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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] | ||
| + | |altitude= 265 m (869 ft) | ||
| + | |presentname= [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolar_Gold_Fields Kolar Gold Fields] | ||
| + | |stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnataka Karnataka] | ||
| + | |country= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India] | ||
| + | |transport= [[Kolar Gold Fields Railway]] | ||
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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. | ||
==Mining companies== | ==Mining companies== | ||
Revision as of 11:54, 1 May 2016
| 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.
Contents
Mining companies
Mining companies included Mysore, Champion Reef, Ooregum, Nundydroog and Balaghat.[1]
Volunteer Regiment
External Links
- Kolar Gold Fields Wikipedia
- Kolar Gold Fields Nostalgia Photos and Memories of K.G.F.
- Our Lady of Victories Church, KGF, Karnataka, part of the
- Archdiocese of Bangalore (Roman Catholic). Retrieved 22 October 2014
- Memories of my family and of weddings in Kolar Gold Fields by Bridget White-Kumar. indiaofthepast.org. The author’s father was an Underground Engineer in Nandydroog Mines, c late 1940s
Historical books online
- Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 15, page 376.
- “The Kolar Gold-Fields” from Indian pictures and problems by Sir Ian Zachary Malcolm 1907 Archive.org
References
- ↑ Johnson, Ronnie Surnames - Kolar Gold Fields and Bangalore Rootsweb India Mailing List 7 November 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2014
