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== At Present days ==
Today, the erstwhile Cantonment area of Bangalore comprising Ulsoor, Shivajinagar, Benson Town, Richard’s Town, Frazer Town, Austin Town, Richmond Town, Cox Town, Murphy Town and others still boast a large Tamil populace<ref>{{cite book|title=Tamil area|page=5|url=http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05172004-231956/unrestricted/4.pdf}}</ref> ,<ref>{{cite web|title=discoverbangalore|url=http://www.discoverbangalore.com/granite.htm}}</ref> .Tamil-speaking people are largely found in the districts of ], ].According to Indian Express news,Out of 1.67 lakh voters in Shivajinagar, 92,000 are Tamil speaking people.<ref>{{cite news|title=Indian Express|url=http://newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/article1531428.ece|newspaper=Indian Express}}</ref> {{Citation needed|date=June 2013}}.

== Largest ethnolinguistic minority in Bangalore city ==
In 1991, Tamils constituted the largest ethnolinguistic minority in Bangalore city making up 21.38% of the total population.
Today, Tamil speakers form an estimated 25-30 percent of the population of Bangalore city.
<ref>{{cite news|title=REUTERS|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/02/05/idUSDEL133372|newspaper=REUTERS|date=Mon Feb 5, 2007}}</ref> As of 1971, Tamil formed the second-largest mother tongue in ] .<ref name="indiacensus1971p669">{{cite book|title=Census of India, 1971|pages=668–669|author=P. Padmanabha|publisher=Manager of Publications|year=}}</ref>

== Southern Karnataka ==
Tamil-speaking people are largely found in the districts of ], ], ], ], ], ] and ] in southern Karnataka.In Karnataka, ] form 3.46% of the total population of the state.<ref>{{cite web|title=censusindia|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/Statement3.htm}}</ref> Almost 5 million Tamils live outside Tamil Nadu, inside India. There has been a recorded presence of Tamil-speaking people in Southern Karnataka since the 10th century.<ref>{{cite book|title=Landscapes of Urban Memory|pages=100–102|chapter=The Settlement of Tamil speaking Groups | url=http://books.google.co.in/books?id=-JXDD0gcHgoC&pg=PA100|author=Smriti Srinivas|publisher=]|year=2004|isbn=9788125022541}}</ref>

== Thigala ==

The Thigala (or Tigala) are a Tamil social group found in Tamil Nadu and ], and particularly the city of ].<ref name="People of India">{{cite book|title=People of India|page=1423|url=http://books.google.co.in/books?id=VBQwAQAAIAAJ&q=thigala+Vanniar&dq=thigala+Vanniar&hl=en&sa=X&ei=yodQUd7RIKXH0QHV_YHADg&redir_esc=y}}</ref>

== Kempe Gowda ==
He built the Bangalore fort and the town in 1537 A D. And moved his capital from Yelahanka to the new Bangalore. Some believe that ], the founder of Bangalore city, was a ] from ].<ref>{{cite book|title=Landscapes of Urban Memeory: The Sacred and the Civic in India's High-tech City|url=http://books.google.co.in/books?id=-JXDD0gcHgoC&pg=PA100&dq=Kempegowda++tamil&hl=en&sa=X&ei=aAW3UcrhGM2HrgeCvoH4Dw&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Kempegowda%20%20tamil&f=false}}</ref>] is referred Illaipakka Nadu in the Tamil Incription,10th century Chola temple,],].<ref>{{cite web|title=History of the temple Incription|url=http://www.chitralakshana.com/chokkanatha.html}}</ref>

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