tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50824934672525777732024-02-20T20:41:54.426-08:00 City IdolsCity Idols blog is an initiative to popularise information about people after whom places such as roads, parks and circles are namedRaghav Madhukarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04333634017314592329noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082493467252577773.post-42017004527362157462016-12-12T03:13:00.004-08:002016-12-12T03:13:56.301-08:00Road Naming Policy of the Karnataka Municipal Corporations<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white;">Pasted below are two extracts from The Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976. This basically explains the policy of the </span>Karnataka Municipal Corporations</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> for naming public streets. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Section 293 of THE KARNATAKA MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS ACT, 1976 </span></b></span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">is reproduced below:</b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">293. Naming or numbering of public streets.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">(1) The corporation </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">shall give names or numbers to new public streets and may, subject to the</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">(2) </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Commissioner shal</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">l cause to be put up or painted on a</span></div>
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<br />Raghav Madhukarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04333634017314592329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082493467252577773.post-380927720348071722016-11-01T08:26:00.000-07:002016-11-01T08:26:23.077-07:00The Story of Tata Silk Farm: The Steelman who Made Silk<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">As my school Principal Ms. Deepa Sridhar became familiar with City Idols, she shared this very interesting story about Tata Silk Farm, a well known neighbourhood in South Bangalore. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><br />
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She discovered this story written by RM Lala, on <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en-GB&q=http://renewkart.com/index.php?id_product%3D167%26controller%3Dproduct&source=gmail&ust=1478098135481000&usg=AFQjCNEfuNtagXSkam7vzkVwNseomcJnnw" href="http://renewkart.com/index.php?id_product=167&controller=product" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://renewkart.com/index.<wbr></wbr>php?id_product=167&controller=<wbr></wbr>product</a></div>
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Thank you, Deepa ma'am, for all your encouragement and for becoming a contributor on City Idols!<br /></div>
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So here is the story:<br /><br /><img alt="2004051900551001.jpg" border="1" class="CToWUd" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEjk4Boi-P1EgRgPo8jVTHpeG0GiIxVZ8-AoorD-U9XScr_2C85a1fscUxa6RCEln9JiNp2w5jo0DGkEQ3gmXfTJuXLdic8YyoWt3Dk4y026eBWNBp2FmTFZv5fPBGhw96R4hFLCVC-2hR0ilsVyMPlAOK1pT2iuD2lIwk_yWpsMBkZ4I4zLuSgSH3s=s0-d-e1-ft" width="150" /><br /><br /><br />JAMSETJI took his experiment to grow silk seriously. In France he studied the silk industry, particularly the growing of the silkworm, which was a cottage industry. In 1893, on a visit to Japan he found the Japanese skilled at sericulture. He invited two Japanese experts, a husband and wife, to India. His cousin R. D. <span class="m_8782957705268094848gmail-il">Tata</span>'s Japanese servant who had picked up English became their translator. Jamsetji sought out a suitable site with a fairly temperate climate and selected Bangalore where he had observed mulberry trees.</div>
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With his contact with the State of Mysore he obtained a site. He found out that Mysore had a silk industry at the time of Tippu Sultan which had fallen into disuse, still existed in some villages but their methods were primitive. He directed the Japanese experts to Bangalore.</div>
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It appears that Jamsetji had little interest to go into the silk business. Jamsetji was able to get a suitable site. "He endowed a small farm where Indians could study how the mulberry tree grew, how the silk-worm was to be reared, how the diseases that affected it could be treated, how the cocoon should be looked after, how the silk should be reeled, and how it was prepared for the market. The farm was run on Japanese lines. Indian children were trained to resuscitate the ancient industry of their ancestors. Apprentices were engaged for a minimum period of three months, during which they were given free instructions in all aspects of the industry, from the growth of the mulberry tree to the marketing of the final product. Jamsteji's experiment in silk farming proved a success from the start." (Saklatvala and Khosla: Jamsetji <span class="m_8782957705268094848gmail-il">Tata</span>, p.54)</div>
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While in Bangalore in 1980s this writer was intrigued by a signboard near the Institute of Culture which read, `<span class="m_8782957705268094848gmail-il">Tata</span> Silk Farm Crossroads'. He searched for the background. Finally the Mysore State Archives was found to harbour a document that reveals what the farm was all about and what happened to it.</div>
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Jamsetji got the help of the Salvation Army. In a booklet by F. Booth Tucker: Experiments by The Salvation Army with French, Italian, Mysore and Erie Silkworms in India and Ceylon 1910-1911 (Published by The salvation Army Headquarters, The Mall, Simla (Price 2 annas), 1912) says: "A few particulars regarding some of our Indian experiments in sericulture may perhaps be of practical interest.</div>
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"The <span class="m_8782957705268094848gmail-il">Tata</span> Silk Farm in Bangalore. This Institution was established some eight years ago (1902-1903) by late Mr. Jamsetji N. <span class="m_8782957705268094848gmail-il">Tata</span>. He felt satisfied that what the silk industry required in India was to introduce the same business principles as had been pursued with such success in Japan.</div>
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"A Japanese expert and assistant were brought over. The Mysore Government gave a rent-free grant of land and an annual subsidy of Rs 3,000. A small filature of 10 basins were erected, and a garden was planted with various varieties of mulberry bush."</div>
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It is perhaps a little singular that two such able businessmen as Mr. <span class="m_8782957705268094848gmail-il">Tata</span> and Sir Thomas Wardle should have gone, one to Japan and the other to France, in search of their models for India. Mr. <span class="m_8782957705268094848gmail-il">Tata</span>, who was familiar with both countries, gave preference to Japan.</div>
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"In choosing Mysore as a centre for what he hoped would ultimately develop into a Silk School for India, he was guided by the fact, that the climatic conditions were favourable and that there was a healthy indigenous worm producing an excellent quality of silk.</div>
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"In this again he gave the preference to the Polyvoltine Mysore worm over both the Japanese and French varieties, though he hoped by interbreeding with the latter that the best features of both races might be combined.</div>
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"In January 1910, we were requested by his son, Sir Dorabji <span class="m_8782957705268094848gmail-il">Tata</span>, to take over the Bangalore Silk Farm, the Mysore Government consenting to the arrangement and continuing the subsidy for a period of three years.</div>
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"Ensign and Mrs. Graham were placed by us in charge of the Institution, and have proved to be capable and energetic managers. Already seven of our European Officers have just been trained and Indian students and ryots have been received and trained from Mysore, Travancore, Madras and Bombay Presidencies, etc. Supplies of eggs and mulberry cuttings have been distributed not only in Mysore but in the United Provinces, Punjab, Baroda, Gwalior, etc. Villagers and students have been trained in the Japanese system of reeling and re-reeling silk.</div>
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A cheap and convenient reeling machine has been manufactured for cottage use. The acreage of mulberry has been considerably increased, several new buildings have been erected, and a number of basins doubled in the filature. Visitors from different parts of India have called, and advice has been sought by numerous correspondents.</div>
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"Already the <span class="m_8782957705268094848gmail-il">Tata</span> Silk Farm has given birth to three other Institutions of a similar character under our auspices in Ceylon, the United Provinces and the Punjab.</div>
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"During the past few months this Institution has been awarded a gold medal in Bangalore, and a silver medal in Madras for its exhibit of the entire process from the silkworm egg to the woven article.</div>
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"A small weaving school under a trained weaving master now forms a part of this interesting Institution, which is at present still in its infancy, but which possesses in it the nucleus of great future possibilities."</div>
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When the Salvation Army first came to India it found in Mr. <span class="m_8782957705268094848gmail-il">Tata</span> a helpful friend. Its accent was on temperance and Jamsetji favoured their movement.</div>
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Mr Booth Tucker of the Salvation Army in a letter to Burjorji Padshah, November 1, 1912, wrote: "The impetus thus given to the silk industry in India can hardly be over-estimated. Government, which before had given up the effort in despair, have now recommended operations. Orders have been issued for the general planting of mulberry trees and bushes.</div>
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Bulletins and pamphlets have been issued giving instructions regarding the cultivation of silkworms. Public demonstrations have been made in connexion with Exhibitions... In the not distant days when silk will have become to India what it is already in such countries as Japan, China, France and Italy, the name of the man who launched the enterprise will be held in grateful remembrance by those who will have been benefited by his forethought and labours."</div>
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Raghav Madhukarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04333634017314592329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082493467252577773.post-67532902289442241332016-10-30T11:01:00.001-07:002016-10-30T11:02:05.801-07:00How Many Roads are Named after Women?<div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">
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Recently I was speaking about City Idols with my father's colleague. She asked me a question that got me thinking: How many roads in Bangalore are named after women? </div>
Very few... is the answer. I can think of a few in Bangalore -- Kasturba Gandhi Road, a road and a park named after Kittur Rani Chennamma, Mother Teresa Road, and... I am already running out of names.</div>
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<span style="color: #222222;">As I searched further, I found this interesting article: </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en-GB&q=http://www.citylab.com/politics/2015/11/mapping-the-sexism-of-city-street-names/414094/&source=gmail&ust=1477936359126000&usg=AFQjCNFgH1MLcMCYRnpknBkatMGq2YsyzA" href="http://www.citylab.com/politics/2015/11/mapping-the-sexism-of-city-street-names/414094/" style="font-size: small;" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Mapping the Sexism of City Street Names</span></a><span style="color: #222222;">. As you can see from the article, Bangalore has 39% of its streets named after women. This is higher compared to many of the other cities.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;">But when I look at the map, I am not able to find such a large number of streets named after women. I am reaching out to Aruna Sankaranarayanan of </span><a href="https://www.mapbox.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Mapbox</span></a><span style="color: #222222;"> in Bangalore, to understand how they have arrived at this conclusion.</span></div>
