Vidhana Soudha

 Bengaluru (????????)  Coordinates: 12°58'00?N 77°34'00?E? / ?12.966667, 77.566667 Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Area • Elevation 741 km² (286 sq mi)[1] • 920 m (3,018 ft) Region Bayaluseeme District(s) Bangalore Urban Population • Density 6,200,000 (3rd) (2007) • 8,367 /km² (21,670 /sq mi) Commissioner Dr.S. Subramanya Codes • Pincode • Telephone • UN/LOCODE • Vehicle • 560 xxx • +91-(0)80 • IN BLR • KA 01, KA 02, KA 03, KA 04, KA 05, KA 41, KA 50, KA 51, KA 53 Coordinates: 12°58'00?N 77°34'00?E? / ?12.966667, 77.566667 For other uses, see Bangalore (disambiguation). Bangalore, officially Bengaluru (Kannada: ????????, ['be?g??u?ru] (help·info), Indian English: ['bæ?g?lo??] (help·info)), is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city[2] and fifth-most populous urban agglomeration. It is home to numerous public sectors such as heavy industries, software companies, aerospace, telecommunications, machine tools, heavy equipment, and defence establishments. Bangalore is known to be the Silicon Valley of India due to its pre-eminent position as the leading contributor to India's IT industry.[3] Bangalore has developed into one of India's major economic hubs and was mentioned by CNN as one of the "best places to do business in the wired world".[4] Though historically attested at least since 900 CE, Kempe Gowda I, is widely regarded as the founder of modern Bangalore, he built a mud fort and established it as a province of the Vijayanagara Empire. During the British Raj, it became a centre for colonial rule in South India. The establishment of the Bangalore Cantonment brought in large numbers of migrants from other parts of the country. Since independence in 1947, Bangalore grew to become the capital of Karnataka state. Today, as a large and growing metropolitan in the developing world, Bangalore is home to some of the most well-recognized colleges and research institutions in India, and has the second-highest literacy rate in the nation.