Kalaburagi

This article is about the municipality in India. For its namesake district, see Kalaburagi district.
"Kalburgi" redirects here. For the scholar and writer, see M. M. Kalburgi.

Kalaburagi
Gulbarga
City
Clockwise from top left, Sharana Basaveshwara Temple, Buddha Vihar, Khwaja Banda Nawaz Dargah, CUK Kalaburagi, ESIC Medical College and PGIMSR, Kalaburagi and Kalaburagi Fort
Clockwise from top left, Sharana Basaveshwara Temple, Buddha Vihar, Khwaja Banda Nawaz Dargah, CUK Kalaburagi, ESIC Medical College and PGIMSR, Kalaburagi and Kalaburagi Fort
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Kalaburagi in Karnataka
Coordinates: 17°19′44″N 76°49′30″E / 17.329°N 76.825°E / 17.329; 76.825
Country India
StateKarnataka
DistrictKalaburagi
Government
 • TypeMayor–Council
 • Body
 • Member of ParliamentRadhakrishna Doddamani (INC)
Kaneez Fatima (INC)
Area
 • City
192 km2 (74 sq mi)
Elevation
454 m (1,490 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • City
533,587[1]
 • Density8,275/km2 (21,430/sq mi)
 • Metro
543,147[1]
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
585101-106
Telephone code91(847)-2XXXXXX
Vehicle registrationKA-32
Official languageKannada[2]
Websitekalaburagicity.mrc.gov.in

Kalaburagi, formerly known as Gulbarga,[3] is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka, It is headquarters of eponymous Kalaburagi district and Kalaburagi division, Kalaburagi city is governed by a Municipal Corporation, It is called a Sufi city. It has famous religious structures, like the Hazrath Khwaja Banda Nawaz Dargah, the Sharana Basaveshwara Temple and the Buddha Vihar. It also has a fort built during the Bahmani rule, Other Bahmani monuments include the Haft Gumbaz (seven domes together) and the Shor Gumbad. Kalaburagi has the world's largest cannon,[4][5][6][7] Kalaburagi has a few architectural marvels built during the Bahamani Kingdom rule, including the Jama Masjid in the Kalaburagi Fort. Kalaburagi houses the circuit bench of the High Court of Karnataka. Under the name Monuments and Forts of the Deccan Sultanate, Several buildings in the city and with others in the region were put by UNESCO on its "tentative list" of World Heritage Site in 2014.[8]

  1. ^ a b "Gulbarga Population Census 2011 - 2019". Census 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  2. ^ "50th Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India (July 2012 to June 2013)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Kalaburagi". indiatoday.intoday.in. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Remembering a Sufi saint". www.thehindu.com. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  5. ^ "GULBARGA CITY CORPORATION". www.gulbargacity.mrc.gov.in/. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  6. ^ "The Haft Gumbaz–Gulbarga". hariexploresindia.wordpress.com. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  7. ^ "Remains of a grand dream". www.deccanherald.com/. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  8. ^ Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Monuments and Forts of the Deccan Sultanate". UNESCO World Heritage Centre.