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Raghav Madhukarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04333634017314592329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082493467252577773.post-44414845392513695192016-10-02T10:47:00.000-07:002016-10-30T10:50:32.402-07:00Streets Named after Slum Children in Mumbai!<div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline; font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">
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Almost every big city in India has a Mahatma Gandhi Road. It is certainly important to recognise and remember the Mahatma in every way. But it is equally important to recognise the contributions of local heroes... people from the locality who have made useful contributions to their society.<br /></div>
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<a href="http://www.doorstepschool.org/mumbai/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Door Step School</span></a><span style="color: #222222;"> worked with the people in the slums of Bombay and did this amazing thing. This two minute video is inspiring and worth a watch:</span><br /><br /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en-GB&q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DihoEAFkLOY0&source=gmail&ust=1477935819153000&usg=AFQjCNGCU5a4Rv1TwJGr4dJWvu10uDZzbw" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihoEAFkLOY0" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?<wbr></wbr>v=ihoEAFkLOY0</span></a><br /><br /><span style="color: #222222;">This is very motivating. I hope you like it too.</span><br /></div>
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Please do share it widely. </div>
Raghav Madhukarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04333634017314592329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082493467252577773.post-70559015204407516252016-09-21T10:46:00.000-07:002016-10-30T10:47:37.678-07:00City Idols wins Ashoka Recognition!<div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">
Since school began, it has been an effort to catch up with the work of City Idols. But here is a nice update that happened in August...<br /></div>
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Recently, City Idols was recognised by Ashoka Youth Venture as a promising idea. Here is the formal announcement: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en-GB&q=http://india.ashoka.org/raghav-madhukar-age-15-started-%25E2%2580%259Ccity-idols%25E2%2580%259D&source=gmail&ust=1477935428647000&usg=AFQjCNHsHDvPxhg-rN_SbuzdvK6I2jWxfg" href="http://india.ashoka.org/raghav-madhukar-age-15-started-%E2%80%9Ccity-idols%E2%80%9D" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://india.ashoka.org/<wbr></wbr>raghav-madhukar-age-15-<wbr></wbr>started-%E2%80%9Ccity-idols%<wbr></wbr>E2%80%9D</a><br /></div>
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But the real hard work of taking this to more roads/ parks in Bangalore and then to other cities begins now :-)<br /></div>
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Thank you for your support so far. I hope to work with all of you on this journey!</div>
Raghav Madhukarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04333634017314592329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082493467252577773.post-19225900925144213832016-07-24T23:04:00.001-07:002016-07-24T23:04:13.639-07:00Meeting with Youth for SevaA few days ago, I met with Mr. Venkatesh Murthy, who is the founder of an organisation called Youth for Seva (YFS). They have chapters in many cities around the country. Here is an extract from the YFS website about what they do:<div>
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The meeting provoked several new ideas such as creating a standard 'Google Form' for submitting entries, creating a separate 'Whatsapp' number for people to send pictures of handwritten entries etc. </div>
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I am really glad for him to have taken out the time to meet and discuss City Idols with him. I am also really grateful for his useful inputs. The best part was that he has also said that he is willing to reach out to his friends in other cities to see if we can get more entries. Keeping fingers crossed :-)</div>
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Raghav Madhukarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04333634017314592329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082493467252577773.post-7678366507555588842016-07-20T09:31:00.002-07:002016-07-20T09:35:10.536-07:00Periera Street in ChennaiThis is a well written article on the Periera Street in Chennai, which I found on the Madras Local History Group. The article has been published in The Hindu. The link to the article is:
<a href="http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/chennai-history-on-pereira-street/article7260119.ece">http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/chennai-history-on-pereira-street/article7260119.ece</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">In my efforts in documenting Chennai's past, several people have helped me. One of these is PB Subramaniam of Rasappa Chetty Street, Park Town. He has not let difficulties in his vision impact his love for history and heritage. A couple of weeks ago, he asked me if I knew of Pereira Street off Wall Tax Road near Central Station. The locals, he said, refer to it as Jamla Thottam.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">This narrow thoroughfare establishes a link to the 1650s when our city was in its infancy. It was once a vast garden that belonged to John Pereira, a Portuguese merchant. Known initially in East India Company records as Senhor Joan Perera de Faria, he was practising his business at Nagapattinam in the 1650s. His ships sailed to Indonesia and the king of Macassar (now the provincial capital of South Sulawesi) in that country had appointed him agent for supplying “necessaries from the Indian coast.” His contacts and trading skills made him close to Agents Aaron Baker and Thomas Greenhill of Fort St George. By the late 1650s, Pereira had shifted to Madras where he had a house in Fort St George. In 1678, when Governor Streynsham Master imposed the city’s first conservancy tax, which applied to a few houses in the Fort and in Black Town, Pereira’s residence was among those included.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">For his rest and recreation, Pereira acquired in 1671 a garden just outside the Fort measuring 36000 sq ft. To water the 250 coconut trees in it, he had three wells dug. He also erected a small tiled house and a private chapel. He bequeathed the garden to his granddaughter Antonia de Carvalho da Silva after his death in the 1680s. The good woman assumed that it was hers for perpetuity only to discover in 1719 that the land was never Pereira’s to pass on. He had merely leased it for a period of 31 years. At her request, the lease was renewed on the same terms. In 1739, she requested the Company to give her the land in perpetuity, in view of her family having paid the rents for over 60 years. This was refused, but she and her daughter Josepha de Silveira were allowed use of the house during their lifetimes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">In the 1740s, with the area surrounding old Black Town (present-day High Court) being cleared, the dispossessed families were settled in what came to be known as John Pereira Thottam (Tamil for Garden). This later morphed into Jambura/Jamla Thottam. What was once an upmarket area for garden houses degenerated rapidly thereafter. The Trinity Chapel was constructed here in the 1830s, and then in the late 1890s came the biggest landmark of all — Central Station with its appurtenances such as the Rail Mail Sorting Building and the Goods Shed, all built on the garden and the adjoining Hog’s Hill. It’s a wonder that despite all the changes, John Pereira continues to be remembered. Chennai moves i</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">n mysterious ways.</span></span></div>
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Raghav Madhukarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04333634017314592329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082493467252577773.post-33449410954073596252016-07-06T22:53:00.002-07:002016-07-06T22:53:48.477-07:00Article on The Better India<br />
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Recently, my teacher and mentor, Ms. Jayanthi Sridhar asked me to write about my City Idols journey for The Better India, which is a well known website that covers positive news from India. This is the article I wrote: <a href="http://www.thebetterindia.com/59441/bangalore-areas-named-after-personalities/"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.thebetterindia.com/59441/bangalore-areas-named-after-personalities/</span></a><br />
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My sincere thanks to The Better India team for highlighting this effort. I hope this idea spreads beyond the confines of Bangalore city.<br />
<br />Raghav Madhukarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04333634017314592329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082493467252577773.post-53091248419605018042016-03-08T21:09:00.006-08:002016-04-18T20:28:47.023-07:00A.V. Road by Prerana B – SKCH<br />
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The birth
of Chamarajpet is a watershed moment in the history of Bengaluru for more
reasons than one. It all started way back in 1880 when Bengaluru was a
prosperous trade and commerce hub with a population of 80,000. Overcrowding and
poor sanitary conditions in the old city prompted the Mysore rulers to create
new extensions. Chamarajpet was the first such extension formed in 1892.<br />
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">But it gained prominence as a residential locality only gradually as people
were initially hesitant to move away from the city. Five years after
Chamarajpet was created, the plague struck the old city and this led to the
population of the extension.</span><br />
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</span>Initially called Albert Victor Road -in the memory of the former Prince
of Wales, who laid the foundation stone for the Lalbagh Glass House in 1888
(the plaque indicating this is found at the Lalbagh entrance even today) -it
was renamed Aluru Venkata Rao Road (after the leader of the </span><a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/Karnataka%20Ekikarana"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-decoration: none;">Karnataka Ekikarana</span></a><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> movement) post-Independence, ensuring that the
abbreviation A V remained.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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retains its historical charm with landmarks like Tipu Sultan's Summer Palace,
the Kannada Sahitya Parishat that was established in 1915 and religious
structures like the Kote Venkataramana Temple.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Albert Victor Christian Edward,known to his friends as ‘Eddie’, was born in
1864 to Prince Albert Edward, who was then known as the Prince of Wales and who
later became King Edward VII, and Princess Alexandra. Albert Edward was the son
of Queen Victoria. </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Albert
married Princess Mary in February 1892. But the young life was cut off in its
early prime. The successor to the throne became a victim of the 1889-92 Great
Influenza and met a premature death at the age of 28 on January 14, 1892.<br />
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Prior to his death, the lamented Prince undertook in October 1889 a seven-month
tour of India as his father, the Prince of Wales, had done in 1875. Albert
arrived in Bombay then visited Hyderabad and Madras. On 23rd, the royal train
passed Bangalore on its way to Mysore and halted at Srirangapatnam for a
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he visited the corner where the breach was made in the fort walls and through
which the British troops entered into Srirangapatna. Then he visited Tippu’s
Summer Palace, Daria Doulat and Mausoleum. After luncheon, the royal party
boarded the special train at Paschimavahini.<br />
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On November 25 morning, the Maharaja drove Prince Albert to Khedda camp
in Chamarajanagar taluk. The Prince had to go on horseback under hot sun
the last five miles to the camp where elaborate arrangements had been made.<br />
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The royal party left for Bangalore after a few days. Before they proceeded to
Travancore, the Prince laid foundation-stone of a permanent building for
horticultural shows in Lal Bagh gardens on November 30. The Glass House at the
Lal Bagh was built to commemorate Prince Albert's visit to Bangalore. He was
given a reception in the garden by Maharaja Chamaraja Wodeyar. In Bangalore, a
road in Chamarajapet was christiened in his name.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Alur
Venkata Rao who was born at Bijapur in 1880. Alur went to Poona for his
college education and obtained his B.A. and Law degree. He started the
Karnataka Ithihasa Samshodhana Mandali for doing research on Karnataka history.
