Kolar Gold Fields
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A city in the south-east of Kolar District, Mysore State, which was a Princely State. The city, located 98km from Bangalore, was established in 1887, and now produces all of India's gold.
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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
