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Deccan (disambiguation) 
Summary
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Deccan refers to the Deccan Plateau, a peninsular plateau in southern India, and southern India in general.
Deccan may also refer to:
Places edit
- Deccan Gymkhana, a sports neighborhood in Pune, India
- East Deccan dry evergreen forests, forests in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
Events edit
- Deccan Riots, peasant revolt against moneylenders in colonial India
- Deccan Famine of 1630–32, a in early-modern India where some 2,000,000 people died
Airlines edit
- 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, an airline based in Hyderabad before independence
- Deccan Lanka, a low-cost Sri Lankan airline based in Colombo
Organisations edit
- 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 edit
- 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 edit
- Deccan Chronicle, an Indian English-language newspaper
- Deccan Herald, an Indian English-language newspaper
- The Deccan Times, defunct Indian newspaper
Other uses edit
- Deccan Traps, the remnants of one of the world's largest volcanic events
- Deccan white carp (Cirrhinus fulungee), a species of freshwater cyprinid fish