Mysore Kingdom & British Era
Bijapur, the Mughals, the Wodeyars, Hyder Ali, Tipu Sultan and the British Cantonment.
From Bijapur to the Wodeyars (1638–1759)
How the town changed hands four times in a century.
Hyder Ali & Tipu Sultan
The stone fort, Lalbagh and the Summer Palace.
The Siege of Bangalore, 1791
Lord Cornwallis takes the fort in the Third Anglo-Mysore War.
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The Cantonment & "Civil and Military Station"
How a British garrison created MG Road, Brigade Road and Frazer Town.
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The Commission Years (1831–1881)
Fifty years of direct British administration and the move of the capital to Bengaluru.
The 1898 Plague & Planned Extensions
An epidemic that led to Basavanagudi and Malleshwaram, India's early planned suburbs.
Electric Lights & the Indian Institute of Science
Hydroelectric power from Shivanasamudra and the founding of IISc.