Rajajinagar, officially Rajajinagara is a residential neighborhood and business hub in the west of
Bangalore
Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...
. It is one of the
zones of
BBMP
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is the administrative body responsible for civic amenities and some infrastructural assets of the Greater Bengaluru metropolitan area. It is the fourth largest Municipal Corporation in India an ...
.
It is bordered by
Basaveshwaranagara,
Malleshwara,
Mahalakshmipura alias West of Chord road second stage,
Mahalakshmi Layout,
Vijayanagara
Vijayanagara () was the capital city of the historic Vijayanagara Empire. Located on the banks of the Tungabhadra River, it spread over a large area and included the modern era Group of Monuments at Hampi site in Vijayanagara district, Bellar ...
and Rajajinagara Industrial Suburb. It serves as a centre place to all in Bengaluru.
Inaugurated by Maharaja's of Mysuru Jayachamaraja Wadiyar, Rajajinagara Pillar on 03/07/1949. 70th birthday to C Rajagopalachari.
Named after statesman
C. Rajagopalachari, a plaque in the Rajajinagara pillar indicates that 1,000 acres of land given for the locality was divided into industrial and housing areas. The former consisted of 140 acres for textiles, 220 acres for machinery, 100 acres for chemical plants and 40 acres for the food sector. About 4,000 housing plots were created in the remaining 500 acres. Rajajinagara was built at an estimated cost of Rs 50 lakh.
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{{Neighbourhoods of Bangalore
Neighbourhoods in Bangalore
Memorials to C. Rajagopalachari