Bangalore

Bangalore, a fortified town of Mysore, in a district of the same name, 216 miles W. of Madras by rail. When Mysore was occupied by Britain in 1831, Bangalore was made the administrative capital of the state; and when in 1881 Mysore was restored to the rule of its maharajah, the British cantonment of Bangalore was specially exempted from native jurisdiction. Silk and carpets are the principal manufactures; and there is a brisk trade. Lying 3000 feet above sea-level, in the middle of the Mysore tableland, Bangalore has a healthy climate, the thermometer rising only twice above 90° in six years. It was a favourite residence of Hyder Ali; and in 1791 it was stormed by the British under Lord Cornwallis. It is still by far the largest city in the state; but the town of Mysore is now the capital. Pop. (1871) 142,573; (1881) 155,857; (1891) 180,366, of whom 35,000 are Mohammedans, and the large number of 18,000 Christians—many of them native Roman Catholic converts. The Mysore district of Bangalore has an area of 2559 sq. m., and a pop. of over 800,000.