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Thus, over a period of 370 years from the earliest rule of the Bijapur Sultan in 1638, Muslim shrines (mosques or masjids and darghas) have been built which now number more than 400 and indicates the large Muslim population of the city. Some of the important mosques and darghas in Bangalore are mentioned below.
It is reported that nearly half of Shivajinagar's residents are muslims, as such during Ramadan, visitors to the area gather to enjoy a wide array of culinary delights and cultural experiences. Large queues of visitors indulging in grill-charred kebabs , fried samosas , and large servings of falooda are seen.
In the mid-18th century A.D Bengaluru was ruled by Hyder Ali.During Hyder Ali's reign, in 1761 A.D he decided to re-build the fort by stone which was initially built by Kempegowda using mud in 1537 A.D. Hyder Ali learned that three of them who were involved in the construction of the fort had refused their salaries.
This is a list of areas and neighborhoods in Bengaluru by region. In recent decades, the city has witnessed rapid growth in population and urbanized area. While Central Bangalore is the commercial heart of the city, Eastern and South-Eastern Bangalore areas are major hubs for IT and financial companies. Southern and Western parts of the city ...
The clashes began Monday when a Hindu religious procession was passing through a Muslim-dominated area in Nuh district, located nearly 75km south of the capital New Delhi.
The Bangalore disturbances of 1928, also known as Ganapati Galabhe and Hindu-Muslim Gharshane, were a series of Hindu-Muslim clashes which took place in the city of Bengaluru in June – July 1928 over construction of a niche on a Ganesha idol in a school premises. These were the first major communal disturbances of Bengaluru.
The Masjid-e-Bilal, also known as the Bilal Mosque and the Masjid Eidgah Bilal or the Eidgah Bilal Mosque, is one of the largest mosques of Bangalore Urban, in the state of Karnataka, India. The Turkish-style mosque on Bannerghatta Road was consecrated on 11 June 2015.
The riots were believed to be a reaction against a ten-minute telecast of Urdu news on India's national television channel, Doordarshan at prime-time. Bharatiya Janata Party and Janata Dal (Secular) claimed was a political stunt by chief minister Veerappa Moily to gain political support among Muslims, which Moily denied and countered to by claiming they had attempted to communalize the broadcast.