The Iranian politician Mohammad Mosaddegh spent his older days there in exile and is buried under his dining room.
Khengarji I, who was son of Hamirji had escaped massacre and grew up in Ahmadabad.
At the time of murder of Hamirji, his elder sons, Alioji and Khengarji both were in Ahmadabad and escaped the complete destruction of the royal family of senior branch.
Pithampur is located on NH79, and NH59 connecting Indore with Ahmadabad touches its fringes.
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Nearest airport is Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport at Indore, which is about 19KM or 40 minutes drive from Pithampur, with multiple daily connections and operators to Mumbai, Delhi, Ahmadabad, Hyderabad, Nagpur, Pune, Bangalore, lucknow, Kolkata, Jaipur, Bhopal, Raipur, and Jabalpur, Gwalior.
After the Ahmadabad victory, the king sent him in pursuit of the sons of Sher K. Fuladi who had gone to Idar.