Gulbarga is a town in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is the administrative headquarters of Gulbarga District, and of Gulbarga Division. Gulbarga is 613 km north of Bangalore and well connected by road to Bijapur, Hyderabad and Bidar. A railway line connecting the southern part of India to Mumbai and Delhi passes through Gulbarga. It has been suggested that Divisions of Karnataka be merged into this article or section. ... Gulbarga District Gulbarga District is situated between 76°.04 and 77°.42 east longitude, and 16°.12 and 17°.46 north latitude, covering an area of 16,224 square kilometres. ... Gulbarga division is one of the four divisions of karnataka state of India. ... The Vidhana Soudha is the seat of Karnatakas Legislative assembly Bangalore (Kannada: ; (?) in Kannada and // in English) is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. ... Bijapur (Kannada: ವಿಜಾಪುರ) is a district headquarters of the Bijapur district in the state of Karnataka. ... Hyderabad or Haydarābād (Telugu: హైదరాబాదు Urdu: حیدر آباد ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. ... Bidar is a city in Karnataka state, India. ... Mumbai (Marathi: मुंबई) (pronounced ), formerly known as Bombay, is the capital of the state of Maharashtra, and the most populous city of India, with an estimated population of about 13 million (as of 2006)[1]. Mumbai is located on Salsette Island, off the west coast of Maharashtra. ... It has been suggested that National Capital Territory of Delhi be merged into this article or section. ...

Gulbarga is being re-named to it’s pre colonial name ‘Kalburgi’. The locals in & around the city have always referred to it as Kalburgi. The renaming will be done on 1st Nov ‘2006. This day marks the 50th anniversary of Karnataka Rajyotsava (1st Nov is the day on which the present day Karnataka was formed). Along with Gulbarga, Bangalore would be renamed Bengaluru, Mysore would be renamed Mysooru, Hubli as Huballi, Belgaum as Belagaavi, Mangalore as Mangalooru, Vijapur as Bijapur. –Pavan S Rao.

History

Gulbarga was earlier known as Kaliburgi (stony land in Kannada). Recorded history of this district dates back to the 6th century when the Rashtrakutas gained control over the area, but the Chalukyas regained their domain and reigned for over two hundred years. The Kalachuris who succeeded them ruled till the 12th century. Around the close of the 12th century the Yadavas of Devagiri and the Hoysalas of Dwarasamadra took control of the district. About the same period the Kakatiya kings of Warangal came into prominence. The present Gulbarga and Raichur districts formed part of their domain. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... This Buddhist stela from China, Northern Wei period, was built in the early 6th century. ... Jain cave in Ellora The Rastrakutas were a dynasty which ruled the southern and the central parts or the deccan India during the 8th - 10th century. ... The Chalukya Dynasty was a powerful Indian royal dynasty that ruled large parts of southern and central India between the 6th and the 12th century C.E. They began to assert their independence at the decline of the Satavahana empire and rapidly rose to prominence during the reign of Pulakesi... This name is used by two kingdoms who had a secession of dynasties from the 10th-12th century AD, ruling over areas in Central India (west Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan) and were called Chedi or Haihaya (Heyheya) (northern branch) and the other Kalachuri (southern branch). ... (11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. ... The Yadava Dynasty ruled a kingdom in what is now Maharashtra, India from the 12th century to the 14th century. ... Daulatabad (from Persian دولت‌آباد meaning Built by the Government), also called Deogiri or Devagiri, is a hill-fortress in Maharashtra state, India, in about 40 miles northwest of the city of Aurangabad in Aurangabad district. ... The Hoysala Empire ruled part of southern India from 1000 to 1346. ... The Kakatiya Dynasty was a South Indian dynasty that ruled parts of what is now Andhra Pradesh, India from 1083 to 1323. ... Warangal is a city in Andhra Pradesh state of southeastern India. ... Raichur is a district in the Indian state of Karnataka. ...

