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A city in the south-east of Kolar District, Mysore State, which was a [[Princely states|Princely State]].  The city, located 98km from [[Bangalore]], was established in 1887, and now produces all of India's gold.
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|presidency= [[Madras]]
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|coordinates= [https://www.google.com/maps/place/12°57'42.2%22N+78°16'14.6%22E/@12.961736,78.270721,12z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en 12.961736°N 78.270721°E]
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|altitude= 265 m (869 ft)
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|presentname= [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolar_Gold_Fields Kolar Gold Fields]
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|stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnataka Karnataka]
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|transport= [[Kolar Gold Fields Railway]]
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Mining companies included Mysore, Champion Reef, Ooregum, Nundydroog and Balaghat.
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'''Kolar Gold Fields''' was a city in the south-east of Kolar District, [[Mysore State]] established in 1887. Located 98km from [[Bangalore]], it produced all of India's gold. It closed in 2001 and was approved for re-opening in  2010.
  
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For more details, refer [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V15_382.gif ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 15''], page 376.  
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==Mining companies==
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Mining companies included Mysore, Champion Reef, Ooregum, Nundydroog and Balaghat.<ref> Johnson, Ronnie [https://web.archive.org/web/20210212110700/https://mlarchives.rootsweb.com/listindexes/emails?listname=india&thread=1663508 Surnames - Kolar Gold Fields and Bangalore] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 7 November 2010, archived.</ref>
  
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==External Links==
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==Volunteer Regiment==
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*This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2010-11/1289094120 post] mentions many names of people living at K.G.F. and includes a list of residents in 1905 , and Officers and NCOs of the [[Kolar Gold Fields Battalion|Kolar Gold Fields Rifle Volunteers]] , 1905
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*[[Kolar Gold Fields Battalion]]
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==External links==
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolar_Gold_Fields  Kolar Gold Fields] Wikipedia
 
*[http://memoriesofkgf.blogspot.com/ Kolar Gold Fields Nostalgia] Photos and Memories of K.G.F.  
 
*[http://memoriesofkgf.blogspot.com/ Kolar Gold Fields Nostalgia] Photos and Memories of K.G.F.  
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20131004225432/http://victorieschurchkgf.com/about.html Our Lady of Victories Church, KGF, Karnataka], (archived) (more details<ref>[https://memoriesofkgf.blogspot.com/2012/03/our-lady-of-victories-church-champion.html A Short history of Our Lady of Victories Church, Champion Reefs, KGF] by Bridget White-Kumar ''Kolar Gold Fields Nostalgia''</ref>) is/was? part of the
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**[http://www.bangalorearchdiocese.com Archdiocese of Bangalore] (Roman Catholic).
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*[http://www.confluence.mobi/blog/a-boer-in-bangalore/ "A Boer in Bangalore"] by Adam Yamey 14 September 2016 ''Confluence''.  George Glaeser Munnik, a Boer Officer, was a POW at [[Trichinopoly]] and later [[Amritsar]]. During his stay in India he was able to visit Bangalore and the Kolar Gold Fields. He wrote an account ''A Boer in India'' published 1903. He subsequently became a Senator in South Africa.
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045128/https://www.deccanherald.com/content/113032/tale-two-thriving-townships.html "Tale of two thriving townships"] by Bridget White-Kumar 15 November, 2010 ''Deccan Herald'', now an archived webpage.  Robertsonpet was established in 1902 became the “Town” for the mining areas and quickly became an important commercial centre. Andersonpet, was established in 1904, next to the mining areas of Champion Reefs and Mysore Mine/ Marikuppam.
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:[https://www.deccanherald.com/content/280784/kgfs-very-own-little-england.html "KGF's very own Little England"] by Bridget Kumar  24 September 2012 ''Deccan Herald''. KGF Gymkhana Club
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*[http://www.indiaofthepast.org/bridget-white-kumar/life-back-then/memories-my-family-and-weddings-kolar-gold-fields  Memories of my family and of weddings in Kolar Gold Fields] by Bridget White-Kumar.  indiaofthepast.org. "In the early years [19th century], arranged marriages were the norm in the [Anglo-Indian] Community." The author’s father  was an Underground Engineer in Nandydroog Mines, c late 1940s
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*[https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/3EXHCpPQAw15Bj6AMAbbEP/Memories-etched-in-gold.html "Memories etched in gold"] by Aniruddha Chowdhury 18 Nov 2011. livemint.com
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*From the late Ronnie Johnson's now archived website
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**[https://web.archive.org/web/20091027124720/http://geocities.com/kolargoldfield/index.html Kolar Gold Fields or K.G.F.]
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**[https://web.archive.org/web/20091027124721/http://geocities.com/kolargoldfield/kgf1905.html List of Residents of K.G.F in 1905]
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**[https://web.archive.org/web/20091027124713/http://geocities.com/kolargoldfield/kgf_people.html Requests received from people with connections to KGF! [Miscellaneous information<nowiki>]</nowiki>]
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*[https://scroll.in/roving/740303/in-pictures-revisiting-the-ghosts-of-a-glorious-past-at-kolars-gold-mines  "In pictures: Revisiting the ghosts of a glorious past at Kolar’s gold mines"]  Manjunath Shenoy Nov 01, 2015 scroll.in
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*[https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/story-kgf-cradle-india-s-gold-rush-93798 "The story of KGF: The cradle of India’s gold rush"] by Arun Dev  December 22, 2018 thenewsminute.com.
  