The result was his monumental work about Karnataka’s glorious
history, Karnataka Gathavaibhava published in 1917. We should first
develop love towards Kannada and Karnataka and only then we can love India, was
his view.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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also started the Karnataka unit of Home Rule League and organized a tour for
Tilak in various places of north Karnataka. He was arrested during the Civil
Disobedience Movement during 1931 and barred from political activities.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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worked as an editor for several magazines. In November 1922, he
started Jayakarnataka, a monthly magazine where articles on a variety of
subjects and topics were published.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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joy knew no bounds when Karnataka was unified on 1st November 1956. He
personally went to Hampi and performed pooja to goddess Bhuvaneshwari in the
Virupaksha temple and was aptly called Karnatakada Kulapurohita (highest priest
of Kanada family). He felt sad that the name of Karnataka did not find a place
in the list of states mentioned in the national anthem and wrote about its
inclusion to the Prime Minister and President of India. Fully devoted to the
Karnataka and Kannada, Alur breathed his last on 24th February 1964.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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locals and several establishments in the area have adopted the new name, official
BBMP records still refer to the road as Albert Victor
Road. "Irrespective of what the name means, people just call it AV
Road," said Suresh Moona,a well know historian, adding that re-renaming
the road at this juncture would only lead to unwarranted confusion for the
administration and disappointment for the people. A proposal submitted by
the city corporation council to rename AV Roads as Tipu Sultan Palace Road
was recently met with opposition by a BJP-led delegation. A greater
controversy threatened to break out when the corporation claimed that AV Road
was officially registered as Albert Victor Road, and nowhere in government or
postal records is Alur Venkat Rao Road mentioned. </span></div>
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<a href="http://karnatakahistory.blogspot.in/2012/03/alur-venkata-rao-high-priest-of.html"><span style="color: #363636; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; text-decoration: none;">http://karnatakahistory.blogspot.in/2012/03/alur-venkata-rao-high-priest-of.html</span></a><span style="color: #363636; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<a href="http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-04-02/news/60756299_1_chamarajpet-old-city-bengaluru"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: blue;">http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-04-02/news/60756299_1_chamarajpet-old-city-bengaluru</span></span></a><span style="color: #363636; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Road Location: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">The Mahakavi Pampa Road is located in Bangalore, Karnataka. It forms a major link connecting KR market, Shankarapuram, and Basavangudi. Its PIN code is 560018. It is just 2.2km away from the Town Hall.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Remarkable poet, precise strategist, evocative translator and pugnacious warrior are some of the words that describe the Great Adikavi Pampa. Despite the existence of a few Kannada poets before Pampa, he is widely regarded as the first Kannada poet as his work overshadows that of his predecessors. He is also considered to be one among the three jewels emblazoning the scenery of Kannada literature, the other two being Ponna and Ranna. Even today, a road in Bangalore is named after this illustrious personality. The strong blend of Margam (Sanskrit) and Desi (Kannada) is projected in his every line. Modern Kannada poets still pay homage to this great soul, who showed them the path and took the first steps towards establishing Kannada as a language of sophistication and emotion.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">“Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words” ~ Robert Frost<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">A market is built through intellect and logic, infrastructure and justice. But it is art, culture, traditions, music and poetry, which makes a mere place of exchange of goods and service, a city or a state. Karnataka captures its on unique niche in the mosaic of a vast country like India by virtue of its breathtaking culture. The mellifluous language Kannada, lends honeyed semi tones to the literature presented in it. But it is not often that an average resident of Karnataka contemplates the achievements of the remarkable individual responsible for elevating Kannada to the status it now enjoys.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Mahakavi Pampa is one of the greatest poets who have walked the earth. Many historians and connoisseurs believe that Pampa was the first Kannada poet, hence he also known as Adikavi. He is one of the three jems of Kannada literature, the other two being Ponna and Ranna. He is believed to have been born in Annigeri in Karnataka. His prowess in prose and verse led him to become the court poet of the Chalukya king Arikesari. Another little known fact about Pampa, was that he also served as an army commander and hence his interest in the Mahabharata is but natural. He also commanded great dexterity in medicine, music and art.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Pampa was initially brought up as an orthodox Hindu. However he embraced Jainism along with his entire family. His father Abhiramadevaraya played an important role in shaping Pampa’s ideas on politics and materialism. In spite of the great riches that followed his every epic, he did not hoard wealth and gave away most of it to the needy. This quality of the educated and artistically inclined intelligentsia seems to carry to this day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Pampa was considered to be the disciple of Devendramuni. His prodigious talent and unparalleled skill was polished by his Guru. Many of his writings reflect his devotion and gratitude towards his teacher.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">True to his religion, his first masterpiece was a translation of a Sanskrit poem written by Jinasena, a Digambar monk. The book was called Adi Purana. This literary marvel was based on the story of the first Tirthankara, Rishabha deva. This was a momentous achievement because translation wasn’t a very well developed skill in that period. Pampa recognized the need for such translations, in order to bring the truth of a religion to the people.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Another of his immensely popular books is Vikramarjuna Vijaya also known as Pampa Bharata. This book is an adaptation of the Sanskrit Mahabharata and has been written in a style known as Champa. His blend of classical Sanskrit and Kannada has made the epic accessible to all. Pampa has also taken the freedom to change of few aspects of the original. He associated Arjun with his patron King Arikesari and hence in Pampa Bharata, Draupadi is married only to Arjun and he ascends the throne after the battle. He also supplies Arjun with many of King Arikesari’s own titles.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Pampa helped bring in Classicism, Jain and Hindu mythology to Kannada. Adikavi Pampa laid the foundation of Kannada literature on which exquisite castles are being built today.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Raghav Madhukarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04333634017314592329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082493467252577773.post-18407270331460835022016-02-06T01:32:00.002-08:002016-04-18T20:19:06.356-07:00Kengal Hanumantaiah Road by Raghav C. Madhukar – SKCH<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Road Name: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Kengal Hanumantaiah Road (Commonly called KH Road or Double Road) named after <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.12px;">Kengal Hanumantaiah (</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.12px;">14 February, 1908 - </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.12px;">1</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.12px;"> December, 1980)</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Road Location: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">The Kengal Hanumantaiah Road (KH Road)/ Double Road is located near the Lalbagh area (Pin-code is 560027).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Kengal Hanumantaiah is mostly recognized as the second Chief Minister of Karnataka, and the man responsible for the construction of the Vidhana Soudha.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">During his youth, inspired by the freedom struggle in India, he joined the Indian National Congress (INC). Consequently, he was imprisoned more than nine times. He rapidly progressed in popularity, and soon reached the status of a leader.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">He also occupied several key posts such as, member of the Constituent Assembly of India, and Chief Minister of Karnataka in the year 1952. Later, he moved on to national politics, where he was very successful too. He was elected as Member of Parliament of Bangalore continuously from 1962 to 1977.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Kengal Hanumantaiah was born to a family hailing from Lakkappanahalli near Ramanagara, in Karnataka. As part of his higher education, he earned a degree in Arts, from the Maharaja College in Mysore, and another in Law, from the Poona Law College. In his college days, he was elected as the Secretary of the Students Union and the Karnataka Sangha.<a href="file:///C:/Users/VR/Raghav/City%20Idols/KCIC%20Entries/Raghav-KH%20Road-Revised.docx" name="_ednref1" style="mso-endnote-id: edn1;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">[1]</span></span></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Soon after graduating, he joined the Bar Council. Later, under the influence of Dr. P Tandon who was the President of the Indian National Congress (INC), he joined the INC with the intention of serving the freedom struggle. He was imprisoned more than 9 times during the freedom movement. He was also elected leader of the Parliamentary Party wing of the Congress Party in Mysore Assembly in the year 1948. Also, he was a member of the historic <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constituent_Assembly_of_India" title="Constituent Assembly of India"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; text-decoration: none;">Constituent Assembly of India</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">With time, he grew more popular, and gradually carved himself out as a leader. And, with the necessary support, he entered electoral politics. His political career was one of great success. He was elected Chief Minister of Karnataka.<a href="file:///C:/Users/VR/Raghav/City%20Idols/KCIC%20Entries/Raghav-KH%20Road-Revised.docx" name="_ednref2" style="mso-endnote-id: edn2;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">[2]</span></span></span></span></a> It is claimed that his chief ministership involved several clashes with Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru because the state leaders had to compromise by matching their agenda with that of the five year plans, which were introduced then.<a href="file:///C:/Users/VR/Raghav/City%20Idols/KCIC%20Entries/Raghav-KH%20Road-Revised.docx" name="_ednref3" style="mso-endnote-id: edn3;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">[3]</span></span></span></span></a> <a href="file:///C:/Users/VR/Raghav/City%20Idols/KCIC%20Entries/Raghav-KH%20Road-Revised.docx" name="_ednref4" style="mso-endnote-id: edn4;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">[4]</span></span></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Later, after completing his tenure as Chief Minister, Kengal Hanumantaiah moved on to national politics, where he achieved exemplary success too. He was elected as Member of Parliament of Bangalore continuously for the entire duration starting from 1962 to 1977. As part of the central government, he held very highly coveted portfolios such as Minister of Railways, Industries etc.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Apart from all of this, and most importantly, he was the man responsible for the construction of the magnificent Vidhana Soudha in Bangalore. The Vidhan Soudha is claimed to be the largest state legislative structure in all of India. The story behind the construction of this building goes like this.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Once, a Cultural and Russian Delegation was visiting Bangalore, and Kengal Hanumantaiah was taking them around the city. The Russians commented harshly on the buildings and criticised them all as restricted to the European style of architecture. Hurt by these statements, Kengal Hanumantaiah set out to build a structure which would include all the unique styles of architecture prevalent in Karnataka. Hence, came into being the regal, royal, majestic and grand legislative building – The Vidhana Soudha<a href="file:///C:/Users/VR/Raghav/City%20Idols/KCIC%20Entries/Raghav-KH%20Road-Revised.docx" name="_ednref5" style="mso-endnote-id: edn5;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">[5]</span></span></span></span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">In his memory, his statue was unveiled by President Giani Zail Singh in 1985 in front of Vidhana Soudha.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Kengal Hanumantaiah truly lived an illustrious life, which is remembered very well today by many. For all his significant contributions, and other work he has done, a road close to the Lalbagh Botanical Gardens has been named in honour of him as the Kengal Hanumantaiah Road (KH Road/ commonly called Double Road).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Contributed by: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Raghav C. Madhukar, 9-C, <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.12px;">Sri Kumaran Children’s Home CBSE</span></div>
