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Bangalore is an anglicised version of the city's Kannada name Bengalūru. It was the name of a village near Kodigehalli in Bangalore city today and was used by Kempe Gowda to name the city as Bangalore at the time of its foundation in 1537.
Bangalore is the capital city of the state of Karnataka. Bangalore, as a city, was founded by Kempe Gowda I, who built a mud fort at the site in 1537. But the earliest evidence for the existence of a place called Bangalore dates back to c. 890.
Bangalore (English pronunciation: ˈbæŋɡəlɔər, bæŋɡəˈlɔər), officially known as Bengaluru (Kannada: ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು), is the capital city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is famous for its information technology industry and so it is called the Silicon Valley of India.
Bangalore lies in the southeast of the South Indian state of Karnataka. It is in the heart of the Mysore Plateau (a region of the larger Precambrian Deccan Plateau) at an average elevation of 920 m (3,020 ft). It is positioned at 12.97°N 77.56°E and covers an area of 1741 km 2 (673 mi 2 ).
Bengaluru is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. With a population of over 15 million (as of January 2016), Bengaluru is the third largest city in India and 27th largest city in the world.
Bangalore ( / ˈbæŋɡəlɔːr, ˌbæŋɡəˈlɔːr / BANG-gə-lor, -LOR ), officially Bengaluru ( Kannada pronunciation: [ˈbeŋgɐɭuːɾu] ⓘ ), is the capital and largest city of the southern Indian state of Karnataka.
Bangalore, officially Bengaluru, is the capital and largest city of the southern Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than 8 million and a metropolitan population of around 15 million, making it India's third most populous city and fourth most populous urban agglomeration.
1 day ago · Statue of Shiva in Bengaluru (Bangalore), Karnataka state, India. The city’s nucleus was a settlement around a mud fort, built in 1537 by a local chief, Kempe Gowda. The fort was reconstructed of stone in 1761. Bangalore was the headquarters of the British administration from 1831 to 1881, when the raja was restored.
Greater Bangalore, or Greater Bengaluru following the renaming of the city in 2014, is the core metropolitan area of Bangalore city and its neighbouring rurban lands. It occupies an area of 741 sq km.
May 31, 2023 · Bangalore (/ ˈ b æ ŋ ɡ ə l ɔːr, ˌ b æ ŋ ɡ ə ˈ l ɔː r / BANG-gə-lor, - LOR), officially Bengaluru (Template:IPA-kn), is the capital and largest city of the southern Indian state of Karnataka.
