The first electricity in the country reached Bengaluru.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today (August 10) gave many gifts to people in Bangalore, the capital of Karnataka. The Prime Minister, who reached Bangalore, flagged off three Vande Bharat Express. Laid the foundation stone of the third phase of Bangalore Metro. Started the train on the Yellow line of the metro. Apart from this, traveling in the metro and will also address people in a meeting. Let us know what the metro called the country’s IT hub gave to the country?
After the introduction of technical revolution in the country, Bengaluru gradually became an IT hub and today there are most IT companies compared to any other city of the country. According to a 2016 report, till the same year there were 212 companies in Bangalore, while their number in Hyderabad was 108. The number of these companies increased over time, as more companies opened their offices in Bengaluru. Due to this, Bengaluru is also called Silicon Valley of India.
Not only this, the most biotechnology companies in the country are also located in this city. More than 47 percent of the country’s biotech companies are in Bengaluru alone. These include the country’s largest biotech company Biocon.
Bangalore first got electricity
Technically, Bangalore did not become the most developed city in the country. Its roots are very deep. It is a matter of the year 1906, when Hydroelectric Power started in India for the first time. At that time, the country’s first Delhi or Mumbai to light up was not the first Delhi or Mumbai, but Bengaluru. For the first time, Bengaluru got electricity from a hydroelectricity plant set up in Shivanasamudra. A building located near the city market was first shining with electricity.
VIDEO | PM Narendra Modi (@narendramodi_in) Took a tour and Had a chit chat with school students Inseide Vande Bharat Express Train which will ply Between Bengaluru and Belagavi. It is being flagged off from ksr railway station in Bengaluru.
(Source: third party)#Vandebharat pic.twitter.com/rfqatfbnfv
– Press Trust of India (@Pti_News) August 10, 2025
RK Narayan mixed two areas new name
The roots of Malgudi Days, India’s most popular series, are also in Bengaluru. The producer of this series, RK Narayan, gave a new name Malgudi by combining two old areas of Malleshwaram and Baswanagudi in the city. The readers of this series are found to be spread around this city. Later, a TV serial was also made on this series.
Rava idli started to be made when there was a shortage of rice
Most of the restaurants of South India, but the Rava Idli made from house to house is very much liked by the people. Not only this, nutrition also attracts people. However, very few people are aware of where it originated. It is believed that Rava Idli originated in Bengaluru, not Tamil Nadu. During the Second World War, there was a shortage of rice for Idli. In such a situation, to fulfill the demand for idli, the use of rava was started in place of rice flour in it.
LIVE: PM Shri @narendramodi Flags-off yellow line of bengaluru metro and takes a metro ride. https://t.co/nnue2kluxm
– BJP (@BJP4India) August 10, 2025
How to name Bengaluru
There is always a debate about how Bangalore got its name. A theory is that initially it was called Begalwal-Uru, which means City of Guards. Another story is that the Hoysal ruler Veera Ballal once served boiled beans in the city and called it Benda-Kaal-Uu, which means the place of boiled beans, which later came to be called Bengaluru.
India’s oldest army regiment
Bengaluru has been one of the most important cannons in India and has been a prestigious military regiment for centuries. In 1770, the first Madras Sappers was established here for the first time, which is formally known as Madras Engineering Group. This regiment is still active today.
The most pubs in Asia
If thousands of companies are working in Bengaluru today, then it does not mean that only work is done here. The means of entertainment are also available here. Bangalore is a city all over Asia where the most pubs are. Therefore, the night life here is considered very exciting. Another means of entertainment, Freedom Park, used to be the place of Central Jail. The British made it to close the freedom fighters during the freedom struggle.
Apart from this, Lalbagh Park located in Bangalore is one of the oldest and attractive rock formations in the country. The rocks here feel like a small hill. The Geological Survey of India has discovered that these rocks are from 2.5 to 3.4 billion years ago. It has also been declared a national geological heritage.
Today people from all over the country live in Bengaluru. Due to this, it presents an example of unity in diversity. Separate reports have stated that the Kannada-speaking population in Bengaluru is 41 percent. The remaining 25 percent Tamil, 14 per cent Telugu, 10 per cent of the people of Kerala, eight per cent European and 6 per cent have population of others.
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