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Timeline of Bangalore[1]
Year	Event
4000 BC ?	Stone implements dating back to the Middle Stone Age are discovered in the outskirts of Bangalore.
890 AD	An inscription mentions "Bengaluroo", as the site of a Ganga Dynasty war
1100	Kannada folklore tells of Hoysala king Veera Ballala christening Bangalore "Bendakalooru"
1346	Bangalore's dominion is transferred over to the Vijayanagara Empire
1537	Bangalore as it is known today is founded by Kempe Gowda, who builds a mud fort in the city.
1638	Bangalore is captured by the Marathas
1687	Bangalore is part of the Mughal Empire
1759	Haider Ali stages a coup and Bangalore, along with the Kingdom of Mysore comes under his rule
1760	Haider Ali designs plans for Lal Bagh, importing plants from Delhi, Lahore and Multan
1782	Tipu Sultan, son of Haider Ali, ascends to the throne after the death of his father
1799	Bangalore is consolidated into the British East India Empire after the defeat and death of Tipu Sultan in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War.
1868	The Attara Kacheri, or the Karnataka High Court is constructed under the order of Sir Mark Cubbon, commissioner of Mysore.
1898	The bubonic plague cripples Bangalore.
1905	Bangalore becomes the first city in India to have electricity.
1947	India gains independence. Mysore State is incorporated into the union.
1973	Mysore State is renamed Karnataka

Bangalore (Kannada: ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು) (pronounced /'[beŋgaɭuːru]/ in Kannada and /'bæŋgəlɔ(ɹ)/ in English) is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka.

Contents 1 The Gangas, Cholas and Hoysalas 2 Vijayanagara and Kempe Gowda 3 Sultanate of Bijapur 4 Mughal Influence 5 Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan 6 Wodeyars and British East India 6.1 Plague-Crisis of 1898 6.2 1900s 6.3 Garden City 7 See also 8 References 9 External links

An article, published in The Hindu, states ^[1]:

An inscription, dating back to 890 AD, shows Bangalore is over 1,000 years old. But it stands neglected at the Parvathi Nageshwara Temple in Begur near the city ... written in hale Kannada (old Kannada) of the 9th Century, the epigraph refers to a Bengaluru war in 890 AD in which Buttanachetty, a servant of Nagatta, died.

Though this has been recorded by historian R. Narasimhachar in his "Epigraphia of Carnatica" (Vol. 10 supplementary), no efforts have been made to preserve it. The inscription stone found near Begur reveals, that the district was part of the Ganga kingdom ruled from Gangavadi until 1004 and was known as 'Benga-val-oru', the City of Guards in old Kannada.

A popular anecdote recounts that the 11th-century Hoysala king Veera Ballala II, while on a hunting expedition, lost his way in the forest. Tired and hungry, he came across a poor old woman who served him boiled beans. The grateful king named the place "benda kaal-ooru" (Kannada: ಬೆಂದ ಕಾಳು ಊರು) (literally, "town of boiled beans"), which was eventually colloquialised to "Bengalūru".^[2][3] There are also theories that the name has a floral origin and is derived from the tree Benga or "Ven-kai", also known as the Indian Kino Tree (Pterocarpus marsupium).^[4] The city as it is known today was named by Kempe Gowda I.

Kempe Gowda I (1510 - 1570), Modern Bangalore was founded by a feudatory of the Vijayanagara Empire, who built a mud fort in 1537. Kempe Gowda also referred to the new town as his "gandu bhoomi" or "Land of Heroes".^[3] Within the fort, the town was divided into petes (IPA: [peɪteɪ]) or markets. The town had two main streets: Chickkapete Street ran east-west and Doddapete Street ran north-south. Their intersection formed Doddapete square — the heart of then Bangalore. Kempe Gowda's successor, Kempe Gowda II, built temples, tanks including Kempapura and Karanjikere tanks and four wacthing towers that marked Bangalore's boundary.^[5]

The four watching towers built then in Bangalore are still seen today.