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Raghav Madhukarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04333634017314592329noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082493467252577773.post-2775776688456218592016-02-06T01:30:00.002-08:002016-04-18T20:29:38.827-07:00Mehkri Circle by Raghav C. Madhukar – SKCH<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Mehkri Circle is named after Mr. Enayathullah Mehkri. Mr. Mehkri personally financed the proper levelling of the intersection of the Bellary Road and the Hebbal Tank area, so that bullocks would not need to struggle to pull heavy loads on a hilly upward slope.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">He held several important posts during his lifetime. He was a municipal councillor and Vice President of the Civil Station Municipal Commission for many years. He was part of several Muslim organisations and educational institutions too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Mr. Mehkri was also a member of the Indian National Congress during his youth, and was imprisoned as part of the freedom struggle. Later, he served as President of the Karnataka Freedom Fighters’ Association.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Mr. Enayathullah Mehkri has immensely contributed to society. He is most commonly known and respected for his absolutely selfless deed of fully financing the levelling of the steep slope in the Hebbal Tank area.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">His intentions for doing this, lay in his sympathy for the cows and bulls which experienced great pain while dragging heavy cartloads and travelling up the steep slope of this area. Later, when the news of these proceedings reached the Maharaja of Mysore through the Dewan Sir Mirza, the Maharaja offered to refund Mr. Mehkri for financing the levelling. Mr. Mehkri refused the money. The king named the intersection of the Bellary Road and the Hebbal Tank area as “Enayathullah Mehkri Square” in his honour<a href="file:///C:/Users/VR/Raghav/City%20Idols/KCIC%20Entries/Raghav%20-%20Mehkri%20Circle-Revised.docx" name="_ednref1" style="mso-endnote-id: edn1;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">[i]</span></span></span></span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Later, Sri R.M. Patil who was then the Minister for Home and Municipal Administration revised the name to “Enayathullah Mehkri Circle” through a state gazette notification in 1965<a href="file:///C:/Users/VR/Raghav/City%20Idols/KCIC%20Entries/Raghav%20-%20Mehkri%20Circle-Revised.docx" name="_ednref2" style="mso-endnote-id: edn2;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">[ii]</span></span></span></span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">He was an active member of the Indian National Congress (INC), and is said to have become a member of the INC at the tender age of 17. Consequently, he was imprisoned for more than six months in the Madras Central Jail as part of the freedom struggle. He was in prison along with C. Rajagopalachari and E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker. He</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 19.26px;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">was also the only member from Karnataka, on the Advisory Council of the freedom fighters cell in the All India Congress. And, he served as President of the Karnataka Freedom Fighters Association<a href="file:///C:/Users/VR/Raghav/City%20Idols/KCIC%20Entries/Raghav%20-%20Mehkri%20Circle-Revised.docx" name="_ednref3" style="mso-endnote-id: edn3;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">[iii]</span></span></span></span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">He served as Municipal Councillor for several years, and was later elected Vice President of the Civil Station Municipal Commission in 1948. With this job he had the privilege to address the first Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, and Sardar Vallabhai Patel on behalf of the citizens. He also was a Councillor and Municipal Commissioner at the Civil and Military Station Municipal Commission.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Michael Fitzgerald Lavelle was the pioneer of modern gold mining in India. His fastidious attitude towards overcoming bureaucratic hurdles and his tenacity of spirit is an adage to many modern day entrepreneurs. Even today one of the most popular roads in Bangalore is named after him. Lavelle road is well known for its restaurants and is frequented by food critics and experts. The Lavelle road also has the Oorgaum mansion, which was Lavelle’s house. This is named after the place where the first shaft was sunk to mine gold.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However it is not known to many that this road carries in its name and intangible sense of colonial history.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Today, India is one of the world’s largest exporters of gold jewellery, holding around 40% of the international gold trade. The export of gold yields India a large quantity of foreign exchange that helps to maintain a favorable Balance of Payments and ensure a strong foreign reserve ratio. The role of gold trade in shaping India’s economy is well known, but the individual responsible for this has slowly faded into the pages of history.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Michael Fitzgerald Lavelle was an Irish soldier, who served in His Majesty’s regiment during the Maori war in New Zealand. He had also fought against Tipu Sultan in Seringapatnam near Mysore and had been a part of the Bangalore cantonment army. It is known that he was the son of </span><a href="http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lavelle-87"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">John Lavelle</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> and </span><a href="http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/O'Neill-1360"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none;">Bridget O'Neill</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Previously Lieutenant John Warren had confirmed the presence of gold shafts to carry out small-scale mining. He was undertaking a survey for the British government in 1802 and saw a copious number of pits, indicating the mining of gold. The inhabitants of Urigaum also informed him that Tipu Sultan carried out mining them with the help of an agency headed by Raja Ramchandra. He found that small-scale mining was prelevant in Mrikuppam. Lt. John Warren subsequently undertook the task of surveying and mapping the area. His report was published in the Asiatic journal 1804. Despite Lt. Warren’s Herculean efforts, the government did not initiate formal mining activities.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lavelle had to travel to Urigaum by a buffalo cart and it took him no less than a fortnight to reach it, showing the lack of development. Research conducted by him showed that the area had gold presents in auriferous strata and the quantity of gold could not be ascertained until the process of construction of shafts began. In order to obtain a Mining license, he applied to the Mysore government. While submitting the report Lavelle indicated that he was primarily interested in mining coal, while receiving the reply he was deeply anguished to find only his proposal to mine coal had been complied with, however with tenacity he acquired the right to mine gold.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">After the final agreement was signed Lavelle was allowed to begin gold mining. On 22 February 1875, after assuaging the Maharaja’s fear of abandoned shafts in case of failure and the company official’s doubt on the actual availability of gold, Lavelle began the process of mining gold.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">In spite of being given the exclusive right to mine for gold for 3 years in 10 different locations, Lavelle did not have the capital to start large-scale mining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After approaching a number of affluent persons in Bangalore, Lavelle finally received the funding necessary for the project on 9 March 1877. A small syndicate was formed briefly, however Lavelle began to look for opportunities to sell the rights to another party. After multiple negotiations Major George Beresford and William Arbuthnot acquired the rights and papers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Subsequently the mine changed many hands, but the legacy of Michael Lavelle lives on through the Lavelle road and the Oorgaum mansion on Lavelle road.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Road Name:</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;"> Kasturba Road named after <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18.4px;">Kasturba Mohandas Gandhi (</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18.4px;">11</span><sup style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;">th</sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18.4px;"> April 1869 - </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18.4px;">22</span><sup style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;">nd</sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18.4px;"> February 1944)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">When Bangalore passed into the hands of the Wodeyars of Mysore, the renaming exercise of roads began. The regulations came into force on July 2, 1892, when Sir K. Seshadri Iyer was Dewan of Mysore and Sir T.R.A. Thumboochetty (later officiating Dewan) was Chief Judge.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">The regulations were, however, not specific to Kasturba Road which, till Independence and a little later, was known as Sidney Road. It was an Anglo-Indian councillor of the City Municipality, Newbold, who moved the resolution to rename South Parade as Mahatma Gandhi Road and Sidney Road as Kasturba Road after Kasturba Gandhi. As there was no separate law on town planning those days, the regulations were written into the Mysore Revenue Manual, the bible for officials.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Kasturba Gandhi was born to a prosperous businessman Gokuladas Makharji of Porbandar on April 11, 1869. Kasturba Gandhi, known affectionately as Ba, was married to Mohandas Gandhi in 1882 when she was thirteen years old. S</span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">he was not given formal education, as was the custom in conservative families of the period, Bapuji taught Kasturba to read and write in their mother tongue, Gujarati and she picked up enough language to go through the daily newspapers.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">She was a deeply religious woman and following the ideologies of her husband she renounced all caste distinctions. A delicate, small but elegant lady, she was simple, straightforward and methodical. </span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Gandhi, the apostle of ahimsa (non-violence) and Satyagraha (non-violent resistance) has admitted more than once that he learned the art and science of Satyagraha from Kasturba. Hers was a life of love, devotion, sacrifice and silence. Gandhi said in his autobiography that she had worked with him voluntarily or otherwise, in all the great transformations of his life. He felt that her life was an extremely sacred one. In discharging her duty as a wife she had even sacrificed her conscience. She never stood in between him and his sacrifices. Everyone called her Ba in great respect.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Working closely with her husband, Kasturba Gandhi became a political activist fighting for civil rights and Indian independence from the British. After Gandhi moved to South Africa to practice law, she travelled to South Africa in 1897 to be with her husband. From 1904 to 1914, she was active in the Phoenix Settlement near Durban. During the 1913 protest against working conditions for Indians in South Africa, Kasturba was arrested and sentenced to three months in a hard labour prison. Later, in India, she sometimes took her husband's place when he was under arrest. In 1915, when Gandhi returned to India to support indigo planters, Kasturba accompanied him. She taught hygiene, discipline, health, reading, and writing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Gandhi set up the Satyagraha ashram in Sabarmati; Ba was his chief assistant in running the ashram. When Gandhi started the khadi (hand spun cloth) movement, Ba organized its propaganda. Whenever Gandhi went into a fast against what he thought was unjust, Ba was with him. The husband's goal was the wife's motto. The wife was the husband's shadow, especially when the husband had been sacrificing his life for the country. She gave leadership to the women in the Satyagraha movement and had been jailed many times.