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Neighborhood in Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Rajajinagara Rajajinagar
Neighborhood
(L–R, from top) World Trade Center within Brigade Gateway, ISKCON Temple, LuLu Hypermarket, Rajajinagar metro station
Rajajinagara is located in BengaluruRajajinagaraRajajinagara
Coordinates: 12°58′N 77°34′E / 12.97°N 77.57°E / 12.97; 77.57
CountryIndia
StateKarnataka
CityBangalore
Government
 • MLAS. Suresh Kumar, BJP
Languages
 • OfficialKannada
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN560010,560021,560044
Vehicle registrationKA-02

Rajajinagara (formerly Rajajinagar), is a residential neighborhood and business hub in the west of Bangalore. It is one of the zones of BBMP. It is bordered by Basaveshwaranagara, Malleshwara, Mahalakshmipura alias West of Chord road second stage, Mahalakshmi Layout, Vijayanagara and Rajajinagara Industrial Suburb. It serves as a centre place to all in Bengaluru.

Inaugurated by Maharaja's of Mysuru Jayachamaraja Wadiyar, Rajajinagara Pillar on 3 July 1949. 70th birthday to C Rajagopalachari.

Named after statesman C. Rajagopalachari, a plaque in the Rajajinagara pillar indicates that 1,000 acres of land given for the locality was divided into industrial and housing areas. The former consisted of 140 acres for textiles, 220 acres for machinery, 100 acres for chemical plants and 40 acres for the food sector. About 4,000 housing plots were created in the remaining 500 acres. Rajajinagara was built at an estimated cost of Rs 50 lakh.

Politics

BJP and INC are major players in Rajajinagar area. S. Suresh Kumar is the incumbent and 6 time MLA from Rajaji Nagar Assembly constituency

List of MLAs from Rajajinagar

Year Member Party
Until 1977: Constituency did not exist
1978 Mallur Ananda Rao Janata Party
1983 M. S. Krishnan Communist Party of India
1985
1989 K. Lakkanna Indian National Congress
1994 S. Suresh Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party
1999
2004 N. L. Narendra Babu Indian National Congress
2008 S. Suresh Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party
2013
2018
2023

Location

Areas of Bangalore
Nandini Layout Mahalakshmi Layout Malleshwaram
Basaveshwaranagar Rajajinagar Seshadripuram
Agrahara Dasarahalli Vijayanagar Binnypete

References

  1. Shekhar, Divya. "Bengaluru's residential area Rajajinagar was initially planned as an industrial suburb". The Economic Times. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  2. Bangalore Mirror Bureau (13 March 2017). "Rajajinagar: Resident warrior: Rajajinagar is all about the old and the beautiful". bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 15 February 2021.

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