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*[http://www.oocities.org/ronnie.johnson/ The late Ronnie Johnson's archived Bangalore site] - covers many topics including cemeteries, churches, streets and houses, schools and more
*[http://www.oocities.org/ronnie.johnson/ The late Ronnie Johnson's archived Bangalore site] - covers many topics including cemeteries, churches, streets and houses, schools and more
**[http://www.oocities.org/athens/Acropolis/9460/regiment.htm Regiments in Bangalore 1807 to 1913] - an archived link
**[http://www.oocities.org/athens/Acropolis/9460/regiment.htm Regiments in Bangalore 1807 to 1913] - an archived link
*[http://www.auctiva.com/hostedimages/showimage.aspx?gid=1326121&image=675977719&images=675977719,675977580,675977468,675977370,675977166,675977062,675977270,675976963&formats=0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0&format=0 Image: Christmas Menu “No 3 and Furlough Coys, IWT , RE” Gaza Camp, Bangalore India, Christmas 1918].  auctiva.com. Retrieved 16 August 2014. IWT is presumably Inland Water Transport, part of the Royal Engineers, but it is not otherwise known to have been in India. 
*[http://www.livemint.com/2011/10/14201221/Colonial-diaries.html Whitefield, Bangalore] established 1882 livemint.com Friday, 14 October 2011
*[http://www.livemint.com/2011/10/14201221/Colonial-diaries.html Whitefield, Bangalore] established 1882 livemint.com Friday, 14 October 2011
*[http://www.sharehistory.org/projects/16-the-history-of-bangalore-and-southern-india Personal collection of over 100 photos of Bangalore, mainly taken between 1909-1925]www.sharehistory.org
*[http://www.sharehistory.org/projects/16-the-history-of-bangalore-and-southern-india Personal collection of over 100 photos of Bangalore, mainly taken between 1909-1925]www.sharehistory.org

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Bangalore
Presidency: Madras
Coordinates: 12.966667°N, 77.566667°E
Altitude: 920 m (3,018 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Bengaluru
State/Province: Karnataka
Country: India
Transport links
Chikballapur-Bangalore City Railway
Madras Railway
Mysore State Railway
Southern Mahratta Railway
FibiWiki Maps
See our interactive map of this location showing
places of interest during the British period
Bangalore



Bangalore (now Bengaluru) became part of British India in 1809. It was the scene of a mutiny in 1832, which was unsuccessful. Bangalore is the capital of the modern Indian state of Karnataka.

Military history

Military
Battle of Bangalore 1791
Bangalore Mutiny 1832

Gallery

See also Images of Bangalore

Cemeteries

FIBIS resources

Bangalore maps

Churches

Schools and Colleges

Palaces

External links

Historical books online

  • Bangalore Imperial Gazetteer of India Volume 6, page 368.
  • "Map of Bangalore", between pages 388 and 389, A Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon published by John Murray, London Eighth Edition 1911 Archive.org.
  • "Bangalore", page 45 Report on the Medical Topography and Statistics, of the Mysore Division of the Madras Army 1844 Google Books (This report is at the rear of Report on the Medical Topography and Statistics, of the Provinces of Malabar and Canara)‬
  • Bangalore page 67, The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal Volume 68 1847. The cantonment was classified as one of the "Stations on the Table Lands" Google Books
  • Bangalore Cantonment page 48 Mysore and Coorg, A Gazetteer compiled by the Government of India Volume II, Mysore by Districts by Lewis Rice 1876 Archive.org
  • The Civil and Military station of Bangalore, within direct British jurisdiction c 1883 page 57 Memoirs, with a Full Account of the Great Malaria Problem and its Solution by Ronald Ross 1923 Archive.org.