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">The frequent fastings that Gandhi undertook ate into her health also and her own internment in prisons added fuel to this malady. Medical attention was there but to no avail; and on 22 February 1944, this great lady who was the shadow of her husband who became the Father of the Nation and one of the greatest men of all times, breathed her last, lying on the lap of her husband.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">The road is about 2kms away from the Electronic City flyover .The road is slightly inconspicuous and you most probably will take the road parallel to Shankar Nag road to get to the interior of Bommanahalli.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Shankar Nag was born on 9<sup>th</sup> November 1954 in Uttara Kannada. As a child, Shankar loved theatre and acting. After initial stints in Marathi drama, he turned his attention towards Kannada Films. His first role was as a mercenary in the movie ‘Onanodu Kaladi’ .The national award that he won for the film catapulted him into getting major roles in movies. Shankar also directed movies with his brother, Anant, and is remembered for the T.V serial, Malgudi Days directed by him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Shankar passed away in a car accident on 30<sup>th</sup> September 1990 aged just 35.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">While doing my research, I realized that<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> not many people even knew that there was a road called Shankar Nag Road in Bangalore!!</i> Many people, though, knew the theatre,”Ranga Shankara” which was built to fulfill Shankar’s dream of allowing people to experience theatre alive.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Shankar’s last name, despite the road being called Shankar Nag road, is Nagarkatte. Shankar was born on 9 November 1954 in Uttara Kannada, Mysore State. His parents were Anandi and Sadanand Nagarkatte .His brother is the Kannada film actor Anant Nag.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Shankar was interested in theatre and acting even when he was young .He loved watching movies and enjoyed theatre. After his schooling he moved to Mumbai where he acted in Marathi dramas. His brother Anant Nag, urged Shankar to act in a Kannada movie ‘Onanodu Kaladalli’ directed by Girish Karnad. The epic movie was a big hit. It was just his debut movie yet it earned Shankar an award at the National film festival. His acting career spanning just 12 years saw him act in almost 80 Kannada movies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Along with his brother Anant, Shankar began to direct movies as well. The duo produced movies like<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Geetha</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Janma Janmada Anubanda<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>with beautiful songs composed by Ilayaraja and wonderful screen play.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Apart from his movies, Shankar is remembered for one more thing, his television series Malgudi Days. Doordarshan, then the only major T.V channel in India approached Shankar to direct the T.V series Malgdui days, based on R.K Nayarayan’s novel of the same name. The T.V serial was appreciated widely and is still regarded as one of the best television serials produced in the country. Encouraged by the support and viewers that Malgudi Days garnered, Shankar went on to produce his next T.V serial ‘Swami’ also based on one of R.K Narayan’s books.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">An accident that occurred which involved Shankar’s car (and another lorry) while he was behind the wheel, while Shankar was shooting for the film <i>Jokumaraswamy</i>, was fatal for Shankar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The whole Kannada film industry, along with Shankar’s fans mourned the death of the legendary actor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">The accident nearly killed his wife, Arundati too. Despite the accident, she showed immense courage in going back to the film industry to act, and to turn many of Shankar’s ambitious ideas into reality.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Shankar produced, acted and directed numerous movies in his short, but illustrious career. Shankar will always be remembered for his roles in the movies, Auto Raja, Minchina Ota and of course ‘Onanodu Kaladalli’, amongst others, and for his typical ‘bad boy’ style of acting. For the citizens of Bangalore, Shankar Nag road will be a reminder of a man who brought the Kannada film industry to the forefront of Indian Cinema.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">This was to honour Dr. BR Ambedkar, the chairperson of the Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly of India, that which gave India it’s Constitution. He was also the first Law Minister of India.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">In short, Dr B R Ambedkar was what can be called the Constitution Man of India. He was the principal architect of the Constitution of India being the Chairman of the Drafting Committee. He is also one of the first names that come to mind when one thinks of protest against the practice of the caste system.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">He was the 14th and last child of Ramji Maloji Sakpal, a ranked army officer at the post of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Subedar<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white;"> </span></span><span style="background: white;">and Bhimabai Murbadkar Sakpa. His family was of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Marathi<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white;"> </span></span><span style="background: white;">background from the town of Ambavade in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Ratnagiri district<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white;"> </span></span><span style="background: white;">of modern-day<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Maharashtra<span style="background: white;">. Ambedkar was born into a poor low<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Mahar<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white;"> </span></span><span style="background: white;">(dalit) caste, who were treated as<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Untouchability" title="Untouchability"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px; text-decoration: none;">untouchables</span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">and subjected to socio-economic discrimination. Ambedkar's father served in the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">British Indian Army<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white;"> </span></span><span style="background: white;">at the Mhow cantonment. His true surname was Ambedkar, but his teacher, Mahadev Ambedkar was very fond of him and changed his surname to Ambedkar in the school records. Strangely, this man was a Brahmin. </span>Popularly called Babasaheb, he was an Indian<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>jurist,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>economist,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>politician<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>social reformer<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>who inspired the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Modern Buddhist Movement<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and campaigned against social discrimination against<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>untouchables, while also supporting the rights of women and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>labour.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._R._Ambedkar#cite_note-4"></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">He was Independent India's first<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>law minister<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and the principal architect of the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Constitution of India. Ambedkar was a prolific student, earning a law degree and various<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>doctorates<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>from<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Columbia University<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>London School of Economics, and gained a reputation as a scholar for his research in law, economics and political science. In his early career he was an<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>economist,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>professor, and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>lawyer. His later life was filled with political activities. He became involved in campaigning and negotiations for India's independence, publishing journals advocating political rights and social freedom for Dalits, and contributing significantly to the establishment of the state of India. In 1956 he converted to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Buddhism, initiating mass conversions of Dalits. He worked as a private tutor, as an accountant, and established an investment consulting business, which failed when his clients learned that he was an untouchable.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>In 1918, he became Professor of Political Economy in the Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>in Mumbai. Ambedkar went on to work as a legal professional. In 1926, he successfully defended three non-Brahmin leaders who had accused the Brahmin community of ruining India and were then subsequently sued for libel.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Anant Vithal<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>noted that, "The victory was resounding, both socially and individually, for the clients and the Doctor". The new Congress-led government appointed Ambedkar as the nation's first Law Minister, which he accepted. On 29 August, he was appointed Chairman of the Constitution Drafting Committee to write India's new Constitution.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Dr. M.S Ramaiah was the founder of the famous MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology. He was a visionary, philanthropist and a pioneer in creating several infrastructure landmarks in India. Noticing the shortage of talented engineering professionals required to build a modern India, He founded the MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology as an institute of excellence imparting quality and affordable education. M.S Ramaiah Institute of Technology has now grown to be a famous and a vast institute.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";"></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Born on 20<sup>th</sup> December 1955 in Dhaka to Devi and Bantwal Ganapati Mallya, Vittal Mallya was a successful Bangalore based business man. He was the youngest of the three. Vittal Mallya studied in the Doon School in Dehradun and later at the Presidency College in Calcutta (now Kolkata).Even though Vittal Mallya could have easily got a job in the corporate sector he decided to become an entrepreneur. He made a few attempts in starting his own business but he was eventually drawn to the liquor industry after he came across a balance sheet of a liquor company. Adept analysing the balance sheet, Vittal Mallya saw an immense potential for good returns in the industry provided one could run the business in a professional manner. He also realized that he could use the profits generated from this company to diversify into other industries and build lasting assets. Vittal’s ambition to build a huge business conglomerate with diversified interests. In fact the assets he created during this time helped his son raise resources to his manifold business. The company that immediately caught his attention was United Breweries Ltd. Which was founded in 1915 and was run by the British. In the earlier avatar, it used to sell bulk beer to British troops in the nineteenth century. Before long, Mallya started acquiring the shares of the company United Breweries and became a major stake in the company. I things had remained the same he would have got good dividends from the company year after year but a stroke of good fortune completely changed his life. In 1947, when India got Independence, most Britishers who had business interests in the country, started abandoning their companies to return to their homeland. In the case of United Breweries, impressed by Mallya’s intelligence, the management handed over the reins of the company to him. So at the age of 22 Vittal Mallya became the head of a large company. And so began his tryst with the liquor industry. For years after taking over United Breweries, Vittal Mallya made his first acquisition, McDowell and Company Ltd, a company based in Chennai. At that time McDowell was foreign importer of liquor, tea etc. In 1959, Vittal Mallya set up the company’s first distillery in Kerala as a part of backward integration plan. He also struck a deal with the owners of some foreign brands to start producing them locally with value addition coming in form of foreign concentrates. Mallya’s genius was at play again when he decided to market these Indian substitutes foreign liquor as ‘Indian Manufactured Foreign Liquor’ (IMFL), a term continued to be used by domestic liquor manufacturers. Vittal Mallya took hit pay dirt when a new government took over the reins of the country after winning the general elections in 1977 by defeating Indira Gandhi’s Congress Party.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sir Mark Cubbon, who was a British army officer with the EIC. He later went on
