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1 What type is thing is Bangalore?

2 In 1116 the ________, overthrew the Cholas and extended its rule over Bangalore.

3 What is the total population of Bangalore?

4 The Kingdom of Mysore relocated its capital from ________ city to Bangalore in 1831.

5 What is the postcode of Bangalore?

6 After several months of delay, and following orders from the Karnataka High Court, the ________ released the delimited list of 198 wards, with reservation quotas, in December 2009.

7 What is the leader of Bangalore called?

8 Bangalore is known as the Garden City of India[74] because of its greenery and the presence of many public parks, including the Lal Bagh and ________.

9 The British returned administrative control of the Bangalore "pētē" to the ________ of Mysore, choosing only to retain the Cantonment under their jurisdiction.

10 In post-independent India, schools for young children are mainly based on the ________ form of education.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • in 1985, Texas Instruments became the first multinational to set up base in Bangalore?
  • due to its numerous attractions such as Lal Bagh (pictured), Bangalore, the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka, is known as the "Garden City of India"?
  • nearly 20,000 people visited a shrine in Bangalore in 2002 to see the Miracle Chapati, a flat unleaved piece of bread with the likeness of Jesus on it?
  • the Bangalore based SELCO company, which promotes solar power in rural India, has twice won an Ashden Award?
  • the Plaza film theatre in Bangalore, India was modelled after the Piccadilly Circus in London?
  • the Peninsular Gneiss rock exposure in the Lalbagh botanical gardens in Bangalore, India, is a National Geological Monument?
  • Hesaraghatta Lake is a freshwater lake created from the Arkavathy River in 1894 to produce drinking water for Bangalore?
  • Cubbon Park in Bangalore, India, has indigenous and exotic botanical species of 68 genera and 96 species with about 6,000 plants?
  • Bangalore Gayana Samaja, which celebrated its centenary in 2005, is one of the oldest cultural organisations in Bangalore?
  • Sankey Tank in Bangalore is named after Sir Richard Hieram Sankey, an officer in the Royal (Madras) Engineers in British India?
  • Bengaluru Pete, established by Kempegowda I in 1537 with roads laid in cardinal directions with entrance gates at the end of each road, is an integral part of the present-day Bangalore, India?
  • Bugle Rock in Bangalore, India, is a peninsular gneiss formation from which warning bugle calls were made to alert citizens of intruders?
  • Chitrakala Parishat, an art institution and a cultural organization in Bangalore, was the brainchild of famous Russian painter Svetoslav Roerich who used to reside in that city?
  • Kannada cinema star Dr. Rajkumar was buried at Kanteerava Studios in Bangalore?
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