List of areas in Bangalore Cantonment

This is a list of areas in Bangalore Cantonment, a military cantonment used during the British Raj in the 19th and early 20th century.

Name Named after Year established[1] Officially renamed as[2]
Austin Town James Austin 1920s F Kittel Nagar
Benson Town P. H. Benson 1883 Kadamba Nagar
Blackpally Shivajinagar
Cleveland Town John Wheeler Cleveland 1883 Sri Krishnaraja Wodeyar Nagar
Cooke Town G. H. Cooke late-1920s to early-1930s
Cox Town Alexander Ranken Cox 1920s Jeevanahalli/Sarvagnanagar
Fraser Town Stuart Fraser 1906 Pulikeshi Nagar
Langford Town
MacIver Town L. J. MacIver 1920s Shantala Nagar
Murphy Town W. H. Murphy 1920s Hoysala Nagar
Pottery Town Potters from Madras 1860s
Richards Town F. J. Richards late-1920s to early-1930s
Richmond Town 1883 Sir Mirza Ismail Nagar
St. Thomas Town BL Rice Nagar
Tasker Town Swami Shivanandapuram
Victoria Layout
Williams Town late-1920s to early-1930s KC Reddy Nagar

See also

References

  1. "Bangalore 1990 - Chapter 2: History" (PDF). karnataka.gov.in: 929. Retrieved 8 October 2017. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. "Renaming roads: A 'meaningless' exercise". The Hindu. 20 September 2001. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
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