Karnataka Cabinet approves renaming of Bengaluru Rural district as Bengaluru North

The Karnataka Cabinet on Wednesday approved the renaming of Bengaluru Rural district to 'Bengaluru North'. The proposal was cleared during a cabinet meeting held in the scenic setting of Nandi Hills which was chaired by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

Bengaluru Rural district currently comprises four taluks — Hoskote, Devanahalli, Doddaballapur, and Nelamangala — which have seen rapid infrastructure and industrial development in recent years. "We have renamed Bengaluru Rural district as



Bengaluru North," Siddaramaiah told reporters after the meeting.

In 1986, Bengaluru was bifurcated into Bengaluru Urban and Bengaluru Rural. In 2007, Ramanagara district was carved out of Bengaluru Rural. In May this year, the cabinet renamed Ramanagara as Bengaluru South district.

Siddaramaiah added that the cabinet has also approved renaming Bagepalli town in Chikkaballapura district, bordering Andhra Pradesh, as ‘Bhagyanagar’, noting that Bagepalli is a Telugu name.