— BANGALORE CITY AND CANTONMENT.
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by Lord Cornwallis in person. Despite the active opposition of Tipu Sultan, who kept the open field, the pet or native town was entered on the 7th March, and on the 21st of the same month the fort was taken by assault. The storming party advanced at midnight, beneath a bright moon the garrison offered a respectable resistance, and their losses were severe. On the fall of Seringapatam and the death of Tipu Sultan in 1799, the State of Mysore was restored to a descendant of the old line of Hindu Wadeyars, and a British force was stationed led
Seringapatam.
at
In 1811, owing to the unhealthiness of Seringapatam, Bangalore
was selected as the military station; and subsequently, in 1831, when the State was taken under British administration, the civil offices of Government were also placed at Bangalore, which has thus gradually risen to be the acknowledged capital both of the District of Bangalore and of the State of Mysore, though the town of Mysore still remains the nominal capital of the State. Under British administration. Bangalore has greatly prospered both in. commercial wealth and in the outward marks of civilisation. It now- ranks next after Agra as the thirteenth most populous town in India. The needs of the military garrison have caused large open spaces to be left, which serve both for ornament and recreation. Many handsome public buildings have been erected of the stone quarried in the neighbourhood. A regular water supply
sewage
is
is
provided from numerous large tanks, and the
conveyed away to be
on municipal farms. The European
utilized
healthiness of the climate has permitted a large colony of
pensioners
to
themselves
establish
peculiarly English aspect
Population.
upon the
— According
to
the
in
suburbs,
who
confer a
social system of the city.
the
returns,
official
Bangalore city amounted to 134,628 souls
population
of
175,630 souls in regular Census of 1881 disclosed in
1852,
The 1858, and 142,513 souls in 1871. If the a total of 155,857 inhabitants in an area of 13^ square miles. early figures are to be trusted, it would appear that the population has not materially increased
Of the
in recent years.
total
number
in 1881,
77,927 are males and 77,930 females; proportion of males, 50’o per The Hindus number 108,893, or 74’ i per cent. ; the Muhamcent.
madans, 29,521, or i5'i per cent; and
per cent of the total population
the Christians, 17,430, or io'8 Among the Hindus
‘others,’ 13.
224 Jains. The unusual proportion of Christians is partly to be explained by the existence of the European troops in the cantonments, and also of alarge colony of married pensioners. As many are
included
and 334 Eurasians are classed as military officials Census returns. The following table, compiled from the Census Report, shows the population of both the pet and the cantonments, classified according to religion and race
as 2756 Europeans
‘
in the
’
