Multiple City

Founded by the chieftain Kempe Gowda around 1537 the story of Bangalore has no grand linear narrative. The location has revealed different facets to settlers and passers-through. The city the site of bloody battles between the British and Tipu Sultan was once attached to the glittering court of Mysore. Later it became a cantonment town where British troops were stationed. Over time it morphed into a city of gardens and lakes and the capital of Indian scientific research. More recently it has bee...See More