to become the British Commissioner of the Mysore state. During his tenure, he
made great contributions to the functioning of Mysore as a state. He
established a law and order system, introduced judicial and economic reforms,
and through action in all spheres of governance, he helped raise the economy of
Mysore. Due to his sound administration system, the revolt of 1857 had close to
no repercussions in Mysore. To mark these achievements, Cubbon Road was renamed
after him.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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now, our country would not have been as poor as it is now. He contributed a lot
to India, not being an Indian. Not only did he contribute to Mysore’s economy, he
introduced many reforms too. Not only that, he also used very innovative
methods of administration. The Karnataka Govt. has made a wrong decision by
renaming Cubbon Park to H.H. Chamaraja Wadiyar Park. This is a man who must be
remembered for ever, as a man who loved India, though it was not his country.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">In 1827 Cubbon succeeded Sir
William Morrison as Commissary-General, and in 1831 served as Commissioner to
inquire into the Mysore rebellion. He was appointed Colonel in the same year.
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pursuit of fiscal efficiency, appointed Cubbon as Commissioner of Mysore state.
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. Cubbon improved the
system of Silladars (native horsemen) who would provide services to the
government for a fixed monthly charge. To ensure that they could not be
corrupted, he raised their monthly salary. He formed a force of around 4000 horses
with seven regiments, one detachment for every taluk.<span class="apple-converted-space"> He formulated a police</span> hukumnama in
1834. He set up a reporting structure which consisted many Indians, almost the
whole office was made of Indians.<span style="background: white;"> Cubbon
supported educational institutions run by missionaries and worked on
healthcare, establishing hospitals and homes for lepers. He also issued rules
against various forms of slavery that were followed in parts of Mysore. All
forms of punishment, forced labour and torture in civil life became illegal.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>The prison system was improved and
convict labour was utilized in public works.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Cubbon drew upon and expanded a system
described by his uncle Wilks in 1804. He created a judicial system that became
quite popular. He was the superior authority for handling serious crimes. In
some cases he intervened and there were some cases where he conflicted with the
decisions taken by the courts. To settle disputes between different religious
thinkers, Cubbon used a majority vote. <span style="background: white;">During
the 1857 rebellion, Mysore was relatively peaceful owing to governance of
Cubbon. A small band of Mohammedans in Srirangapatna were however planning
rebellion. Cubbon stopped them secretly with the help of a small band of Coorg
warriors. An exception in the Disarmament Act was made for Coorg to reward this
action.</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Name: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Cubbon Road named after <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.12px;">Sir Mark Cubbon (</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.12px;">23rd August 1775 - </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.12px;">23rd April 1861)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">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] <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">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.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">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.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">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.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">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.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">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.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Fact: </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">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]</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Additional Facts: </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Cubbon Park</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">
is a station in the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Line_(Namma_Metro)" title="Purple Line (Namma Metro)"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-decoration: none;">Purple Line</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> of the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namma_Metro" title="Namma Metro"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-decoration: none;">Namma
Metro</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> in </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore" title="Bangalore"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-decoration: none;">Bangalore</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" title="India"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-decoration: none;">India</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">. There
is a project to build a 35 km line known as </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore_High-Speed_Rail_Link" title="Bangalore High-Speed Rail Link"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-decoration: none;">Bangalore High-Speed Rail Link</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">, from Cubbon Road to the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengaluru_International_Airport" title="Bengaluru International Airport"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-decoration: none;">Bengaluru International Airport</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-decoration: none;"><u> [4]<o:p></o:p></u></span></span></div>
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Andrews Church<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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V. Institute And Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Headquarters, Madras District<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Barracks<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Memorial<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Telegraph Office<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and G.P.O.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Curzon hospital<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>Contributed by: </strong><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Aditya Shrivallabh Desai<o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">, <span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">8<o:p></o:p></span>, <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.12px;">Sri Kumaran Children’s Home CBSE</span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[1] </span><a href="http://isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/manxnb/v02p051.htm"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; text-decoration: none;">http://isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/manxnb/v02p051.htm</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[2] International Journal of Academic Research ISSN:
2348-7666 Vol.1 Issue.1, June, 2014 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[3] The Hindu, September 12 2014 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[4] The Deccan Herald, Nov. 18 2015<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">[5] </span><a href="http://www.children-of-bangalore.com/cubroad.htm"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">http://www.children-of-bangalore.com/cubroad.htm</span></a><u><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Kamath, Suryanath U. (2001) -A Concise History of Karnataka:
from pre-historic times to the present. Bangalore <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Cubbon"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<b>Mark</b>_<b>Cubbon</b></span></a><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Raghav Madhukarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04333634017314592329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082493467252577773.post-4618849904662729912016-02-04T03:48:00.000-08:002016-03-08T01:46:34.300-08:00Cunningham Road by Pranav Shikarpur – SKCH<br />
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Kumaran Children’s Home CBSE<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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name:</span></b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> Cunningham Road named after <o:p></o:p></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.12px;">Francis Cunningham (</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.12px;">3rd December, 1820 - </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.12px;">1875)</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Road Location:</span></b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> It is
close to many landmarks like Bangalore golf club, National Gallery of Modern
Art, etc. It is close to Sankey road, Palace Road, Millers tank bund road.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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for/ Contributions to society:</span></b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> He served as a military officer at Madras.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Francis Cunningham was the son of the poet Allan
Cunningham and the younger brother of Joseph Davey and Alexander Cunningham,
who also spent most of their working lives in India.[1]<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The brothers' cadetships were obtained through a friend
of their father's, Sir Walter Scott, who was extremely friendly with Robert
Dundas and others with a Scottish background who had been or were at the Board
of Control. After undergoing training at the Military Seminary of the British
East India Company at Addiscombe, then in Surrey, Francis was gazetted as an
Ensign and posted to the 23rd Madras Native Infantry in 1838.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">In his army service he distinguished himself as a Field
Engineer, with Robert Sale at Jalalabad, during the 1st Afghan War. In 1850, he
was posted to the Mysore Commission, headquartered at Bangalore as Secretary to
the Commission and was acting as a deputy to Sir Mark Cubbon, the Chief
Commissioner at Bangalore. Here, apart from playing an active role in
developing the Horticultural Gardens at Lalbagh, he undertook many
constructions including the one he built for Sir Mark Cubbon in the nearby
Nandi Hills and possibly, a large bungalow in Bangalore, known as the
Balabrooie. Unfortunately, documentation on this period of Bangalore's history
is sparse.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">When Cubbon retired and left Bangalore in 1861,
Cunningham stayed on in a private capacity, lobbying on behalf of the deposed
Maharaja Krishna Rajendra Wodeyar III, arguing that he should be allowed to
adopt an heir and that the kingdom should be restored to him. As Cunningham was
an extremely effective writer, this caused endless headaches for the next Chief
Commissioner, Lewin Bentham Bowring.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Bowring writes: 'During many years, the secretary of
the Commission was Captain F. Cunningham, a son of the poet Allan Cunningham,
and a brother of the well known archaeologist General A. Cunningham, and of
Major J.D. Cunningham who wrote the 'History of the Sikhs.' He wielded a ready
and incisive pen, his official letters showing great command of language, in
which was often a vein of irony and humour that was unpalatable to the
recipients. He had left the Commission before I joined, but had taken service
with the Raja at Mysore, his principal duty being to compose the despatches
which His Highness sent to the Government about his claims, a task which his
literary qualifications enabled him to perform exceedingly well, although his
presence at the capital and the encouragement given by him to intriguing
parties were a source of some embarrassment to me...' Bowring did not know how
to reply to the letters that Francis posted to him. The language of the letters
was forceful and robust and the arguments logical. Bowring spent sleepless
nights, thinking of a suitable reply.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">When Cunningham did go back, he pursued his literary
activity, editing the works of Kit Marlowe in 1870 and Philip Massinger and Ben
Jonson in 1872. Toward the end of his life he was working on a new edition of
his brother Peter Cunningham's Handbook to London. He died on 3 December 1875.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Cunningham Road in Bangalore is named after him. Given
the significant roles that the Cunningham siblings have played in Indian
history, this road might well be considered a tribute to the entire family.
