Bijapur

Bijapur is a district in the Indian state of Karnataka. Bijapur City is the capital of the district and is located 530 km northwest of Bangalore.

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The ancient name of Bijapur is Vijayapura (City of victory). It was established in the 10th-11th centuries by the Chalukyas of Kalyani. The city came under the influence of the Khilji Sultanate in Delhi by the late 13th century. In 1347, the area was conquered by the Bahmani Sultanate of Bidar.

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Karnataka: Karnataka (ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ in Kannada) is one of the four southern states of India. Before 1973, the state was known as Mysore state, as it was formed out of the former Kingdom of Mysore in 1950, and enlarged in 1956 to include the Kannada-speaking regions of neighb...

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