History of Bangalore

Making of New Extensions

New extensions were added to the old town by creating Chamarajapet and Sheshadripuram in 1892, the former named after Chamarajendra Wodeyar and the later after Dewan Sheshadri Iyer. The Tata Silk Farm founded in 1896 near the Nagasandra and Yediyur villages became the nucleus of a future extensions of the city.

The visit of the plague in 1898 caused the creation of two new bigger extensions in 1898, Basavanagudi(named after the Basaveshwara Temple or the Bull Temple in the Sunkenahalli village) and Malleshwaram (named after the Kadu Malleshwara Temple in the old Mallapura village). Kalasipalyam(near the old fort) and Gandinagar were laid out between 1921-1931. During the post-Independence period Kumara Park came into existence in 1947 and Jayanagar was inaugurated in1948.

The former Cantonment, named as Civil and Military Station after 1881 had nearly a dozen revenue villages in it which included Binnamangala, Dodkunte,Domlur, Nilasandra, Blackpalli and Ulsoor. The names given to the roads in the Cantonment were according to the military arrangement and campus. Thus, there was Artillery Rd., Brigade Rd., Infantry Rd., Cavalry Rd., etc. The South Parade(presently Mahatma Gandhi Road) was to the south of the Parade Ground. 

As the area was administered by a Resident, there was his quarters called Residency and hence the Residency Road. In around 1883, three extensions were added to the Municipal area of the region, viz., Richmond Town, followed by Benson Town and Cleveland Town. Blackpally is the present Shivajinagar area. At Binnamangala was created the Indiranagara extension during the late 1960s.