ABSTRACT
Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India, named Bangalore ‘India’s city of the future’. Bangalore is the most Westernised, and the most cosmopolitan Indian city. Bangalore symbolises the emerging India which is progressive and vibrant, and represents a country in transition. Up until about two decades ago Bangalore was known as ‘a pensioner’s paradise’, but it is now more popularly known as the ‘silicon valley of India’. It covers an area of 366 km2 and has a population of 4,807,019 (1991 census). At 920 metres above sea level it has a warm, pleasant climate with an average annual rainfall of 859.6 mm. Kannada, Tamil, Hindi, and English are widely spoken. Its major industries include, aeronautics, telecommunications, electronics, computer engineering, computer software, electrical, machine tools, watch-making, breweries and distilleries, handicrafts, silk processing, garment export, granite and horticulture.
