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 — BANGALORE CITY AND CANTONMENT.

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by Lord Cornwallis in person. Despite the active opposition of Tipu Sultan, who kept the open field, the pet or native town was entered on the 7th March, and on the 21st of the same month the fort was taken by assault. The storming party advanced at midnight, beneath a bright moon the garrison offered a respectable resistance, and their losses were severe. On the fall of Seringapatam and the death of Tipu Sultan in 1799, the State of Mysore was restored to a descendant of the old line of Hindu Wadeyars, and a British force was stationed led



Seringapatam.

at

In 1811, owing to the unhealthiness of Seringapatam, Bangalore

was selected as the military station; and subsequently, in 1831, when the State was taken under British administration, the civil offices of Government were also placed at Bangalore, which has thus gradually risen to be the acknowledged capital both of the District of Bangalore and of the State of Mysore, though the town of Mysore still remains the nominal capital of the State. Under British administration. Bangalore has greatly prospered both in. commercial wealth and in the outward marks of civilisation. It now- ranks next after Agra as the thirteenth most populous town in India. The needs of the military garrison have caused large open spaces to be left, which serve both for ornament and recreation. Many handsome public buildings have been erected of the stone quarried in the neighbourhood. A regular water supply

sewage

is

is

provided from numerous large tanks, and the

conveyed away to be

on municipal farms. The European

utilized

healthiness of the climate has permitted a large colony of

pensioners

to

themselves

establish

peculiarly English aspect

Population.

upon the

— According

to

the

in

suburbs,

who

confer a

social system of the city.

the

returns,

official

Bangalore city amounted to 134,628 souls

population

of

175,630 souls in regular Census of 1881 disclosed in

1852,

The 1858, and 142,513 souls in 1871. If the a total of 155,857 inhabitants in an area of 13^ square miles. early figures are to be trusted, it would appear that the population has not materially increased

Of the

in recent years.

total

number

in 1881,

77,927 are males and 77,930 females; proportion of males, 50’o per The Hindus number 108,893, or 74’ i per cent. ; the Muhamcent.

madans, 29,521, or i5'i per cent; and

per cent of the total population



the Christians, 17,430, or io'8 Among the Hindus

‘others,’ 13.

224 Jains. The unusual proportion of Christians is partly to be explained by the existence of the European troops in the cantonments, and also of alarge colony of married pensioners. As many are

included

and 334 Eurasians are classed as military officials Census returns. The following table, compiled from the Census Report, shows the population of both the pet and the cantonments, classified according to religion and race

as 2756 Europeans

‘

in the



’