Bangalore

Bangalore (Kannada: ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು) (pronounced /'{{IPA|bɛŋgəɫurʊ}}/ in Kannada and /'{{IPA|bæŋgəlʊɹ}}/ in English) is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is India's third largest city and India's fifth largest metropolitan area, with a 2001 population of about 6.5 million {{inote|indias largest city|http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=1124669604&men=gcis&lng=en&gln=xx&dat=32&srt=pnan&col=aohdq&pt=c&va=&geo=-104}} {{inote|india's largest MA|http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=1124669609&men=gcis&lng=en&gln=xx&dat=32&geo=-104&srt=pnan&col=aohdq&va=&pt=a}}

Culture and education

Bangalore is the largest city in the state of Karnataka and is a cosmopolitan city. Kannada, the state language of Karnataka, is a minority language in the silicon valley. Many people are fluent in more than one language. In Bangalore there are people speaking languages such as Kannada (the official language), Tamils form over 30% of Bangalore's six million population and are concentrated in areas such as British tamils of Cantonment area, the MEG tamils of Ulsoor, Manufacturing industry tamils of Malleshwaram and Peenya, migrant farm workers in Kanakapura and Anekal and currently the Software generation tamils,Kannada-Telugu (Spoken in the villages from early days), Hindi/Urdu and other languages. English is widely understood, and spoken with variable fluency.

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Cosmopolitan - Kannada - Tamil - Kannada-Telugu - Hindi - Urdu - English

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A majority of Bangalore's population consists of expatriates from other parts of India as well as foreign nationals, a trend that existed even in colonial Bangalore. This is evident in the Tamil language inscriptions on the memorial set up near Brigade Road by the then British rulers for the Indian soldiers who lost their lives in various wars. KGF and Bangalore are examples of places where the British had to bring labour from neighbouring Tamil Nadu since they were unable to get the locals to work for them.

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Expatriate - India - Tamil language - British

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Bangalore is home to the Indian Institute of Science, the Indian Institute of Management (IIM, Bangalore), the National Law School of India University, the Indian Institute of Information Technology - Bangalore,the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS)http://www.ncbs.res.in, Raman Research Institutehttp://rri.res.in, Indian Institute of Astrophysicshttp://www.iiap.res.in, and the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences. Owing to the presence of vast majority of Institutions in science and technology, it is also called the 'Science Capital' of India. Bangalore also has a large number of Engineering and Medical science institutions. Some important engineering colleges include Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering (D.S.C.E.), Bangalore Institute of Technology (B.I.T),Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering (RVCE), U.V.C.E, P.E.S Institute of Technology(PESIT),M.S.Ramaiah Institute of Technology and B.M.S College of Engineering. Important medical colleges are Bangalore Medical College, St Johns Medical College and K.I.M.S .

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Indian Institute of Science - Indian Institute of Management - National Law School of India University - Indian Institute of Information Technology - Bangalore - Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering - Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering - PESIT - B.M.S College of Engineering

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