Bangalore has a population of more than 8 million and a metropolitan population of around 11 million. It is the third most populous city and fifth most populous urban agglomeration in India. Located in southern India on the Deccan Plateau, at a height of over 900 m above sea level, Bangalore is known for its pleasant climate.
About Bangalore, India in brief
Bangalore has a population of more than 8 million and a metropolitan population of around 11 million. It is the third most populous city and fifth most populous urban agglomeration in India. Located in southern India on the Deccan Plateau, at a height of over 900 m above sea level, Bangalore is known for its pleasant climate throughout the year. Its elevation is the highest among the major cities of India. The city’s history dates back to around 890 AD, in a stone inscription found at the Nageshwara Temple in Begur, Bangalore. Bangalore is widely regarded as the \”Silicon Valley of India\” because of its role as the nation’s leading information technology exporter. Indian technological organisations are headquartered in the city. The name Bengaluru is an anglicised version of the Kannada language name and its original name, \”Bengalūru\” The two urban settlements of Bangalore – city and cantonment – which had developed as independent entities merged into a single urban centre in 1949. The existingKannada name, Bengalūru, was declared the official name of the city in 2006. It was used by Kempegowda to christen the city as Bangalore at the time of its foundation. The old city developed in the dominions of the Maharaja of Mysore and was made capital of the Princely State of Mysore, which existed as a nominally sovereign entity of the British Raj.
In 1809, the British shifted their cantonments to Bangalore, outside the old city, and a town grew up around it, which was governed as part of British India. Following India’s independence in 1947, Bangalore became the capital of Karnataka State, and remained capital when the new Indian state of Karnataka was formed in 1956. It has a demographically diverse city, which is the second fastest-growing major metropolis in India, and is home to many educational and research institutions, including state-owned aerospace and defence organisations, are located in theCity. A story recounts that the Hoysala king Veera Ballala, while on a hunting expedition, lost his way in the forest in the twelfth century. Tired and hungry, he came across a poor old woman who served him boiled beans. The king named the place ‘benda-ka’, which eventually evolved into ‘Benguluru’ The name bengaluru, derived from benga, the term for marsupium, a species of dry and deciduous trees, that grew abundantly in the region of the region. On December 11, 2005, the Government of India announced the creation of the Suryanathanath, a state-run government agency to protect the environment in the state. The Government has put forward an explanation of a possible floral origin of the name ‘bengal-uru’, being derived from the word bengul, which means ‘bungaluru’
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