Devarajeevanahalli, Jalahalli, Jodikempapura, Kadugondanahalli,
Kethamaranahalli (Rajajinagar), Yeshwanthapur included
in the city.
1954
A.D.
The
Vidhana Soudha, that houses the State Secretariat and
the Legislative Assembly was built. Kengal Hanumanthaiah,
Chief Minister of Mysore State between 1951-1956 was responsible
for the concept, the structure and the setting of the
building. Jawaharlal Nehru, the then Prime Minister of
India, laid the foundation stone for the building.
Bangalore went on air with the commissioning of a Radio
Transmitter in the city on 2nd November, 1955.
1956
A.D.
Bangalore became the capital of Greater Mysore State.
This State was formed by uniting all the Kannada speaking
areas according to the linguistic basis of the States
Reorganisation Act of 1956
1961
- 1971 A.D.
The
Industrial townships of HAL (Hindustan Aeronautics Limited),
BEL (Bharat Electronics Limited), HMT (Hindustan Machine
Tools) and ITI (Indian Telephone Industries) were built.
1964 A.D.
Bangalore University was set up as was the British Library.
1971 A.D.
Bangalore got her first five-star hotel - Hotel Ashok.
1973 A.D.
Bangalore was retained as the state capital after Mysore
State was renamed as Karnataka
1981 A.D.
Bangalore sets up its own TV station on the 1st of November.
1985 A.D.
The new General Post Office building, with its grand-entrance
and imposing columns of classical design was inaugurated
in 1985 on Raj Bhavan Road.
1987 A.D.
Bangalore became the first city in the country to introduce
the "Yellow Pages" concept that was already famous worldwide.
1996 A.D.
A politically and culturally landmarked year for Bangalore:
Bangalore played host to the Miss World Beauty pageant,
the first time it was held in India and Shri H.D. Deve
Gowda from Bangalore became the Prime Minister of India,
another first for Bangalore and Karnataka.
1997 A.D.
Bangalore went mobile by introducing the first
Cellular Phone Services by AirTel.
On 31st May, ISKON's world famous Sri Krishna Balram Temple
was inaugurated by Shri Shankar Dayal Sharma, the then
President of India.
On the same day the 4th National Games was inaugurated
at the newly constructed Kanteerava Indoor Stadium at
Koramangala.
1999 A.D.
bangalorebest.com
- South India's first e-commerce infotainment site launched
in September!
2000 A.D.
Sirsi Flyover was opened to public to reduce the traffic
from some of the major bottle-necks in the city.
5:13:50 AM 
The
Vidhana Soudha, that houses the State Secretariat and
the Legislative Assembly was built. Kengal Hanumanthaiah,
Chief Minister of Mysore State between 1951-1956 was responsible
for the concept, the structure and the setting of the
building. Jawaharlal Nehru, the then Prime Minister of
India, laid the foundation stone for the building.
The
Industrial townships of HAL (Hindustan Aeronautics Limited),
BEL (Bharat Electronics Limited), HMT (Hindustan Machine
Tools) and ITI (Indian Telephone Industries) were built.
Bangalore University was set up as was the British Library.
A politically and culturally landmarked year for Bangalore:
Bangalore played host to the Miss World Beauty pageant,
the first time it was held in India and Shri H.D. Deve
Gowda from Bangalore became the Prime Minister of India,
another first for Bangalore and Karnataka.
Bangalore went mobile by introducing the first
Cellular Phone Services by AirTel. 
bangalorebest.com
- South India's first e-commerce infotainment site launched
in September!
