| Revision as of 11:54, 13 June 2013 editSitush (talk | contribs)Autopatrolled, Extended confirmed users, Page movers, File movers, Pending changes reviewers, Rollbackers260,192 edits →At Present days: Tamil-speaking does not mean Tamil ethnicity - again, the problem here is that the scope of the article is ill-defined← Previous edit | Revision as of 11:55, 13 June 2013 edit undoSitush (talk | contribs)Autopatrolled, Extended confirmed users, Page movers, File movers, Pending changes reviewers, Rollbackers260,192 edits nope - this is best dealt with at Bangalore & it looks like this was created because of problems at that articleNext edit → | ||
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| ] is a classical dance form of India which has its origin in ], but is immensely popular in Karnataka as well]] | |||
| == 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> | |||
| == 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> | |||
| == 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> | |||
| ==References== | |||
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