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  1. Kempegowda International Airport. /  13.20694°N 77.70417°E  / 13.20694; 77.70417. Kempegowda International Airport ( IATA: BLR, ICAO: VOBL) is an international airport serving Bangalore, the capital of Karnataka, India. Spread over 4,000 acres (1,600 ha), it is located about 35 kilometres (22 mi) north of the city near the suburb of ...

  2. History of Bangalore. Inscription stone at Beguru, Bengaluru, dated to the 9th century CE mentioning the name "Bengaluru" for the first time. 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 ...

  3. Nov 12, 2022 · Who was Nadaprabhu Kempegowda? He was born in 1513 in a village near Yelahanka. He was the chieftain under the Vijayanagara Empire of the 16 th century. He is an iconic figure among Vokkaligas, Karnataka’s second most dominant community after Lingayats. He studied for nine years in a GuruKula near Aigondapura (present day Hessaraghatta) where ...

  4. Kempegowda International Airport ( IATA: BLR, ICAO: VOBL) is an international airport serving Bangalore, the capital of Karnataka, India. Spread over 4,000 acres (1,600 ha), it is located about 35 kilometres (22 mi) north of the city near the suburb of Devanahalli. It is owned and operated by Bengaluru International Airport Limited (BIAL), a ...

  5. It all began in 1532 when Kempe Gowda, a federal ruler under the Vijayanagara Empire, dreamt of constructing a futuristic city where all kinds of businesses and trades existed. After finalising Bengaluru (then Bangalore) to be that city, four pairs of white bullocks with decorated ploughs assembled in the forest and furrowed the land in four different directions.

  6. Further, a 26% of GVK-KIA's equity is owned by AAI and KSIIDC and 74% by private promoters of which GVK acquired 43% in January 2012. Kempegowda International Airport (IATA: BLR, ICAO: VOBL) is an international airport serving the Indian city of Bangalore. It is located at Devanahalli about 30 kilometres (19 mi) from the Bangalore City Railway ...

  7. Language Label Description Also known as; English: Kempe Gowda I. Founder of Bangalore magadi