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Kalaburagi
Gulbarga | |
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City | |
 Clockwise from top left, Sharana Basaveshwara Temple, Buddha Vihar, Khwaja Banda Nawaz Dargah, CUK Kalaburagi, ESIC Medical College and PGIMSR, Kalaburagi and Kalaburagi Fort | |
  Kalaburagi Location of Kalaburagi in India  Kalaburagi Location of Kalaburagi in Karnataka | |
| Coordinates: 17°19′44″N 76°49′30″E / 17.329°N 76.825°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | Kalaburagi |
| Regions of Karnataka | Kalyana-Karnataka |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor–Council, Kalaburagi City Corporation |
| • Body | District Administration |
| Area | |
| • City | 192 km2 (74 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 454 m (1,490 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • City | 533,587[1] |
| • Density | 8,275/km2 (21,430/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 543,147[1] |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kannada |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 585101-106 |
| Telephone code | 91(847)-2XXXXXX |
| Vehicle registration | KA-32 |
| Website | kalaburagi |
Kalaburagi, formerly known as Gulbarga,[2] is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is the administrative headquarters of the Kalaburagi district and is the largest city in the region of North Karnataka (Kalyana-Karnataka). Kalaburagi is 568 km north of the state capital city of Bangalore. It was incorporated into the newly formed Mysore State (now known as Karnataka) through the States Reorganisation Act[3] in 1956.
Kalaburagi city is governed by a Municipal Corporation and is in the Kalaburagi Urban Region. It is called a Sufi city. It has famous religious structures, like the Hazrath Khwaja Banda Nawaz Dargah, the Sharana Basaveshwara Temple and the Buddha Vihar. It also has a fort built during the Bahmani rule. Other Bahmani monuments include the Haft Gumbaz (seven domes together) and the Shor Gumbad. Kalaburagi has the world's largest cannon.[4][5][6][7] Kalaburagi has a few architectural marvels built during the Bahamani Kingdom rule, including the Jama Masjid in the Kalaburagi Fort. Kalaburagi houses the circuit bench of the High Court of Karnataka. Several buildings in the city were put by UNESCO on its "tentative list" to become a World Heritage Site in 2014, with others in the region, under the name Monuments and Forts of the Deccan Sultanate (despite there being several sultanates).[8]
The name Gulbarga means ‘(City of) ‘Flower Gardens’ ultimately from the Persian words gul ‘flower’ and bāgh ‘garden’.[9]
- ^ a b "Gulbarga Population Census 2011 - 2019". Census 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ^ "Kalaburagi". indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- ^ "Central Government The States Reorganisation Act, 1956" (PDF). indiaenvironmentportal.org.in. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- ^ "Remembering a Sufi saint". www.thehindu.com. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ^ "GULBARGA CITY CORPORATION". www.gulbargacity.mrc.gov.in/. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ^ "The Haft Gumbaz–Gulbarga". hariexploresindia.wordpress.com. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ^ "Remains of a grand dream". www.deccanherald.com/. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ^ Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Monuments and Forts of the Deccan Sultanate". UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
- ^ Everett-Heath, John (24 October 2019). The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Place Names. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780191882913.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-188291-3.
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