles are manufactured.

YWAM Indore started in 1999. The vision is to reach the Hindi - speaking areas of India.

The name Indore originated from the historical temples of Indreshwar and Indrapur. With time this was changed to Indore. Recently, there have been some talks to rename the city to Indur. The word "Indur" however is the Marathi translation of Indore as was being used by the Maratha rulers.  

Source: http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/indore This link also has much more history on Indore.

Did You Know.......

• The gates of Lalbagh Palace, Indore, are replica of the gates of Buckingham Palace, London. They were casted in England and then shipped to Indore.
• Indore has a huge concrete Cricket Bat statue with names of the players of the Indian team which won the 1971 series against Gary Sobers' West Indies team. There many not be many of its kind in the world!
• Rajwada at Indore is the only 7 storeyed entrance of a Palace.
• 40 feet high Idol at Bada Ganapati is the largest Ganesh Idol in the world.
• CAT, The Center for Advanced Technology is India's main Research center on Laser Technology.
• Indore's main Software Export Oriented Units - Policy Management Systems,Impetus Computing Systems, Suvi Information systems, Thyron.

Great Personalities associated with Indore

• Swar Kokila Lata Mangeshkar born in Indore.
• Great Singer & Actor Late Shri Kishor Kumar was a student of Christian College Indore.
• Narendra Hirwani highest wicket taker in single test, belongs to Indore.
• C.K. Naidu & Mustaq Ali, the cricket legend of India also belong to Indore.
• Famous comedian Jhonny Walker, & today's hot star Salman Khan, belong to Indore.
• M.F.Hussain and N.S.Bendre, famous painters spent some years in Indore studying art with Vishnu Deolalikar.

Source: http://www.indore.nic.in/fact.htm