1. Land of Maximum Nobel Prize Nomination
This city has produced maximum number of scientists considered for Nobel Prize nominations from the country. Who can forget Sir C V Raman who won Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930!
2. Park of jail
Freedom Park, situated in Sheshadri Road served as ‘Central Jail’ in the state of emergency in India in 1975.
3. Two Ariports - One location
The only city in the world that has both commercial and defense airports functioning from the same belt.
4. No Dirt please
One of the cleanest cities of India.
5. Engineering in my blood
Bangalore has maximum number of engineers in the country. Number of engineering professionals is more than the IT professionals residing in the city.There are over million IT professionals in the city and most of them have an engineering degree.
6. Pub story
Banglore has now become the ‘Pub Capital’ With largest bandwidth of night clubs and pubs. Bangalore has got India’s most active night life.
7. India got electrified by Banglore
Bangalore was electrified in 1906, one of the very first Indian city to get hydro-electric power. The plant was located in Shivanasamudra.
8. You are Banglored
A word used especially by Americans to define the movement of workers to Bangalore via IT outsourcing.
9. Not just IT
Bangalore houses around 47% of the 265 biotechnology companies headquartered in India. It is the proud host of Biocon, India’s leading biotech company.
10. Higher than Dehradun
Height of Dehradun is 630 meters from the sea level while Bangalore has an elevation of 920 meters from the sea level. Secret to city’s pleasant climate!
11. Benda-Kaal-Uru
History states that..
Banglore was actually ‘Benda-Kaal-Uru’ (land of boiled beans). There are many stories associated with how the name come to be.
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