Rajajinagar
Rajajinagara Rajajinagar | |
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Neighborhood | |
    (L–R, from top) World Trade Center within Brigade Gateway, ISKCON Temple, LuLu Hypermarket, Rajajinagar metro station | |
  Rajajinagara | |
| Coordinates: 12°58′N 77°34′E / 12.97°N 77.57°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Karnataka |
| City | Bangalore |
| Government | |
| • MLA | S. Suresh Kumar, BJP |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kannada |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 560010,560021,560044 |
| Vehicle registration | KA-02 |
Rajajinagara (formerly Rajajinagar), is a residential neighborhood and business hub in the west of Bangalore. It is one of the zones of BBMP.[1] It is bordered by Basaveshwaranagara, Malleshwara, Mahalakshmipura alias West of Chord road second stage, Mahalakshmi Layout, Vijayanagara and Rajajinagara Industrial Suburb. It serves as a centre place to all in Bengaluru.[2]
Inaugurated by Maharaja's of Mysuru Jayachamaraja Wadiyar, Rajajinagara Pillar on 3 July 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.
Politics
BJP and INC are major players in Rajajinagar area. S. Suresh Kumar is the incumbent and 6 time MLA from Rajaji Nagar Assembly constituency
List of MLAs from Rajajinagar
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
Until 1977: Constituency did not exist | |||
| 1978 | Mallur Ananda Rao | Janata Party | |
| 1983 | M. S. Krishnan | Communist Party of India | |
| 1985 | |||
| 1989 | K. Lakkanna | Indian National Congress | |
| 1994 | S. Suresh Kumar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1999 | |||
| 2004 | N. L. Narendra Babu | Indian National Congress | |
| 2008 | S. Suresh Kumar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2013 | |||
| 2018 | |||
| 2023 | |||
Location
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References
- ^ Shekhar, Divya. "Bengaluru's residential area Rajajinagar was initially planned as an industrial suburb". The Economic Times. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ Bangalore Mirror Bureau (13 March 2017). "Rajajinagar: Resident warrior: Rajajinagar is all about the old and the beautiful". bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
