Bengaluru
History
Bangalore as a City was founded by kempe Gowda 1,who built a mud fort at the site in the year 1537. The fort was reconstructed of stone in 1761. Bangalore was the headquarter of the British administration from 1831 to 1881, when the raja was restored. However, Britain retained an administrative and military presence in the city until Indian independence in 1947. Bangalore subsequently became the capital of the new state of Mysore and remained the capital during the reorganization of states in 1956; The Mysore State was renamed Karnataka in the year 1973.
Bangalore in 1980 was a medium sized city with cool weather and an affordable standard of living. It was a completely different city from what is seen by us now. Back then, traffic was non-existent and there were far fewer localities.The introduction of information technology in Bangalore came around the year 2000 ,and gave it a name of the IT hub of India.City was renamed as Bengaluru in the year 2006 .Today it is one of the biggest IT hub in India and is also known as ‘The Silicon Valley of India‘
About:
- Population of Bangalore in 2022 : 1.29 Crore
- Official Language : kannada
- Other languages. : Tamil,Hindi ,English,Telugu
- Climate :
- pleasent throughout the year .
Some interesting facts:
- Average literacy rate of Bangalore (Bengaluru) district is 87.67 percent.
- The high altitude explains Bengaluru’s lovely weather that her residents experience (and boast about) all year round.It is located 3,020 feet above sea level.
- Bangalore is at a higher altitude than Dehradun.
- The population of the native people of Karnataka or the Kannadigas is less than 41% of the whole population in the city.
- It is called The ‘City Of Gardens’ .
- The numerous gardens and parks that dot the city landscape have earned it the name. The famous Lalbagh, Cubbon Park, and Bannerghatta National Park, etc. are a few among such green spaces.
- The tech vibe of the city has resulted in many Indian-born MNCs being headquartered in the place. These include – Infosys, Wipro, Biocon, Myntra, Flipkart, etc. Also, it is home to branch operations of many international companies in India.
- Other than that the city has the headquarters of many public sector organisations like the (ISRO)Indian Space Research Organization, Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML), Bharat Electronics Ltd, HMT Machine Tool Ltd, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), etc.
- Free WiFi Throughout the City , Called Namma WiFi , Which is maintained by Government and it is first City in India to do it.
- Most of the lakes (tanks) in Bangalore are artificial or man-made. They were built mostly between 10th and 17th century by the likes of Hoysalas, Kempegowda, and Tipu Sultan.
- There were around 900+ such tanks and now the count is around 200.
- With over 1000+ pubs Bangalore is also the pub capital of India and offers unlimited partying and enjoyment to youngsters.
- The famous beloved stories from the fictional town of Malgudi were given the name of Malgudi from the two old localities of the city, MALleshwaram, and basavanaGUDI by RK Narayan.
- City has the Highest number of engeeneers in the World.
Lesser known facts:
- It was the place where the famous South Indian delicacy, Rava Idli was invented.
- It’s a vegan friendly place,all animal lovers rejoice, as PETA (People for Ethical Treatment of Animals) India called Bangalore India’s most vegan-friendly city. It is home to many vegan restaurants
- The first electric street light lit in Asia, was in fact in Bangalore! That’s something to be proud.
- Highest traffic density.
- A fact about Bangalore not known to many – It has the most number of Nobel Prize nominees. CV Raman was one of the most popular nominees of them all.
- Lal Bagh, a favourite tourist spot in Bangalore, has one of the oldest rock formations in the country called ‘Peninsular Gneiss’. It is made up of rocks that are 3000 million years old and is a Geological monument.
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