Bengaluru – The Silicon City

Discovery of Stone Age artefacts in Bangalore suggest probable human settlement around 4,000 BE and coins of Roman emperors found indicate Bangalore’s trade with ancient civilizations in 27 BCE. Modern Bangalore was begun in 1537 by Kempe Gowda I, who built a mud-brick fort forming the central part of the town with two main streets Chikkapete Street, running east-west, and Doddapete Street, running north-south. the intersection formed the Doddapete Square the heart of Bangalore.

From late 17th century to end of 18th century, Bangalore was part of Mysore kingdom under Wodeyar dynasty and Hyder / Tipu Sultan (1759-1799). From the beginning of 19th century Bangalore came under the British Raj. In 1809, the British shifted their cantonment to Ulsoor, on the outskirts of old city and a town grew up around it, both merging to form a single large city later.

Post India’s independence, Bangalore became the capital of Kamataka state and home to many; industrial establishments – Indian Institute of Science, Hindustan Aeronautics, National Aer India Space Research organization, Defence Research and Development etc. From the 19805 as the IT hub of the country with Texas Instruments, infosys and Wipto being the early plonee known as Silicon Valley of India, has a large number of IT/ITES companies and is the largest soft continuing the ancient legacy of international trade.