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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. Mining companies included Mysore, Champion Reef, Ooregum, Nundydroog and Balaghat.
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.
==External Links==
*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
[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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