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Bangalore (officially Bengaluru ) is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka . Located on the Mysore Plateau in south-western Karnataka, Bangalore has an estimated metropolitan population of 6.1 million (61 lakh ), making it India's third-largest city and fifth-largest metropolitan area . Though historical references to the city predate 900, a written history of continuous settlement exists only from 1537, when Kempe Gowda I , whom many regard as the architect of modern Bangalore, built a mud fort in the city and established it as a province of the Vijayanagara Empire .

During the British Raj , Bangalore developed as a centre for colonial rule in South India. The establishment of the Bangalore Cantonment brought in large numbers of migrant Tamil Nadu and Andra Pradesh and North Indian workers for developing and maintaining the infrastructure of the cantonment ... More »

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