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Kempe Gowda I (17 June 1510 — 1569) locally venerated as Nadaprabhu Kempe Gowda, or commonly known as Kempe Gowda, was a governor under the Vijayanagara Empire in early-modern India. He is famous for the development of Bangalore Town in the 16th century. Kempegowda erected many Kannada inscriptions across the region.
Nov 11, 2022 · Nadaprabhu Hiriya Kempegowda, also known as Kempegowda, was a chieftain under the Vijayanagara Empire. He is also known as the founder of Bengaluru in the 16th century. A descendant of Morasu Gowda lineage, Kempegowda is considered one of the most educated and successful rulers of his time.
Nov 11, 2011 · Kempe Gowda was a chieftain who ruled over most parts of Karnataka for the better part of the 16th century. History credits him with being a just and humane ruler and he is also widely accepted by historians as being the founder of Bangalore.
Kempe Gowda I, who showed remarkable qualities of leadership from childhood, had a grand vision to build a new city which was further fueled by his visits to Hampi, now a UNESCO heritage city, the then beautiful capital city of the Vijayanagar Empire.
Nov 26, 2015 · Shortlisting over forty historians who have researched Kempe Gowda's life, the department has decided to rope in a few of them to identify who that person was who fought the much-revered founder-ruler of Bengaluru – known for his might – and martyred him.
Nov 13, 2015 · The ballad depicts Magadi Kempe Gowda as a man from a poor agricultural family, who rose to be a chieftain and the founder of Bengaluru. Fame and fortune came his way as a result of his widowed...
Apr 17, 2017 · Kempe Gowda was a chieftain under the Vijayanagara kings and ruled over most parts of Karnataka in the 16th century. He was born in 1513 in a village near Yelahanka. The Vijayanagara kings bestowed the villages of Ulsoor, Begur Hobli, Varthur, Jigni, Kengeri and Kumbalgod among others upon Kempe Gowda.
The Statue of Prosperity is the statue of the founder and architect of the city of Bangalore, termed widely as 'Nadaprabhu' Kempe Gowda (1510 - 1569), constructed at the Kempegowda International Airport, in Devanahalli of Bengaluru.
Nov 11, 2022 · 11 November 2022. Kempegowda founded Bengaluru 511 years ago. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated a statue of Kempegowda, the 16th-Century local leader who founded Bengaluru...
Oct 1, 2020 · In 1537 CE, a local chief under the Vijayanagara Empire (1336 – 1646 CE), named Hiriya Kempe Gowda, chose the area that is modern Bengaluru as his capital city. He built a bustling commercial area with markets, wide roads and designated residential areas, which together formed the Bengaluru Pete.
