Deccan (disambiguation) explained

Deccan refers to the Deccan Plateau, a peninsular plateau in southern India, and southern India in general.

Deccan may also refer to:

Places

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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, defunct Indian newspaper

Other uses

• Deccan Traps, the remnants of one of the world's largest volcanic events
• Deccan white carp (Cirrhinus fulungee), a species of freshwater cyprinid fish

See also

• Deccan College (disambiguation)
• Deccan Park (disambiguation)
• Deccani (disambiguation)
• Decan (disambiguation)