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News Cities Bangalore Know Your City: From Kempe Gowda to the Wodeyars, how Bengaluru changed hands until the arrival of the British Know Your City: From Kempe Gowda to the Wodeyars, how Bengaluru changed hands until the arrival of the British Founded by Kempe Gowda , Bengaluru thrived briefly before being captured by the Marathas. Meanwhile, Mysore emerged as a growing southern power that eventually acquired Bengaluru. In this episode, we learn about Kempe Gowda the First, also known as Nadaprabhu Hiriya Kempe Gowda , who was a leader from the Sixteenth century and often credited to be the founder of Bengaluru (formerly known as Bangalore), the capital of Karnataka in India. He is a well known historical… Kempegowda International Airport (IATA: BLR, ICAO: VOBL) is an international airport serving Bengaluru, the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Spread over 16 square kilometres (6.2 sq mi), it is located about 35 km (22 mi) north of the city, near the suburb of Devanahalli. Nadaprabhu Kempegowda , a 16th century chieftain of the Vijayanagara empire, is credited as the founder of Bengaluru. It is said that he conceived the idea of a new city while hunting with his minister, and later marked its territory by erecting towers in four corners of the proposed city.
