Cooke Town | |
|---|---|
Neighbourhood | |
  Cooke Town | |
| Coordinates: 13°00′09″N 77°37′07″E / 13.002557°N 77.6186101°E | |
| Country | India |
| City | Bangalore Cantonment |
| Government | |
| • Body | BBMP |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kannada |
| • Spoken | Kannada, English, Tamil |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 560005 |
| Lok Sabha Constituency | Bangalore Central |
| Vidhan Sabha Constituency | Jayamahal |
| Original Planning Agency | Bangalore Civil & Military Station Municipal Commission |
| Established | 1900 |
Cooke Town is a neighbourhood in Bangalore Cantonment, in Bangalore Central, India. Built as a suburb before Indian Independence, it is one of Bangalore's oldest neighbourhoods, established when the Bangalore Civil and Military Station was governed by the Madras Government. Cooke Town is named after G H Cooke, President of the Bangalore Civil and Military Station Municipality between 1928 and 1934, with the Mayo Hall being constructed during his tenure. The suburb, along with other suburbs of the Bangalore Cantonment such as Pulakeshi Nagara, Sarvagnanagara, Sir Mirza Ismail Nagara, and Langford Town, has seen dynamic changes over last few years with large British Raj era bungalows being demolished to build luxury apartments. These developments have resulted in large-scale tree-felling. However, Cooke Town still manages to retain some of its colonial charm, and is called the nicest place in the Cantonment by Bangalore historian Peter Colaco.[1] Cooke Town is a posh neighbourhood with plenty of greenery, parks, educational institutions, hospitals and is at close proximity to the Bangalore East Railway Station in the Bangalore CBD. According to Colliers International, Cooke Town is one of Bangalore's most costliest neighbourhoods, with the cost of property being in the range to INR 80000-85000 per sq.ft (in January 2024), just slightly lesser than the Bangalore CBD.[2][3][4][5]
- ^ Colaco, Peter (2003). Bangalore - A Century of Tales from City Cantonment. Media Books.
- ^ Aliyeh, Rizvi (2 August 2015). "Resident Rendezvoyeur: What's in a name?". No. Bangalore. Bangalore Mirror. Bangalore Mirror Bureau. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ Nair, Anita (13 March 2015). "In many ways, Bangalore still retains its old-world charm". No. Bangalore. Economic Times. ET Bureau. Archived from the original on 21 March 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ^ Venkat, Apurva (30 June 2015). "Skywalks will push up housing projects near highways: Colliers". No. Bangalore. Bangalore Mirror. Bangalore Mirror Bureau. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ^ "Cooke Town, Bangalore". Property Wala. 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.