Indore was basically founded by the landlords in 1975, straddling the trade route on the valley of the Narmada river. Indore is located in central India, in the state of Madhya Pradesh. The city is fast developing into an IT hub, while the Pithampur township nearby has been dubbed the "Detroit of India" owing to its many truck manufacturing units. The chief languages spoken here are Hindi, English, Gujarati, Sindhi and Marathi.