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}}

References

;Articles

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• {{Web reference_simple | title=How did Bangalore get its name? | URL=http://www.bangalorebest.com/discoverbangalore/sightseeing/TimeLine/originname.asp | date=September 11 | year=2005}}
• {{Web reference_simple | title=About Bangalore | URL=http://www.bangaloreit.in/html/aboutbng/history.htm | date=September 11 | year=2005}}
• {{Web reference_simple | title=4000 B.C. to 1799 A .D | URL=http://www.bangalorebest.com/discoverbangalore/sightseeing/TimeLine/4000bc_1799bc.asp | date=September 12 | year=2005}}
• {{Web reference_simple | title=Kempe Gowdas of Bengalooru (Bangalore) | URL=http://www.myvpa.org/about2.htm | date=September 14 | year=2005}}
• {{Web reference_simple | title=Vokkaligas since the Time of Kempe Gowda | URL=http://www.myvpa.org/about.html | date=September 14 | year=2005}}

;Encyclopedias

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• {{Citeencyclopedia | ency=Imperial Gazetteer of India | edition=6 | year=1933 | article=Bangalore}}

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