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Karnataka Cuisine Cities Places to visit Wild Karnataka   Bangalore   About the City Getting there Getting around What to see Hotels Shopping Festivals Weather About Bangalore Called variously the "Garden City of India" and "India's Silicon Valley", Bangalore, fast emerging as one of the most industrialized cities in India, offers the pluses of city life without the minuses. The present capital of the state of Karnataka, Bangalore was founded by the local Chieftain Kempe Gowda in the sixteenth century. But it was only when Tipu Sultan made Bangalore the summer capital of (the then) Mysore state, that Bangalore came into its own. The ruling family of the Wodeyars also contributed in developing the city through the gardens and palaces they built. To the British goes the credit of making it into an administrative center.