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The legends of Tasker Town’s ‘jail school’If you go in there on a weekday, you’ll probably see over 300 students who studied there, sequestered in classrooms that resemble jail cell...- Demolishing statues to renaming roads, here's Bangaluru's politics of uncomfortable historyMark Cubbon was the longest-serving commissioner of the erstwhile Mysore State and arguably the most-remembered British administrator in Be...
- Is it right to erase history by renaming roads and landmarks?For the past six months, residents of Sampige Road in Malleswaram noticed a board indicating the road's name as Venkatranga Iyengar Road.
- How the Gun Troops area in Bengaluru became Gowthampura & Bent it like PeleET explains the story behind the names Gun Troops was a British military base in Halasuru and later named Gowthampura after an army officer.
- Tipu Sultan's only armoury in Kalasipalayam remains neglectedThe heritage site that once stored guns, shells, rockets and other artillery for the Tiger of Mysore, is now a vandal's haven.
- The British tried to promote democratic values through Bengaluru's Town HallBuilt by Diwan Sir Mirza Ismail, the Town Hall sports a neo-classic style of architecture and bears a resemblance to the Acropolis of Greec...
- Shoolay junction was once home to a lake and flowering greensShoolay Lake, where a football stadium stands now, gives its name to the area and the circle.
- Date with history: Richmond Circle may have been a site for 'sati' practice in 19th centuryWhat this secluded space in to day's CBD quietly tucks away is not ust a place of worship, but 106 historical memorial stones that date bac...
- Earlier known as Doddapete, Avenue Road could be as old as BengaluruThough trading of textile, garments and jewellery was its mainstay , it was also known for the various historic landmarks that dotted its o...
- Date with History: KR Puram's history is as entangled as its present geographyThe story behind the names The reality behind its name, or the various names it has adopted since many centuries, has long been forgotten K...
- Kalasipalayam: Once a military base, this hub now speaks only commerceHistorians believe that the place derives its nomenclature from the aggressive, military-dominated demographic that it once had.
- The story behind Bangalore Fort's Ulsoor GateUlsoor Gate, in its heydays in the 1700s, was more than just a gateway to the walled city of Bengaluru.
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