Bangalore
a town of Hindustan, capital of Mysore, and giving its name BANGALORE, a town of Hindustan, to a considerable district in the E. of healthful plateau 3,000 feet above sealevel. In the old town stands the fort, healthful plateau 3,000 feet above sea- Mysore state. The town stands on a reconstructed by Hyder Ali in 1761, and taken by Lord Cornwallis in 1791.
There are manufactures of silks, cotton taken by Lord Cornwallis in 1791. reconstructed by Hyder Ali in 1761, and cloths, carpets, gold and silver lace, etc.
Pop. about 200,000. The Ba trict has an area of nearly 3,000 square miles and a population of over 800,000.
Bangalore dis-