Bangalore
City, 1831–1947
ನಮ್ಮ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರುಬೆಂಗಳೂರು
Today Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. Same place, renamed.
Key facts
- Historical name
- Bangalore
- Type
- City
- Coordinates
- 12.9791° N, 77.5913° E(seed dataset)
- Governance
- Princely state
- Record confidence
- High confidence
- Identifiers
- Q1355
A princely state under a subsidiary alliance with the British Crown. Ruled by an Indian monarch and not part of British India in the statutory sense, though part of the wider Indian Empire.
Location
Pin placed at the coordinates recorded for this place. Colonial-era boundaries are not drawn.
Description
Seat of government of Mysore State and, per the Imperial Gazetteer, head-quarters of the Bangalore Brigade of the Indian Army.
Historical notes
The British Civil and Military Station (cantonment) alongside the old city was administered separately from the Mysore darbar until 1949. Officially renamed Bengaluru in 2014.
Administrative history
Administrative parenthood changed over time. Each row states the years it is recorded for, and the source it comes from.
| Years | Relation | Unit | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| from 1901 | Part of | MysorePrincely state · Princely stateSnapshot from the 1901 census and the Imperial Gazetteer of India (1908-31). End of the relationship not established; recorded as open rather than inferred. | High confidencesource |
| from 1901 | Part of | BangaloreDistrict · Princely stateSnapshot from the 1901 census and the Imperial Gazetteer of India (1908-31). End of the relationship not established; recorded as open rather than inferred. | High confidencesource |
Recorded names
Every documented spelling and transliteration held for this place. The historical name is canonical; modern names redirect to it.
| Name | Script | Type | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangalore | Latin | Historical English | — |
| Bangalore | Latin | Alternative spelling | — |
| Bangalore City | Latin | Alternative spelling | — |
| Bendakaaluru | Latin | Alternative spelling | — |
| Bengaluru | Latin | Modern English | — |
| Silicon Valley of India | Latin | Alternative spelling | — |
| ನಮ್ಮ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು | Kannada | Indigenous | — |
| ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು | Kannada | Indigenous | — |
Records and references
- Imperial Gazetteer of India
- Imperial Gazetteer of India (1908-31), Vol. VI (6), p. 368
- Census of India
- Census of India, 1901, Vol. XXIV (24): Mysore
Sources
- Encyclopedia· generalCC BY-SA
Wikipedia: Bengaluru, Wikimedia Foundation
Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0
Retrieved 2026-08-29
- Database· identityCC0
Wikidata (Q1355), Wikimedia Foundation
Wikidata, CC0 1.0
Retrieved 2026-08-29
- Gazetteer· administrativeLicence unverified
Digital South Asia Library, University of Chicago — the 1908–31 text is public domain, but DSAL's digital presentation states no licence; link-out only
Retrieved 2026-08-29
- Archive· descriptionPublic domain
Internet Archive scan: in.gov.ignca.31035, Internet Archive
Scanned volume of a pre-1929 publication (Imperial Gazetteer of India 1908–31 / Census of India 1901); public domain. Digitisation courtesy of the Internet Archive.
Retrieved 2026-08-29
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