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|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangarapet Bangarapet]
 
|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangarapet Bangarapet]

Revision as of 18:18, 10 January 2009

Bowringpet
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Presidency: Madras
Coordinates: 12.970000°N 78.20000°E
Altitude: 843 m (2,766 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Bangarapet
State/Province: Karnataka
Country: India
Transport links
Bowringpet-Chikballapur Railway
Madras Railway

Bowringpet, named after an officer working in the Kolar Gold Fields, was originally called Maramootlu; it has since been renamed Bangarapet. The town was a junction on the broad gauge Madras Railway for the Kolar Gold Fields Railway, as well as a terminus of the narrow gauge Bowringpet-Chikballapur Railway.


External links

"Bangarapet" Wikipedia.