Thursday, April 20, 2006

Common names and their actual names

Majestic : SubhashNagar

West of Chord,Rajajinagar ::Dha.Ra.Bendre Rasthe (Named after the Kannada poet Dha.Ra Bendre)

Devegowda petrol bunk circle:-Chennamma circle

Harishchandra ghat/KC general road: Kuvempu road(Named after the State poet Kuvempu)


RT Nagar: Rabindranath Tagore Nagar

BTM layout: 'Bytarayanapura Tavarekere Madivala Scheme' Layout

More to follow as and when I know.


And if Miss.Begum our dear corporator has her way,then Rajajinagar would soon be renamed to "Dr.Rajkumar' Nagar.

2 comments:

Tejaswi said...

Saying that Rajkumar's contribution is higher than Rajaji's contribution is preposterous. I hope this does not happen.

There are so many new extensions coming up all over Bangalore. There are so many other "Towns" and "colonys" that can be renamed; picking Rajajinagar is sad.

Sridhar Raman said...

Road from Shankar Mutt to Pavithra Paradise: Siddaiah Puranik Maarg

Other official names:
Lavelle Road -> M L Subburaju Road
Miller's Road -> Basaveshwarappa Road
Langford Road -> Kadidal Manjappa Road