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'''[[Ballari]]''' pronounced ({{IPA|te|ˈbəɭɭaːri|}}) is a historic city in [[Bellary district]] in [[Karnataka]] state, [[India]].

==Historical names of the Ballari area==

*Kuntala Desha
:Ballari was once part of an area also known as ''Kuntala Desha (ಕುಂತಲ ದೇಶ)''<ref name="sloth_bear_foundation">{{cite web
| title = Sloth Bear Foundation
| url = http://www.slothbearfoundation.org/bellary.html
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081011231334/http://www.slothbearfoundation.org/bellary.html
| archive-date = 11 October 2008
| url-status = dead
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| title = Legends behind the Indian states
| url = http://www.indianmirror.com/history/hist6.html
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| title = South Indian Inscriptions, Vol VI – Inscriptions of Kulottunga-Chola I
| url = http://www.whatisindia.com/inscriptions/south_indian_inscriptions/volume_1/vijayanagara.html | access-date = 10 October 2007 }}</ref> or ''Kuntala Vishaya (ಕುಂತಲ ವಿಷಯ)'' ([[Vishaya]] – a territorial division or district of a kingdom). Many inscriptions refer to the [[Western Chalukya]]s as rulers of ''Kuntala'' or ''Kondala''.<ref>{{cite web
| title = South Indian Inscriptions, Addenda, II-Inscriptions at Vijyanagara
| url = http://www.whatisindia.com/inscriptions/south_indian_inscriptions/volume_3/no_66_to_68_kulottunga_chola_i.html
| access-date = 10 October 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| title = South Indian Inscriptions, Tanjavur Brihadhiswara Temple Inscriptions
| url = http://www.whatisindia.com/inscriptions/south_indian_inscriptions/tanjavur_temple/no.57_58_outside_east_enclosure.html
| access-date = 10 October 2007 }}</ref>

[[File:Western Chalukya Monuments.svg|thumb|right|200px|Core area of [[Western Chalukya]] monuments, roughly corresponding to ''Sindavadi-1000 (ಸಿಂದವಾಡಿ-1000)'']]
*Sindavadi
:An inscription during the [[Gangas]] of [[Talakadu]] speaks of a certain ''Sindha Vishaya (ಸಿಂಧ ವಿಷಯ)'', which consists parts or whole of today's Ballari, [[Haveri]], [[Gadag]], [[Dharwad|Dharawada]], [[Koppala]] and [[Bagalakote]] districts.<ref name="sloth_bear_foundation"/> Many inscriptions by [[Seuna|Yadavas]]<ref name="south_inscriptions_yadava">{{cite web
| title = South Indian Inscriptions, Miscellaneous inscriptions in Kannada, Vol IX – Part – I, Yadavas
| url = http://www.whatisindia.com/inscriptions/south_indian_inscriptions/volume_9/yadavas.html
| access-date = 10 October 2007 }}</ref> and Kalyani Chalukyas<ref name="south_inscriptions_kalyani_chalukya">{{cite web
| title = South Indian Inscriptions, Miscellaneous inscriptions, Vol IX – Part – I, Chalukyas of Kalyani
| url = http://www.whatisindia.com/inscriptions/south_indian_inscriptions/volume_9/chalukyas_of_kalyani_105.html
| access-date = 16 December 2007 }}</ref> refer to this areas as ''Sindavadi (ಸಿಂದವಾಡಿ)'' or ''Sindavadi-nadu (ಸಿಂದವಾಡಿ-ನಾಡು)'' (''Sindavadi-1000'').

*Nolambavadi
: During the rule of Western Chalukyas, the area around Bellary was part of ''Nolambavadi (ನೊಳಂಬವಾಡಿ)'' (referred to as ''Nolambavadi-32000''), which included parts of the present [[Shimoga|Shivamogga]], [[Chitradurga]], [[Davanagere]], Ballari and [[Anantapur district|Anantapuram]] Districts.<ref name="south_inscriptions_geo_div">{{cite web
| title = South Indian Inscriptions, Vol III, Bombay Karnataka Inscriptions, Geographical Divisions
| url = http://www.whatisindia.com/inscriptions/south_indian_inscriptions/volume_18/geographical_divisions.html
| access-date = 10 October 2007 }}</ref> Further, some inscriptions mention that ''Nolambavadi-nadu (ನೊಳಂಬವಾಡಿ-ನಾಡು)'' was a part of ''Kuntala desha''<ref name="south_inscriptions_yadava"/>