Cunningham Road is, however, not named after Alexander Cunningham (one of the
founders of the Archaeological Society of India) or Joseph Cunningham (whose
criticism of British administration in his History of Sikhs led to his
dismissal from military service).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Francis Cunningham (1820 to 1872) who was an officer in
the Madras Army, member of the Mysore Commission, and a literary editor; this
road used to be a favourite of the British Raj. Francis Cunningham was the son
of poet Allan Cunningham and the younger brother of Joseph Davey and Alexander
Cunningham, who also spent most of their working lives in India. On his death
anniversary, we take a walk down one of the busiest roads of Bangalore to find
out how many know of its glorious past.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“Though I knew that the road was named by the British,
I had no idea that it had such a deep history. I wish such things were made
available for the public. Most of us don’t even know about our own history,”
said Shailaja Sharma, who works at a company on Cunningham Road.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">In his Army service, it was reported that Francis
excelled as a field engineer, with Robert Sale at Jalalabad, during the 1st
Afghan War. In 1850, he was posted to the Mysore Commission which had its
headquarters at Bangalore. He also served as a deputy to Sir Mark Cubbon, the
Chief Commissioner at Bangalore. Apart from playing a crucial role in
developing the Lalbagh gardens, he also took active interest in building a
bungalow called Balabrooie for Sir Mark Cubbon in Nandi Hills. However, with no
documentation available, it is quite difficult to trace the actual history.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“This is a huge issue. We have no knowledge of our
history whatsoever. How do you expect the public to know more about its own
city, without any archival system? I have been in Bangalore for more than 35
years and, I can tell you with absolute certainty that Cunningham Road has
become unrecognisable today. Back then, we had beautiful villas and lovely
driveways that have now been replaced by commercial buildings and apartments.
The younger generation don’t really know about the history of Cunningham Road
or who it was named after. Such a shame,” said Linda Rao who takes care of a
150-year-old building on the road. Apparently, post retirement, when Cubbon
left Bangalore in 1861, Cunningham continued to stay and lobbied on behalf of
Maharaja Krishna Rajendra Wodeyar III. He strongly felt that the Maharaj should
be allowed to adopt an heir and that the kingdom should be restored to him.
Being an effective writer, he succeeded in causing trouble for Lewin Bentham
Bowring, the Chief Commissioner after Cubbon. “It is sad to note the lack of
education and growing ignorance of our history. I don’t think anyone remembers
Cunningham anymore,” said Malini Gupta, a student.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">References:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Cunningham_(Indian_Army_officer)"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Cunningham_(Indian_Army_officer)</span></span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/article1366759.ece"><span style="color: #0563c1;">http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/article1366759.ece</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Raghav Madhukarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04333634017314592329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082493467252577773.post-65062007309869736062016-02-04T01:29:00.004-08:002016-04-19T11:03:05.618-07:00Suranjan Das Road by Harshitha Kalyanaraman – SKCH<br />
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Das Road named after <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Suranjan Das (</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.12px;">22</span><sup style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.12px;">nd</sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.12px;"> February 1920 - </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.12px;">10</span><sup style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.12px;">th</sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.12px;"> January 1970)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Suranjan Das was born in Calcutta and was ambitious about
flying at a very young age. His parents didn’t approve of his career as a
pilot. But, he followed his dreams and was a pilot of the Indian Air Force who
is respected and loved by the whole of India.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Suranjan Das road is very well known for its everlasting
widening process. Last year, around 150 trees were felled for road widening.
But we must remember Suranjan Das road for the reason that the great man on
whom this road was named after. The great pilot who served the nation, Suranjan
Das.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Suranjan Das was born on February 22<sup>nd</sup> 1920 in
Calcutta. As he grew, he recognized his passion for flying and aeromodelling.
But his parents disapproved of his dream. They sent him to engineering college.
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">During his time there, the World War 2 broke out. He
volunteered and was recruited as a trainee pilot for the Royal Indian Air
Force. His parents continued to disapprove of his dream, but yet he grew into
flying and went on to take his place firmly in the history of flight testing
and development of new aircraft types. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The year 1949 was a watershed for the aviation industry in
India. In that year Dr VM Ghatage started design work in Hindustan Aircraft
Limited (HAL) on the Hindustan Trainer-2 (HT-2). At the same time, IAF felt the
need of test pilots and sent two brilliant pilots to Empire Test Pilots School
(ETPS) in the UK. The two recruits were Lieutenants Roshan Lal Suri and
Suranjan Das. On August 5, 1952, Mr. Jamshed K Munshi, HAL's Chief Test Pilot
(CTP), while taxying the HT-2, got airborne in it and flew it for about 45
minutes. After he landed, he pronounced the aircraft fit for the IAF. Dr
Ghatage asked him if he had spun the aircraft. Captain Munshi confirmed that
the aircraft had given him no trouble in the spin. Suranjan Das left HAL soon
afterwards.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">At Kanpur, Das hit a blue-bull on the runway during a
take-off, killing it on the Toofani. The Toofani also suffered considerable
damage but was repaired for flying. Fortunately, Das was not injured.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">On January 10, 1970, the brilliant career of Group Captain
Suranjan Das came to an untimely and tragic end in the fatal crash of the HF-24
Mk 1R prototype. On take-off, the canopy opened and probably the right engine
lost power. Unfortunately, he could not have ejected out of the aircraft unless
the canopy flew off, which it didn't. At that time his father, the ex-Chief
Justice of India, was the Vice Chancellor of Vishwa Bharati at Shantiniketan.
He was naturally very sad at the irreparable loss and yet very proud of his
son. Das's death killed the 1R project.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>Contributed by: </strong>Harshitha Kalyanaraman<o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">, 8-E, <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.12px;">Sri Kumaran Children’s Home CBSE</span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Suranjan Das may not have made himself famous among the citizens but he
surely did justice to his country. Group .Captain .Suranjan Das’ name will
always stand for excellence in the profession of test flying and will always be
an inspiration to all those who wish to make use of their life to quench the
country<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Suranjan Das was a shining test flying pilot in the IAF. He first joined
the Indian royal air force where he volunteered in World War II. He was one
among the very few pilots who were chosen and sent to Empire Test Pilots School
[ETPS] to test pilot for IAF. He also commanded the Halwara Air Force Station
Base and was the director of the Aircraft & Armament Testing Group of the
Indian Air Force [1969] until his death. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">They all said he was a boy whose eyes will always gaze upwards. Despite
his passion towards flying and his wanting to become a pilot, Suranjan Das was
forced to take up engineering. “You can never keep a good man down” they say,
surely, Suranjan Das got his turn when World War II came around as he
volunteered and was selected<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>as a
trainee pilot for the Royal Indian Air Force. He learnt to fly in Canada and
was admitted into RIAF in 1943.</span></div>
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be a bit ropey about close formation. His engineering talent was used to solve
technical problems which the squadron’s tech team could not solve!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>‘A man of many mysteries’ ……..<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wasn’t he?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">1949 was the water shed for the aviation industry in India. That was the
time when Dr.VM. Ghatage started design work in Hindustan Aircraft Limited
[HAL] on Hindustan Trainer - 2 [HT-2]. That was when the IAF felt a need for
their two best test pilots to go to ETPS (in UK) so, Suranjan Das and Roshan
Lal Suri were sent.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The IAF acquired Ouragans, named Toofani in India, from
France. The first 75 dismantled aircraft were brought to Bombay. These were taken
to an allotted area at Santa Cruz airfield, which was the home of the Aircraft
Erection Unit (AEU) - the first such venture by IAF. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In 1953-54 this unit was commanded by Suranjan Das and
proceeded to test each aircraft and clear it as it got ready. Other pilots of
AEU who assisted in the flying effort remember the commander as fun loving and
yet always managed to conduct the flight tests to be of the expected standards.
