Cox Town, Bangalore
Cox Town, Bangalore
Sarvagnanagara | ||
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Neighborhood | ||
Vidhan Sabha ConstituencySarvagnanagar | | |
Original Planning Agency | Bangalore Civil & Military Station Municipal Commission |
Cox Town, Bengaluru is a neighborhood of the
Alexander Ranken Cox
Alexander Ranken Cox, ICS, was a civil servant of the British
Military Heritage
Many roads in Sarvagnanagara are named after battles in which the Madras Sappers took part in. Assaye Road is named after the Battle of Assaye, Meanee Avenue is named after the Battle of Meeanee and the Malakand Lines Training Grounds is named after the Siege of Malakand - All battles in which the Madras Sappers took an active part.[8][18]
Sarvagnanagara Market
The old British era Sarvagnanagara Market was demolished by the BBMP in 1999 after evicting the traders, replacing it with an office block. The promised new Sarvagnanagara Market has not come through, and the traders are forced to ply their trade on the footpath and streets, endangering pedestrians and worsening traffic jams.[4][19][20][21][22]
People and Culture
Like in other suburbs of the
Sindhi Colony
Sindhi Colony is a quite residential area of Sarvagnanagara, located between Assaye Road and Wheeler Road, with majority
British Period Sarvagnanagara
Sarvagnanagara, like the rest of the
One of the residents of British Sarvagnanagara was Lydia Muthulakshmi, a young Tamil / Telugu widow of the
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