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*[http://www.stjohnschurchbangalore.com/?page_id=134 St John's Church], 132 St John's Church Road
 
*[http://www.stjohnschurchbangalore.com/?page_id=134 St John's Church], 132 St John's Church Road
 
*[http://www.reocities.com/Athens/2960/spats.htm St Patrick's Cathedral], Brigade Road
 
*[http://www.reocities.com/Athens/2960/spats.htm St Patrick's Cathedral], Brigade Road
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**[http://www.gallery.fibis.org/index.php?/category/14 Album of Parish Priest Rev Fr Maria Antoine Tabard] Prepared at time of Cathedral refurbishment in 1899. gallery.fibis.org
 
*[http://www.tigerandthistle.net/india55.htm St Mark's Cathedral Church], MG Road
 
*[http://www.tigerandthistle.net/india55.htm St Mark's Cathedral Church], MG Road
 
*[http://www.standrewschurch.org.in/ St Andrew's Church]
 
*[http://www.standrewschurch.org.in/ St Andrew's Church]

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Bangalore
St Marks Church From Cubbon Park Bangalore.jpg
Presidency: Madras
Coordinates: 12.966667°N, 77.566667°E
Altitude: 920 m (3,018 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Bengaluru
State/Province: Karnataka
Country: India
Transport links
Chikballapur-Bangalore City Railway
Madras Railway
Mysore State Railway
Southern Mahratta Railway
FibiWiki Maps
See our interactive map of this location showing
places of interest during the British period
Bangalore



Bangalore (now Bengaluru) became part of British India in 1809. It was the scene of a mutiny in 1832, which was unsuccessful. Bangalore is the capital of the modern Indian state of Karnataka.

Military history

Military
Battle of Bangalore 1791
Bangalore Mutiny 1832

Gallery

See also Images of Bangalore

Cemeteries

FIBIS resources

Bangalore maps

Churches

Schools and Colleges

Palaces

External links

Historical books online

  • Bangalore Imperial Gazetteer of India Volume 6, page 368.
  • "Map of Bangalore", between pages 388 and 389, A Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon published by John Murray, London Eighth Edition 1911 Archive.org.
  • Bangalore page 67, The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal Volume 68 1847. The cantonment was classified as one of the "Stations on the Table Lands"