The Kakatiya power was subdued in 1321, and the northern Deccan, including the district of Gulbarga, passed under the control of the Muslim Sultanate of Delhi. The revolt of the Muslim officers appointed from Delhi resulted in founding of the Bahmani Sultanate in 1347 by Hassan Gangu, who chose Gulbarga to be his capital. When the Bahmani dynasty came to an end, the kingdom broke up into the five independent Deccan sultanates, Bijapur, Bidar, Berar, Ahmednagar and Golconda. The present Gulbarga district came partly under Bidar and partly under Bijapur. With the conquest of the Deccan by Aurangezeb in the 17th Century, control of Gulbarga passed to the Mughal Empire. In the early part of the 18th Century, when Mughal Empire was declining, Asaf Jah I, a general of Aurangzeb, became independent and formed state of Hyderabad in which a major part of Gulbarga area was also included. Events Births September 29 - John of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (d. ... The Deccan Plateau is a vast plateau in India, encompassing most of Central and Southern India. ... The Delhi Sultanate, or Sulthanath-e-Hind/Sulthanath-e-Dilli refers to the various dynasties that ruled in India from 1210 to 1526. ... The Bahmani Sultanate was a Muslim state of the Deccan in southern India. ... -1... The Deccan sultanates were five Muslim-ruled kingdoms–-Bijapur, Golconda, Ahmednagar, Bidar, and Berar of south-central India. ... Bijapur (Kannada: ವಿಜಾಪುರ) is a district headquarters of the Bijapur district in the state of Karnataka. ... Bidar is a city in Karnataka state, India. ... Berar is a former province of British India, located in central India. ... Ahmednagar is a city in the state of Maharashtra, India, on the left bank of the Sina river, about 100 km southeast of Pune. ... Golconda is a ruined city and fortress 11 km west of the city of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh state, India. ... Bidar is a city in Karnataka state, India. ... Bijapur (Kannada: ವಿಜಾಪುರ) is a district headquarters of the Bijapur district in the state of Karnataka. ... Abul Muzaffar Muhiuddin Muhammad Aurangzeb Alamgir (November 3, 1618 - March 3, 1707), also known as Alamgir I, was the ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1658 until 1707. ... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... The Mughal Empire, (Persian: دولتِ مغل) was an empire that at its greatest territorial extent ruled most of the Indian Subcontinent, then known as Hindustan, and parts of Afghanistan and Persia, between 1526 and 1707. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... Chin Qilij Khan Asaf Jah I was the founder of the Asaf Jahi dynasty that ruled Hyderabad state from 1724 to 1949. ... Hyderabad and Berar, 1903 Hyderābād was an autonomous princely state of south-central India from 1724 until 1948, ruled by a hereditary Nizam, and an Indian state from 1948 to 1956. ...

In 1948 Hyderabad state was annexed to the newly-independent Indian Union, and in 1956 the Indian state of Hyderabad was partitoned among neighboring states along linguistic lines. Most of Gulbarga district became part of Mysore state, later renamed Karnataka, excluding two taluks which were annexed to Andhra Pradesh. 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Kingdom of Mysore was one of the three largest princely states within the erstwhile British Empire of India. ... It has been suggested that Divisions of Karnataka be merged into this article or section. ... Andhra Pradesh : (Telugu: ఆంధ్ర ప్రదేశ్, Hindi: आंध्र प्रदेश; Āndhra Prādesh), is a state in South India but is also debated as Central India as well. ...

The economy and politics

The prosperity of the nation is, unfortunately, not shared by the town. Often, people are divided along religious and caste lines. Corruption is rampant in all the government offices. Agriculture is the main source of income. Much of the farming is dependent on rains (non-irrigated). The state government has always neglected the northern part of the state.

Attractions

Gulbarga's old moated fort is in a much deteriorated state, but it has a number of interesting buildings inside including the Jama Masjid, reputed to have been built by a Moorish architect during the late 14th or early 15th century who imitated the great mosque in Cordoba, Spain. The mosque is unique in India, with a huge dome covering the whole area, four smaller ones at the corners, and 75 smaller still all the way around. The fort itself has 15 towers. Gulbarga also has a number of imposing tombs of Bahmani kings, a shrine to an important Muslim saint and the Sharana Basaveshwara Temple. Copyrighted Image Photo courtesy of Wayne B. Chandler Moorish Ambassador to Queen Elizabeth I The Moors were the medieval Muslim inhabitants of al-Andalus (the Iberian Peninsula including the present day Spain and Portugal) and the Maghreb and western Africa, whose culture is often called Moorish. ... See Córdoba for other places with the same name. ...

• Khwaja Bande Nawaz Darga
• Sharana Basaveshwara temple
• Sri Ram Mandir
• Uttaradhi Matha, Malakheda
• Sultan-e-Mashiaqueen-Qutub al-aqtab-mohammed sirajuddin junaidi(R.H)

The dome of the Mosque inside the Gulbarga Fort is second in size only to the one of a similar structure in Spain. Khwaja Bande Nawaz was a famous Sufi Saint from India who advocated understanding, tolerance and harmony among various religious groups. ... Malakheda (sometimes spelt as Malkhed) is a historic village & a Hindu pilgrimage center in the Sedam taluk of the Gulbarga district in Karnataka, India. ...

External links

• Gulbarga on the net
• Profiles of all the Districts in Karnataka
• Gulbarga at the Islamic Monuments of India Photographic Database

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Capital	Bangalore
Divisions	Bangalore • Belgaum • Gulbarga • Mysore
Districts	Bagalkot • Bangalore Rural • Bangalore Urban • Belgaum • Bellary • Bidar • Bijapur • Chamarajanagar • Chikmagalur • Chitradurga • Dakshina Kannada • Davanagere • Dharwad • Gadag • Gulbarga • Hassan • Haveri • Kodagu • Koppal • Kolar • Mandya • Mysore • Raichur • Shimoga • Tumkur • Udupi • Uttara Kannada