Deccan (disambiguation)

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