• in Lal Bagh
• near Kempambudhi tank
• near Ulsoor Lake
• near Mekhri Circle

It was captured by the Maratha chief Shahaji Bhonsle, father of Shivaji, then working for the Adil Shahi sultans of Bijapur in 1638. During the siege of Bangalore, Shivaji's elder brother Shambaji was killed by Shahaji's rivals, led by the Ghorpade of Mudhol, for which Shivaji was to later exact revenge.

After conquering the Sultanate of Bijapur, the Mughals under the commandership of Khasim Khan, then arrived in Bangalore, which was then ruled by Shivaji's brother Vyankoji Bhonsale as a jagir (fief) of Bijapur in 1686; Vyankoji retreated further south.

The Mughals in turn leased Bangalore to the subsidiary Kingdom of Mysore's ruler Chikkadevaraja Wodeyar in 1689. In 1759, the Wodeyar's Commander-in-Chief Haider Ali made himself the de facto ruler of the Mysore Kingdom, including Bangalore, but maintained the Wodeyars as a figurehead.

When Hyder Ali died, his son Tipu Sultan deposed the weak Wodeyar, proclaimed himself Sultan. Under Tipu Sultan and Hyder Ali the state progressed economically and trade flourished with many foreign nations through the ports of Mangalore. The French under Napoleon had promised to drive the British from India. Tipu successfully stalled the British in the first, second and third Anglo-Mysore Wars. Tipu, however, was defeated and ultimately killed in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War.

Upon the passing of Tipu Sultan, the Wodeyars returned to the throne of Mysore, and therefore Bangalore, although only as figureheads. Bangalore remained part of British East India until Indian independence in August, 1947.

Bangalore was hit by a plague epidemic in 1898. The epidemic took a huge toll and many temples were built during this time, dedicated to the goddess Mariamma. The crisis caused by this epidemic catalyzed the improvement and sanitation of Bangalore and, in turn, improvements in sanitation and health facilities helped to modernize Bangalore.

Telephone lines were laid to help coordinate anti-plague operations. Regulations for building new houses with proper sanitation facilities came into effect. A health officer was appointed in 1898, the city was divided into four wards for better coordination and the Victoria Hospital was inaugurated in 1900 by Lord Curzon, the then Viceroy and Governor-General of British India.

In 1906, Bangalore became the first city in Asia to have electricity, supplied by the hydroelectric plant situated in Shivanasamudra.

Basavanagudi (named either after the Basavanna Temple or the Bull Temple in the village of Sunkenahalli) and Malleshwaram (named after the Kadu Malleshwara Temple in the old Mallapura village) were created during this time. Kalasipalyam (near the old fort) and Gandhinagar were created between 1921-1931. Kumara Park came into existence in 1947 and Jayanagar in 1948.

Bangalore is a former British military cantonment that expanded after 1881. The names of many of its streets are derived from military nomenclature — Artillery Road, Brigade Road, Infantry Road and Cavalry Road. The South Parade (now known as Mahatma Gandhi Road, was to the south of the Parade Ground. A resident to the Kings of Mysore lived within the cantonment area and his quarters was called the Residency and hence the name Residency Road.

Around 1883, three developments were added to the cantonment — Richmond Town, Benson Town and Cleveland Town. Today the metropolitan area extends from the Peenya Industrial Area in the west to Indiranagar and Whitefield in the east; from Yelahanka Town in the north, to J.P. Nagar in the south.

In the 1960's and 1970's an elite neighborhood was developed in the former gardens of the Bangalore Palace, now called Sadhashivnagar. The area is now home to many of the wealthy members of Bangalore society, celebrities and politicians.

Prior to developments in the last few decades, Bangalore was a well laid out city with many spacious gardens, which provided it the moniker, the Garden City. It therefore served traditionally as a retreat for people from the surrounding South Indian regions. Even today, the city administration manages to maintain several excellent parks. Cubbon Park and Lal Bagh are just two such examples.

• History of India
• Bangalore
• Mysore State

• Fazlul Hasan. 1970. Bangalore Through the Centuries. Historical Publications.

• [2], About Namma Bengaluru on Zenoota.com http://www.zenoota.com
• [3], History of Bangalore http://www.bangalorebest.com/discoverbangalore/sightseeing/TimeLine/4000bc_1799bc.asp