Cubbon Road
Road
Name: Cubbon Road named after
Road Location: M Chinnaswamy Satdium, M G Road, Vidhan Soudha
Famous
for/ Contributions to society:
Detailed
Description:
Mark
Cubbon was born in the vicarage of Maughold, 23rd Aug, 1775. His father was
Thos. Cubbon, afterwards Vicar-General; his mother, Margaret Wilks, daughter of
the Rev. James Wilks, Rector of Ballaugh, and sister to Col. Mark Wilks. They
had ten children, of whom Mark was seventh. [1]
Mark
Cubbon was a British army officer with the East India Company who became the
British Commissioner of Mysore state in 1834. Cubbon restructured the
government of Mysore, helped reform its finances, and created a peaceful and
prosperous state. Cubbon is credited with the construction of over one thousand
miles of roads, hundreds of dams, coffee production and improvements in the tax
and revenue systems. Mark Cubbon remained in the post till 1860, a period which
included the 1857 rebellion, during which time he had the assistance of
Krishnaraja Wodeyar III in keeping affairs under control.
Mark
Cubbon is known for his excellent handling of the kingdom. He made Bangalore
the capital and divided the princely state into 4 divisions, each under a
British superintendent.
Mark
Cubbon is credited with the construction of over one thousand miles of roads,
hundreds of dams, coffee production and improvements in the tax and revenue
systems.
The
laying of first railway line initiated during the regime of Commissioner Mark
Cubbon, started functioning from 1864, when Bowring was the Commissioner. He
was also responsible for the construction of new roads exceeding 2560 km in
length. Coffee plantations, also started by him covered over 1.50 lakh acres.
Mark Cubbon was a good administrator & a proficient
bureaucrat who ably breathed freshness by initiating several administrative reforms
in Mysore which later on became a legacy. Mysore was modeled & nurtured to
devise its own administrative setup during his period. He encouraged & shifted
the capital from Mysore to Bangalore, helped reform the finances of Mysore, and
created a peaceful and prosperous government. Thus, He was considered as
pioneer in commencing administrative, economic, judicial reforms in Mysore which
helped Mysore later on to earn the epithet of a model state.
Fact: The very
first statue that was erected in the city of Bangalore was that of Sir Mark
Cubbon in 1868, who was appointed commissioner of Mysore and Coorg in 1831. The
elegantly-sculpted equestrian statue which stands before Atara Kutcheri (High
Court Complex) was unveiled by L.B. Bowring in March, 1868 the commissioner who
was successor to Cubbon. [3]
Additional Facts: Cubbon Park
is a station in the Purple Line of the Namma
Metro in Bangalore, India. There
is a project to build a 35 km line known as Bangalore High-Speed Rail Link, from Cubbon Road to the Bengaluru International Airport [4]
Places
of Prominence on Cubbon Road:
· St
Andrews Church
· B.R.
V. Institute And Theatre
· Army
Headquarters, Madras District
· Baird
Barracks
· War
Memorial
· Central
Telegraph Office and G.P.O.
· Lady
Curzon hospital
· Bowring
Hospital [5]
Contributed by: Aditya Shrivallabh Desai
References:
[2] International Journal of Academic Research ISSN:
2348-7666 Vol.1 Issue.1, June, 2014
[3] The Hindu, September 12 2014
[4] The Deccan Herald, Nov. 18 2015
Additional Readings:
Kamath, Suryanath U. (2001) -A Concise History of Karnataka:
from pre-historic times to the present. Bangalore
Oral Interviews:
Senior Social Science Teacher at school
Sociology teacher at school
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