If you are wondering what exactly makes Indore special well, we cannot pin point one factor. The temples, the great rivers Saraswati and Kham flowing merrily along, it is just another Indian city at a first glance. But then, Indore is very special, for it was here that the ruling kings of the Holkar clan, went against the old customs of barring Harijans (the so called lower caste people) and opened wide the temples, schools and public well gates to the them answering Gandhiji's campaign against untouchability.
Indore truly speaks of the rich yester years. Today, Indore is a business hub. A place where lots of cars roll out. It has earned the epithet Detroit of India thanks to the suburb Pithampur, where a large number of automobile units are based.

History

Today is here, tomorrow is yet to come, and yesterday is where we really belong. And if days of yore were like Indore's, who would not want to press the rewind button. Planned and built by the Holkar queen Rani Ahilya Bai, the history of the city is inseparable from the history of the Holkars. The first Holkar, Malhar Rao, was rewarded some territories including Indore. He was succeeded by his grandson, on whose death, the latter’s mother, Maharani Ahilya Bai ascended the throne. Ahilya Bai ushered in a regime of prosperity in the already rich land of Malwa. Though Ahilya Bai had great admiration for Indore, it was only after her death that the capital was shifted from Maheshwar to Indore, in 1811 AD. Indore continued to be the capital till Madhya Bharat state was formed in 1948 and Bhopal took away the honour.