Bangalore is considered to be one of the fastest-growing global major metropolises. Recent estimates of the
metro economy of its urban area has ranked Bangalore as one of the
most productive metro areas of India. The city is considered the pivot for high-technology-based heavy manufacturing industry, with numerous large multinational technology corporations setting up their headquarters there. It is home to many top-tier engineering and research institutions. Bangalore is known as the "Silicon Valley of India" because it is the nation's leading
software exporter as well as a major semiconductor hub. Several state-owned
aerospace and
defence organisations are in the city. The presence of numerous notable sporting arenas in Bangalore makes it one of the country's sporting hubs. (Full article...)
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
public–private consortium. The airport opened in May 2008 as an alternative to increased congestion at
HAL Airport, the original primary commercial airport serving the city. It is named after
Kempe Gowda I, the founder of Bangalore. Kempegowda International Airport became Karnataka's first fully
solar powered airport, developed by CleanMax Solar.
The airport is the
third-busiest airport by passenger traffic, air traffic movements and domestic and total cargo handled in India, behind the airports in
Delhi and
Mumbai, and is the
26th busiest airport in Asia. In FY 2023–24, the airport handled over 37.5 million passengers and 439,495 tonnes (484,460 short tons) of cargo. The airport offers connecting flights to all six inhabited continents, and direct flights to five of them. (Full article...)
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The Prime Minister of Mysore, Jaipur, and Hyderabad
SirMirza Muhammad IsmailAmin-ul-Mulq (24 October 1883 – 5 January 1959) was an Indian statesman and police officer who served as the
Diwan of Mysore,
Jaipur, and
Hyderabad.
Sir C. P. Ramaswami Iyer considered him "one of the cleverest men in India". His longtime friend
Sir C. V. Raman remarked, "His accessibility and personal charm coupled with his depth of knowledge and his keen sense of human and cultural values made him a great and highly successful administrator". (Full article...)
Proximity to the city of Bangalore has its impact on the district, with a considerable daily commuting population. The rural people are mostly agriculturists, although with the advent of Special Economic Zones in the area, service and IT industries are booming.
Devanahalli is set to be the site of a ₹95 billion Devanahalli Business Park, near the
Kempegowda International Airport. (Full article...)
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The Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited, also known as KPTCL, is the sole
electricity transmission and distribution company in state of
Karnataka. Its origin was in Karnataka Electricity Board. Until 2002, the Karnataka Electricity Board (KEB) handled electricity transmission and distribution across the state. It was then broken up, with Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Ltd (KPTCL) established to manage the transmission business. This electricity transmission and distribution entity was corporatised to provide efficient and reliable electric power supply to the people of Karnataka state. KPTCL scope of work includes the handling of large projects in the field of energy. (Full article...)
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Cox Town, Bengaluru is a neighborhood of the
Bangalore Cantonment, located in the central part of the city and named after the last Collector and District Magistrate of the Bangalore Civil and Military Station, Alexander Ranken Cox (A R Cox), Indian Civil Services. It is one of the suburbs which came out of the plan to de-congest thickly populated areas of the
Bangalore Cantonment after the bubonic plague. Agricultural fields were converted for this purpose, and town was planned according to modern hygienic standards, with drainage and conservancy conveniences. Sarvagnanagara is bound by the Bangalore-Madras Railway line on the North and East, Wheeler Road in the East and the Ulsoor Polo Ground in the South. It consists of posh localities like Heerachand Layout and other localities like Sindhi Colony, Jeevanahalli, Doddigunta, and roads such as
Assaye Road,
Charles Campbell Road,
Wheeler Road, etc. and is adjoining the suburbs of
Pulakeshi Nagara, Sri Krishnaraja Wadiyar Nagara and
Cooke Town, with easy access to the
Bengaluru East Railway Station,
Halasuru, Lingarajapura,
Shivajinagara. Sarvagnanagara is a well planned, posh and preferred locality in the
Bangalore Cantonment, created during the
British Raj. The residents of Sarvagnanagara follow a liberal 'live a let live' attitude, with suburb still retaining much of its green cover, without excessive commercialisation. In 1988, the BBMP renamed Cox Town as Sarvagnanagara, after a 16th-century saint poet. (Full article...)
There are ancient temples in the park for worship and it is a destination for
trekking and
hiking. Within the national park area are six rural villages enclosed within three large enclosures for sheep and cattle farming. This park offers a wide range of diverse wildlife to the explorers. Coming from the finest of
Bengaluru,
Karnataka, this park offers a guided bus tour all along the 6 km safari roads, which is specially made for safaris and foreign tourist gatherers. (Full article...)
Namma Metro (meaning Our Metro in
Kannada), also known as Bengaluru Metro, is a
rapid transit system serving the city of
Bengaluru, the capital city of the
state of
Karnataka,
India. It is the
second longest operational metro network in India with an operational length of 73.75 kilometers, just behind
Delhi Metro. Upon its inauguration, it became the first underground metro system in
South India. Namma Metro has a mix of underground, at
grade, and elevated stations. Out of the 66 operational metro stations of Namma Metro as of October 2023, there are 57 elevated stations, eight underground stations and one
at-grade station. The system runs on
standard-gauge tracks.
Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL), a joint venture of
Government of India and the
State Government of Karnataka, is the agency for building, operating and expanding the Namma Metro network. Services operate daily between 05:00 and 24:00 running with a headway varying between 5–15 minutes. The trains initially began with three coaches but later grew to six coaches as ridership increased. Power is supplied by 750
Vdirect current through
third rail. As of March 2024, the metro system had an average daily ridership of about 6,36,000 passengers. (Full article...)
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Bangalore is situated in the southeast of the
South Indian state of
Karnataka. It is positioned at 12.97° N 77.56° E and covers an area of 2,190 square kilometres (850 sq mi). A
landlocked city, Bangalore is located in the heart of the
Mysore Plateau (a region of the larger
Deccan Plateau) at an average elevation of 920 metres (3,020 ft). Bangalore district borders with
Kolar and Chikkaballapur in the northeast,
Tumkur in the northwest, and
Mandya and
Ramanagaram in the southeast. (Full article...)
Image 8Inscription stone at Beguru, Bengaluru, dated to the 9th century CE mentioning the name "Bengaluru" for the first time (from History of Bangalore)
Image 9Dr. Devi Shetty, a renowned Cardiac surgeon started the chain of Narayana Health hospitals that listed on the Indian Stock Markets in 2018 (from Economy of Bangalore)