Bangalore
City
About Bangalore:
Bengaluru (formerly Bangalore) is the capital of the progressive Indian state of Karnataka and so called IT Capital of India. Bangalore has an estimated metropolitan population of 6.5 million (65 lakh), making it India's third-most populous city and fifth-largest metropolitan area.
Bangalore City Info:
Bangalore has its mark in the fields of Software, aerospace, telecommunications, machine tools, heavy equipment, and defence etc. Taking a major share of Indian Software Exports ( around 30- 35%) Bangalore is rightly called the Silicon Valley of India.
Having a large number of gardens, lakes and water storages, Bangalore is also known as Garden city of India.
Bangalore is well connected to all major capitals, metros and cities by airways, land and railways. All major domestic and international air carriers like Air Deccan,SpiceJet, Kingfisher Airlines, Jet Airways and Go Air connect all cities include New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Pune, Nagpur and Hyderabad.
Bangalore's Rs. 260,260 crore (USD 60.5 billion) economy makes it India's fourth largest and fastest growing market.Bangalore's per capita income of Rs. 49,000 (US$ 1,160) is the highest for any Indian city.
Popular Personalities in
Bangalore:
- Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, Chief Engineer and later Diwan of Mysore (1912–19)
- Cricket Stars: Rahul Dravid, Gundappa Vishwanath, Anil Kumble, E.A.S. Prasanna, Venkatesh Prasad, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, Syed Kirmani and Roger Binny
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