 
===Historical books online===
 
===Historical books online===
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[http://www.archive.org/stream/indianpicturespr00malcuoft#page/172/mode/2up “The Kolar Gold-Fields”] from ''Indian pictures and problems'' by Sir Ian Zachary Malcolm 1907 Archive.org
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*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V15_382.gif ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 15''], page 376.
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*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.11584/page/n305 “Kolar District”] page 243, ''Mysore Gazetteer Volume V: Gazetteer'' edited by  C. Hayavadana Rao. New Edition 1930  Archive.org
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*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.11582/page/n227 "Chapter V: Mines and Minerals"]  page 198 ''Mysore Gazetteer Volume III Economic''  edited by  C. Hayavadana Rao. New Edition 1929. Archive.org. Includes Kolar Gold Fields.
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*[https://archive.org/details/goldminesworldc00curlgoog/page/n148 "The Gold Mines of India"]  [at February 1898] page 117 ''The gold mines of the world : containing concise and practical advice for investors gathered from a personal inspection of the mines of the Transvaal, India, West Australia, Queensland, New Zealand, British Columbia, and Rhodesia'' by  J H Curle 1899 Archive.org
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:[https://archive.org/details/goldminesworldd00curlgoog/page/n276 "The Gold Mines of India and the Malay Peninsula"] page 210 ''The Gold Mines of the World (2d Ed., 1902): Written After an Inspection of the Mines of the ...'' by  J H Curle 1902 Archive.org
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:[https://archive.org/details/goldminesworldw01curlgoog/page/n287 "The Gold Mines of the East"] page 204 ''The Gold Mines of the World: Written After an Inspection of Nearly Five Hundred Mines in ...'' by  J H Curle 3rd edition 1905 “almost entirely rewritten”.
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/indianpicturespr00malcuoft#page/172/mode/2up “The Kolar Gold-Fields”] from ''Indian pictures and problems'' by Sir Ian Zachary Malcolm 1907 Archive.org
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Latest revision as of 00:14, 6 December 2022

Kolar Gold Fields
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Presidency: Madras
Coordinates: 12.961736°N 78.270721°E
Altitude: 265 m (869 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Kolar Gold Fields
State/Province: Karnataka
Country: India
Transport links
Kolar Gold Fields Railway

Kolar Gold Fields was a city in the south-east of Kolar District, Mysore State established in 1887. Located 98km from Bangalore, it produced all of India's gold. It closed in 2001 and was approved for re-opening in 2010.

Mining companies

Mining companies included Mysore, Champion Reef, Ooregum, Nundydroog and Balaghat.[1]

Volunteer Regiment

External links

"KGF's very own Little England" by Bridget Kumar 24 September 2012 Deccan Herald. KGF Gymkhana Club

Historical books online

  • Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 15, page 376.
  • “Kolar District” page 243, Mysore Gazetteer Volume V: Gazetteer edited by C. Hayavadana Rao. New Edition 1930 Archive.org
  • "Chapter V: Mines and Minerals" page 198 Mysore Gazetteer Volume III Economic edited by C. Hayavadana Rao. New Edition 1929. Archive.org. Includes Kolar Gold Fields.
  • "The Gold Mines of India" [at February 1898] page 117 The gold mines of the world : containing concise and practical advice for investors gathered from a personal inspection of the mines of the Transvaal, India, West Australia, Queensland, New Zealand, British Columbia, and Rhodesia by J H Curle 1899 Archive.org
"The Gold Mines of India and the Malay Peninsula" page 210 The Gold Mines of the World (2d Ed., 1902): Written After an Inspection of the Mines of the ... by J H Curle 1902 Archive.org
"The Gold Mines of the East" page 204 The Gold Mines of the World: Written After an Inspection of Nearly Five Hundred Mines in ... by J H Curle 3rd edition 1905 “almost entirely rewritten”.

References

  1. ↑ Johnson, Ronnie Surnames - Kolar Gold Fields and Bangalore Rootsweb India Mailing List 7 November 2010, archived.
  2. ↑ A Short history of Our Lady of Victories Church, Champion Reefs, KGF by Bridget White-Kumar Kolar Gold Fields Nostalgia
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