About Bangalore
Bangalore, also known as Bengaluru, is the capital of
the Indian state of Karnataka.
Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka. Bangalore
is India's
third most populous city and fifth-most populous urban agglomeration.
Though historical references to the city predate 900
AD, a modern written history of continuous settlement exists only from 1537, when Kempe Gowda, who many regard as the architect
of modern Bangalore, built a mud-brick fort at the site
and established it as a province of the imperial Vijayanagar Empire.
The establishment of the Bangalore Cantonment brought in large numbers of migrants from other parts of the
country.
Today, as a large and growing metropolis, Bangalore is
home to some of the most well recognised colleges and research institutions in India. Numerous public sector heavy industries, software companies, aerospace, telecommunications and defence organisations are located in the city. Bangalore
is known as silicon valley of India because of its position as the nation's
leading IT exporter.
Bangalore has a handfull of freshwater lakes and water tanks, the largest of which
are Madivala tank, Hebbal lake, Ulsoor lake and Sankey Tank. Groundwater occurs in
silty to sandy layers of the alluvial sediments.
Vegetation in the city is primarily in the form of large deciduous canopy and minority
coconut trees. Though Bangalore has been classified as a part of the seismic
zone 2 (a stable zone), it has experienced quakes of magnitude as high as 4.5. |
