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INDAL (Indian Aluminium Company) is located at Belgaum. Belgaum also has a number of training centres of the Indian Armed Forces, and an air base of the Indian Air Force.

1 History

The ancient name of the town of Belgaum was Venugrama. The most ancient place in the district is Halsi; and this, according to inscriptions on copper plates discovered in its neighborhood, was once the capital of a dynasty of nine Kadamba kings. It appears that from the middle of the 6th century to about 760 the area was held by the Chalukyas, who were succeeded by the Rashtrakuta s. After the break-up of the Rashtrakuta power a portion of it survived in the Rattas (875-1250), who from 1210 onward made Venugrama their capital. Inscriptions give evidence of a long struggle between the Rattas and the Kadambas of Goa, who succeeded in the latter years of the 12th century in acquiring and holding part of the district. By 1208, however, the Kadambas had been overthrown by the Rattas, who in their turn succumbed to the Yadavas of Devagiri in 1250. After the overthrow of the Yadavas by the Delhi Sultanate (1320), Belgaum was for a short time under the rule of the latter; but only a few years later the part south of the Ghatprabha was subject to the Hindu rajas of Vijayanagara. In 1347 the northern part was conquered by the Bahmani Sultanate, which in 1473 took the town of Belgaum and conquered the southern part also. When Aurangzeb overthrew the Bijapur sultans in 1686, Belgaum passed to the Mughals. In 1776 the country was overrun by Hyder Ali of MysoreThe Kingdom of Mysore was a kingdom of southern India, which was founded about 1400 by the Wodeyar dynasty, who ruled the state until Indian independence in 1947, when the kingdom became Mysore state of India, later renamed Karnataka. The kingdom has its, but was retaken by the PeshwaThe Peshwa were the hereditary rulers of the Maratha empire of central India from 1713 to 1818. The title is the equivalent of a Prime Minister to a king. The Maratha empire was founded by Shivaji in 1658. In 1674, Shivaji declared himself king ( raja), a with British assistance. In 18181818 is a common year starting on Thursday. Events February 12 Chile gains its independence from Spain March 11 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is published March 22 Easter Sunday falls on its earliest possible date. The next time Easter will fall this early: it was handed over to the British East India CompanyThe British East India Company popularly known as John Company was founded by a Royal Charter of Queen Elizabeth I on December 31, 1600. Over the next 250 years, it became one of the most powerful commercial enterprises of its time. The British East India and was made part of the district of Dharwad . In 1836 this was divided into two parts, the southern district continuing to be known as Dharwad, the northern as Belgaum.

2 Attractions

• Gokak Falls - waterfall of the Ghataprabha river
• Belgaum fort, built in 1519
• Kapileshvara temple
• Sambhaji Garden and Shivaji Garden
• Jamia Mosque

3 Languages

The languages spoken in this district include Kannada, the official language of Karnataka, and Marathi.

4 External Links

Statue of Queen Chennamma at Bangalore

Belgaum Tourist Info

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. 1911 Britannica

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BelgaumBelgaum is a town and district of India, in north western Karnataka. The town is situated nearly 2500 ft (762 m) above sea-level; The population of the district, by the 2001 Census of India, is approximately 4. The district of Belgaum has an area of 12,00