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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 ...
The city's history dates back to around 890, as per the old Kannada stone inscription found at the Nageshwara Temple in Begur, Bangalore. In 1537, Kempé Gowdā , a feudal ruler under the Vijayanagara Empire , established a mud fort , considered the foundation of modern Bangalore and its oldest areas, or pétés , which still exist.
Bangalore is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is India's third largest city and fifth largest metropolitan area. Modern Bengaluru was founded in 1537 CE by Kempe Gowda, a vassal of the Vijayanagara Empire. Kempe Gowda built a mud fort in the vicinity of modern Bengaluru.
The capital of the state, Bangalore, is known as the Silicon Valley of India, for its immense contributions to the country's information technology sector. A total of 1,973 companies in the state were found to have been involved in the IT sector as of 2007. [18]
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).
Kempe Gowda I. / 13.0146; 77.08149. Kempe Gowda I (17 June 1510 — 1569) locally venerated as Nadaprabhu Kempe Gowda, [ 2][ 3] or commonly known as Kempe Gowda, was a governor under the Vijayanagara Empire in early-modern India. [ 4][ 5] He is famous for the development of Bangalore Town in the 16th century.
The Indian Institute of Science ( IISc) is a public, deemed, research university for higher education and research in science, engineering, design, and management. It is located in the southern Indian city of Bangalore, Karnataka. The institute was established in 1909 with active support from Jamsetji Tata and thus is also locally known as the ...
Infosys Limited is an Indian multinational corporation that offers information technology services, business consulting, and business process outsourcing services. Founded in Pune, the company is headquartered in Bangalore. [ 6] On 24 August 2021, Infosys became the fourth Indian company to achieve a market capitalization of US$ 100 billion.