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decided to go in for the Gnat, at the time Sqn.Ldr Das was attached to Follands
at Chilbolton in England.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During his
term at Follands, Das took a very active part in the development of the
aircraft. He also became the first Indian to demonstrate any aircraft at the
Farnborough Air Show.</span></div>
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while practicing for the air show, he was doing an eight-point roll in the Gnat
close to the ground. He then<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>suddenly
felt a restriction in the aileron control. His first reaction was to start
talking on the radio. He asked the Air Traffic Control to ensure that his
comments were recorded just in case he could not recover. He said that these
could help prevent a recurrence of the problem. The Orpheus engine, which
powered the Gnat, had a strong tendency to flame out due to surge at high
altitudes and the associated low temperatures. This was a serious behavior to
be addressed to immediately.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Suranjan das was also
responsible for the successful maiden flight of the HT-24 on 24<sup>th</sup> June
1961. This aircraft served IAF in the 1971 Bangladesh war.<span style="background: white;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Das out
of his many test flying ventures in his tenure also did the first flight of the
HJT-16 (Kiran) on September 4, 1964………..</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"> <span style="background: white;">This man’s astounding career
came to a shocking end on 10<sup>th</sup> January 1970, because of a fatal<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>crash of the HT-24 ,Mk 1R prototype.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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least which could be done was administered as the 1R prototype was also killed.
Also, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">a road in Bangalore connecting HAL's
main Complex to the Engine Division also commemorates him. HAL instituted a
trophy in his name for the best test pilot trainee graduating in India each
year. He was also awarded the Padma Vibhushan posthumously.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>Contributed by: </strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Yeshaswini. R</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">, 8-D, <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.12px;">Sri Kumaran Children’s Home CBSE</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suranjan_Das"><span style="color: blue;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suranjan_Das</span></a></span>Raghav Madhukarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04333634017314592329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082493467252577773.post-56236846981516980362016-02-03T20:52:00.002-08:002016-04-19T11:06:36.618-07:00Mother Teresa Road by Rohit Kashi – SKCH<br />
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Road Name: </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mother Teresa road named after <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu / Mother Teresa (</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">26th August 1910 - </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18.4px;">5 September 1997)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mother
Teresa as an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albanians" title="Albanians"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; text-decoration: none;">Albanian</span></a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missionary" title="Missionary"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; text-decoration: none;">missionary</span></a>. She was born in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Macedonia" title="Republic of Macedonia"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; text-decoration: none;">Macedonia</span></a>,
and eighteen years later, she moved to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; text-decoration: none;">Ireland</span></a> and then to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" title="India"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; text-decoration: none;">India</span></a>, where she lived for most of her life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">She
founded the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missionaries_of_Charity" title="Missionaries of Charity"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; text-decoration: none;">Missionaries of
Charity</span></a>, which was active in 133 countries. They run hospices and
homes for people with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV/AIDS" title="HIV/AIDS"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; text-decoration: none;">HIV/AIDS</span></a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leprosy" title="Leprosy"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; text-decoration: none;">leprosy</span></a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuberculosis" title="Tuberculosis"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; text-decoration: none;">tuberculosis</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mother
Teresa was the recipient of numerous honours, including the 1979 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Peace_Prize" title="Nobel Peace Prize"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; text-decoration: none;">Nobel Peace Prize</span></a>, and in December 2015,
she was made a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mother
Teresa, by the age of 12, had become convinced that she would commit herself to
a religious life. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">She
left home in 1928 at the age of 18 to join the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisters_of_Loreto" title="Sisters of Loreto"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; text-decoration: none;">Sisters of Loreto</span></a> in Ireland, to
learn English, with a view to becoming a missionary, because English was the
language the Sisters of Loreto used to teach school children in India. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">She
arrived in India in 1929, and began her <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novitiate" title="Novitiate"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; text-decoration: none;">novitiate</span></a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darjeeling" title="Darjeeling"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; text-decoration: none;">Darjeeling</span></a> . She took her first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_vows" title="Religious vows"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; text-decoration: none;">religious vows</span></a> as a nun on 24 May
1931, and chose to be called Teresa.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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soon began serving as a teacher at the Loreto convent school in Calcutta.
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Although
she enjoyed teaching at the school, she was increasingly disturbed by the
poverty surrounding her in Calcutta, and wanted to do something about it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">She
began her missionary work with the poor in 1948, wearing a simple white
cotton sari decorated with a blue border. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Teresa
received </span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; text-decoration: none;">Vatican</span></a></span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> permission
on 7 October 1950 to start the Missionaries of Charity. Its mission was to
care for, in her own words, "the hungry, the naked, the homeless, the
crippled, the blind, the lepers, all those people who feel unwanted, unloved,
uncared for throughout society, people that have become a burden to the society
and are shunned by everyone."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">It
began as a small congregation with 13 members in Calcutta; by 1997 it had grown
to more than 4,000 sisters running orphanages, AIDS hospices and charity
centres. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the Missionaries of Charity took in increasing numbers of lost children, Mother
Teresa felt the need to create a home for them. In 1955 she opened the Nirmala
Shishu Bhavan, the Children's Home of the Immaculate Heart, as a haven for
orphans and homeless youth. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">After
suffering from severe heart problems, this great lady died, on the 5<sup>th</sup>
of September 1997.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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26 August 2010, The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Railways" title="Indian Railways"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; text-decoration: none;">Indian Railways</span></a> introduced
a new train, "Mother Express", named after Mother Teresa, and the
anniversary of her death has been designated as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Day_of_Charity" title="International Day of Charity"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; text-decoration: none;">International
Day of Charity</span></a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly" title="United Nations General Assembly"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; text-decoration: none;">United
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Teresa/"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: blue;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Teresa\</span></span></a><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.britannica.com/biography/Mother-Teresa"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.britannica.com/biography/Mother-Teresa</span></span></a><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Raghav Madhukarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04333634017314592329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082493467252577773.post-3320879948815453642016-02-03T19:59:00.001-08:002016-04-19T11:07:53.259-07:00Albert Victor Road by Anirudh T – SKCH<div style="text-align: center;">
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Name: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Albert Victor Road named after <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.12px;">Albert Victor Christian Edward (</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.12px;">8th January 1864 - </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.12px;">14th January 1892)</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Road Location: </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Near K.R. Market<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence
and Avondale (Albert Victor Christian Edward), was the eldest son of Albert
Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII), and the grandson of the
reigning British monarch, Queen Victoria. From the time of his birth, he was
second in the line of succession to the British throne, but never became king:
he died before his father and his grandmother, the Queen. Some authors have argued
that he was the serial killer known as Jack the Ripper, but contemporary documents
show that Albert Victor could not have been in London at the time of the murders,
and the claim is widely dismissed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Early Life - </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Albert Victor was born
two months prematurely on 8 January 1864 at </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Frogmore House, Berkshire. He was the
first child of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, and Alexandra, Princess of
Wales. Following his grandmother Queen Victoria's wishes, he was named Albert
Victor, after herself and her late husband Albert. As a grandchild of the
reigning British monarch in the male line, he was formally styled His Royal
Highness Prince Albert Victor of Wales from birth. He was christened Albert
Victor Christian Edward in the private chapel of Buckingham Palace on 10 March
1864 by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Charles Longley, but was known informally
as "Eddy". <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Education - </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">When Albert Victor was
about seventeen months old, his brother, Prince George, was born. Given the
closeness in age of the two brothers, they were educated together. In 1871, the
Queen appointed John Neale Dalton as their tutor. The two princes were given a
strict programme of study, which included games and military drills as well as
academic subjects. Dalton complained that Victor's mind was "abnormally dormant".
His progress in languages and subjects was slow. Victor never excelled intellectually.
Possible physical explanations for his inattention in class include absence seizures
or his premature birth, which can be associated with learning difficulties. The
brothers were parted in 1883; George enrolled in the navy and Albert Victor
attended Trinity College, Cambridge. At Bachelor's Cottage, Albert Victor was
expected to cram before arriving at university in the company of Dalton and a
newly chosen tutor James Kenneth Stephen. Stephen was initially optimistic
about tutoring the prince, but by the time the party were to move to Cambridge
had concluded, "I do not think he can possibly derive much benefit from
attending lectures at Cambridge ... He hardly knows the meaning of the words to
read". <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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- The foreign press suggested that Albert Victor was sent on a seven month tour
of British India from October 1889.Travelling via Athens, Port Said, Cairo and
Aden, Albert Victor arrived in Bombay on 9 November 1889. He spent Christmas at
Mandalay and the New Year at Calcutta. In the style of the time, a great many
animals were shot for sport. On his return from India, Albert Victor was
created Duke of Clarence and Avondale in May 1890.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Contributions - </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">During his tour, the
royal party also visited Bangalore. The Prince laid the foundation-stone of a
permanent building for horticultural shows in Lalbagh gardens. The Glass House
at Lalbagh was built to commemorate Victor's visit to Bangalore. He was given a
reception by Maharaja Chamaraja Wodeyar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In his honour, the road from the present K R Circle up to the Hardinge
Circle was named as ‘Albert Victor Road’. Also, a road in Chamarajapet was
christened in his name.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Prince also laid
the foundation stone for the Maharaja’s College building in the Gordon Park.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>Contributed by: </strong><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Anirudh T<o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">, 9-C, <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.12px;">Sri Kumaran Children’s Home CBSE</span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;">
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