Culture

Bangalore is the capital and largest city in the Indian state of Karnataka. With a population of over 10 million (as of March 2014), Bangalore is the third largest city in India and 27th largest city in the world. Bangalore is one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the country, with over 62% of the city's population comprising migrants from other parts of India. Historically a multicultural city, Bangalore has experienced a dramatic social and cultural change with the advent of the liberalization and expansion of the information technology and business process outsourcing industries in India. IT companies in Bangalore employ over 35% of India's pool of 1 million IT professionals.

History

Bangalore , the capital of Karnataka, has a history of ever four hundred years, having been founded by Magadi Kempegowda in the year 1537 AD. Since then the city has throughout retained its importance as could be seen by the great desire of every chieftain or rules not only in the South but even the Moghul Kings of Delhi to acquire possession of this city. Bangalore , with its strategic location as well as congenial climate, fertile land and adequate rainfall has grown steadily in its area and population. Its growth accelerated with the establishment of a cantonment by the British.In 1809, very close to the old city of Bangalore . With the establishment of the cantonment, the prospects of trade, employment and other means of livelihood increased and people started setting on the fringes of the cantonment area and various localities now known as Tasker Town, Maciever Town, Richmond Town, Frazer Town etc., started springing up. By 1890 the population of the cantonment area had crossed a lakh mark while that of the old city, which also had a prosperous period of trade and commerce, had increased to over 80,000. The cantonment and the civil areas around it were, however, directly administered by the British Government and the city administration was with the State Government of Mysore. It was only in the middle of 1947 the Civil areas were conceded to the state and in the year 1949, the city and civil areas of Bangalore were brought under one Authority, the Corporation of the City of Bangalore , with a population of over seven lakhs.Perhaps the most spectacular growth of the City Started after the independence of the country, with the establishment of Central Sector Industries like the Hindustan Machine Tools (H.M.T), Indian Telephone Industries (I.T.I.) etc.The re-organisation of states on linguistic basis in 1956 gave further impetus to the growth of Bangalore when it become the capital of a larger state of Mysore with the addition of vast Kannada speaking areas of the format Bombay, Hyderabad, Madras states and Kodagu. Bangalore Developed not only as a headquarters of administration and an educational centre of Karnataka but also had a tremendous growth as an Industrial Centre.Described by its older residents as Garden City, Air-conditioned City etc., Bangalore attracted the people not only from Karnataka and surrounding areas but people from other states also on account of its salubrious climate, natural beauty and the abounding greenery. Within a decade and a half after the re-organisation of states in 1956 Bangalore became the Seventh Largest City in the Country by 1971, its population exceeding 16 lakhs. Its population growth in the decade between 1971 and 1981 has been beyond any expectation and reached nearly 3 million marks raising its place to 5 th among Indian Metropolitan Cities.

Geography

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, Mandya and Ramanagaram in the southeast and Mysore