Imaginations of Bengaluru / Narendar Pani -- The fall of the Pete,́ 4 March 1791 / Mark Wilks -- The storming of the fort , 21 March 1791 / Thomas Munro -- A dairy in 1800 / Francis Buchanan -- The defence of Lieutenant-Colonel John Bell, 27 February 1810 -- The mutiny of the 84th, October 1815 -- A Weslyan view / Rev. Arthur Williams -- Whitefield / Benjamin Lewis Rice -- Muslim citizens of the civil and military station / M. Kantharaj Urs -- Miss Manning and Zenana education / Rajamma Thamboo Chetty -- Enumerating education / Benjamin Lewis Rice -- The underdog as scientist / Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV -- Accessing education abroad / C.R. Reddy -- Examinations and merit / Mirza M. Ismail -- The coming of electricity / K. Sheshadri lyer, T.R.A Thumboo Chetty and P.N. Krishnamurti -- Son of Mysore / Harianna -- Investigate, educate, organise / M. Visvesvaraya -- Workers of the city, unite -- Taking off / L.C. McCarty -- The birth of the Infosys Saga -- The plague / C. Sreenivasaiengar and K. Sheshadri lyer -- Moving out of risk / Campbell's directory -- The Vokkaliga case / Vokkaligara Sangha -- Living through the debate on reservation / K.R. Srinivasa Iyengar -- The Gokak card / Deepa Ganesh --Response to Gokak / U.R. Anathamurthy -- An agenda for a global city / Bangalore Agenda Task Force (BATF) -- Warm, Warmer / U.S. De -- Getting up to speed / Kishor G. Bhat -- Governing change / Christoph Dittrich -- The built environment / Srikumar M. Menon and Nita Soans -- Of men and Ramrajya / M.K. Gandhi -- In science we trust / Mirza M. Ismail.

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