Languages spoken Kannada, English | State Karnataka | |
Similar HSR Layout, Koramangala, Indiranagar | ||
Whitefield is a neighbourhood of Bangalore in the state of Karnataka, India. Established in the late 1800s as a settlement for the Eurasians and Anglo Indians of Bangalore, Whitefield remained a quaint little settlement to the east of Bangalore city till the late 1990s when the IT boom of Bangalore turned it as a major suburb, and it is now a major part of Greater Bangalore. It is also renowned for Sathya Sai Babas ashram called Brindavan and as a haven for a number of multinational information technology companies.
Contents
- Map of Whitefield Bangalore
- Whitefield to Banglore City
- Bangalore Whitefield
- History
- Hungry foody herbs and spices restaurant whitefield bangalore
- The streats street food festival at bengaluru marriott whitefield
- References
Map of Whitefield, Bangalore
Whitefield to Banglore City
Bangalore Whitefield
History
On 27 April 1882, His Highness, Chamaraja Wodeyar IX, the Maharaja of Mysore, granted 3,900 acres (16 km2) of land to the Eurasian and Anglo-Indian Association, Mysore and Coorg (E&AI) for the establishment of agricultural Settlements at Whitefield (then Mysore state). The Association was then about 170 strong with a Committee of 30 Members. They were part of the formation of the only settlement in India that European and Eurasians could call their own. Mr. David Emmanuel Starkenburgh White, the then President of the E & AI Association, South India Ltd., also took a lively interest in it and helped in its advancement which at the beginning was very uphill work.
In the first decade of the 1900s there were about 45 houses of which 18 were on the village Site and the remainder were on farms scattered throughout the Settlement and contained about 2,000 acres (8.1 km2) of land fit for cultivation. The number of residents in 1907 was 130. H.E. Lord Connemara, the then Governor of Madras (1890) and General Sir Harry Prendergast, a British Resident in Mysore, visited the settlement and lent support to the development of Whitefield, subsequently there were regular visits to Whitefield by the Bangalore District Officials and high dignitaries from the Madras Presidency.
The settlement was 3 km south of the Bangalore-Madras (Now Chennai) line and a station was built. It led to the influx of residents and their families who worked at KGF (Kolar Gold Fields) which is about 50 km (by train) to the east. It became convenient for those working at KGF to hop on to a train (running 3 to 4 times a day) and return to their families. There were frequent trains running to Bangalore which is 20 km west (by train). Reaching the settlement from the railway station was possible only by writing a letter to Mrs. Hamilton (wife of a Mr. James Hamilton. Mr. Hamilton was the keeper of the Waverly Inn) who would arrange for a bullock cart trip for 8 annas.
Winston Churchill, two time Prime Minister of the UK, is said to have paid frequent visits to the Waverly Inn while in India. Legend has it that Winston Churchill courted the daughter of the inn keepers, Rose Hamilton.
Until the late 1990s, Whitefield was a small village. It has since become a major hub for the Indian technology industry. The Export Promotion Industrial Park (EPIP) at Whitefield of one of the countrys first information technology parks - International Tech Park, Bangalore (ITPB) which houses offices of many IT and ITES companies.
Whitefield is now officially part of Bangalore city which is a Part of the BBMP (Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike).