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Kalaburagi
Kalaburagi
Gulbarga | |
|---|---|
City | |
 Clockwise from top left, Sharana Basaveshwara Temple, Buddha Vihar, Khwaja Banda Nawaz Dargah, CUK Kalaburagi, ESIC Medical College and PGIMSR, Kalaburagi and Kalaburagi Fort | |
 Kalaburagi in Karnataka | |
| Coordinates: 17°19′44″N 76°49′30″E / 17.329°N 76.825°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | Kalaburagi |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal corporation |
| • Body |
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| • Member of Parliament | Radhakrishna Doddamani |
| Area | |
• City | 192 km2 (74 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 454 m (1,490 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• City | 533,587[1] |
| • Density | 8,275/km2 (21,430/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 543,147[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 585101-106 |
| Telephone code | 91(847)-2XXXXXX |
| Vehicle registration | KA-32 |
| Official language | Kannada[2] |
| Website | kalaburagicity |
Kalaburagi, formerly known as Gulbarga,[3] is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka, It is headquarters of eponymous Kalaburagi district and Kalaburagi division, Kalaburagi city is governed by a Municipal Corporation, It is called a Sufi city. It has famous religious structures, like the Hazrath Khwaja Banda Nawaz Dargah, the Sharana Basaveshwara Temple and the Buddha Vihar. It also has a fort built during the Bahmani rule, Other Bahmani monuments include the Haft Gumbaz (seven domes together) and the Shor Gumbad. Kalaburagi has the world's largest cannon,[4][5][6][7] Kalaburagi has a few architectural marvels built during the Bahamani Kingdom rule, including the Jama Masjid in the Kalaburagi Fort. Kalaburagi houses the circuit bench of the High Court of Karnataka. Under the name Monuments and Forts of the Deccan Sultanate, Several buildings in the city and with others in the region were put by UNESCO on its "tentative list" of World Heritage Site in 2014.[8]
The city is ranked among top 10 Indian cities with the cleanest air and best AQI in 2024.[9]
- ^ a b "Gulbarga Population Census 2011 - 2019". Census 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ^ "50th Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India (July 2012 to June 2013)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ "Kalaburagi". indiatoday.intoday.in. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- ^ "Remembering a Sufi saint". www.thehindu.com. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ^ "GULBARGA CITY CORPORATION". www.gulbargacity.mrc.gov.in/. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ^ "The Haft Gumbaz–Gulbarga". hariexploresindia.wordpress.com. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ^ "Remains of a grand dream". www.deccanherald.com/. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ^ Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Monuments and Forts of the Deccan Sultanate". UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
- ^ Gupta, Cherry (21 November 2024). "India's top 10 cities with the best air quality in 2024: Global cities' AQI insights revealed". The Indian Express. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
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