==Timeline==

* '''[[Neolithic Age]]'''<ref>
{{cite book
| last = Singh
| first = Upinder
| title =A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century
| publisher = Pearson Longman
|year=2008
| location = Delhi
| isbn = 9788131711200
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=H3lUIIYxWkEC
}}</ref><ref>
{{cite book
| title =Encyclopedia of Prehistory: South and Southwest Asia, Volume 8
| publisher = Human Relations Area Files, inc
|year=2008
| isbn = 9780306462627
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=C-TQpUtI-dgC
}}</ref><ref>
{{cite book
| title =Neolithic Cattle-Keepers of South India
| publisher = Cambridge University Press
|year=1963
| location = London
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=YSM9AAAAIAAJ
}}</ref><ref name="dh_neolithic">{{cite web
| title = Early village unearthed
| url = http://www.deccanherald.com/content/28818/early-village-unearthed.html
| access-date = 22 July 2010 }}</ref>
: Numerous [[Neolithic]] [[archeological]] sites have been discovered around Bellary, some of the closest to the city being the [[Neolithic ashmounds (India)|ash mounds]] at [[Kupgal petroglyphs|Sanganakallu, Budhihal, Kudithini, Tekkalakote, Hiregudda and Kupgal]] in Bellary District, [[Maski]] in [[Raichur district]] and Palvoy & Velpumudugu in [[Anantapur district|Ananthapuram district]]. These ash mounds were formed by the accumulation and burning of [[cow dung|dung]] in rituals performed by Neolithic [[pastoral]]ists.
:The Sanganakallu settlement, spread over an area of {{convert|1000|acre|km2}}, is one of the largest Neolithic complexes known around Bellary. Some of the Neolithic artefacts found here have been :
:* Houses of mud and stone, [[quern]]s, stone axes, incised and painted pottery.
:* Rock art as evidence of rituals and social ceremonies involving ringing rocks, still preserved in the form of hand-percussion marks.
:* Grinding grooves where stone axes were polished
:* Shallow concave surfaces on boulders where grain was processed
:* [[Dolerite]] [[Dike (geology)|dyke]]s [[Quarry|quarried]] to manufacture stone tools on an industrical scale.
* '''300 BCE – 1336 AD'''
:Bellary was ruled in succession by the [[Maurya]]s, [[Satavahana]]s, the [[Pallava]]s, the [[Kadamba Dynasty|Kadamba]]s, the [[Chalukya|Badami Chalukya]]s, the [[Rashtrakuta]]s, the [[Western Chalukyas|Kalyani Chalukya]]s, the [[Kalachuris of Kalyani|Southern Kalachurya]]s, the [[Seuna|Sevuna Yadava]]s, and the [[Hoysala]]s.
: The Bellary area was also ruled briefly by the [[Cholas]] during the wars between Kalyani Chalukyas and the Cholas (often involving [[Eastern Chalukya|Vengi Chalukyas]]), the region constantly changing hands under turmoil.
:A dynasty called ''Ballariya Naredu'' ruled Bellary under the Hoysalas.<ref name="sloth_bear_foundation"/>

* '''9th century AD''' and '''1000–1250 AD'''
:A branch of the [[Pallava]] family called the ''[[Nolamba]]-Pallavas'' ruled Nolambavadi-32000.<ref>{{cite web
| title = South Indian Inscriptions, Miscellaneous inscriptions in Kannada, Vol IX – Part – I, Nolamba Pallavas
| url = http://www.whatisindia.com/inscriptions/south_indian_inscriptions/volume_9/nolamba_pallavas.html
| access-date = 16 December 2007 }}</ref> Later in the 11th century AD, they ruled parts of Nolambavadi under Western Chalukyas and Hoysalas.<ref name="south_inscriptions_kalyani_chalukya"/><ref>{{cite web
| title = South Indian Inscriptions, Pallava Inscriptions
| url = http://www.whatisindia.com/inscriptions/south_indian_inscriptions/volume_12/introduction.html
| access-date = 10 October 2007 }}</ref>

* '''1100–1188 AD'''
:Feudatories of Kalyani Chalukyas, Kalachuryas and Hoysalas, calling themselves ''Pandyas'' (''Nolambavadi Pandyas''), ruled parts of Nolambavadi-32000. They were actively involved in the conflicts amongst their overlords.<ref name="south_inscriptions_kalyani_chalukya2" >{{cite web
| title = South Indian Inscriptions, Miscellaneous inscriptions, Vol IX – Part – I, Chalukyas of Kalyani
| url = http://www.whatisindia.com/inscriptions/south_indian_inscriptions/volume_9/chalukyas_of_kalyani_181.html
| access-date = 10 October 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| title = South Indian Inscriptions, Vol III, Bombay Karnataka Inscriptions, Feudatory Dynasties
| url = http://www.whatisindia.com/inscriptions/south_indian_inscriptions/volume_18/the_pandya_chiefs.html
| access-date = 10 October 2007 }}</ref>
* '''1336–1565 AD'''
:After the Sevuna Yadavas and the Hoysalas (and the [[Kakatiya]]s of [[Warangal]] & the [[Pandya]]s of [[Madurai]]) were defeated by the [[Delhi Sultanate|Islamic sultanate]]s from [[Delhi]] under [[Allauddin Khilji]], [[Malik Kafur]] and [[Muhammad bin Tughlaq]], the [[Vijayanagara Empire]] arose under [[Harihara I]] and [[Bukka I]]. The Bellary area was dominated by the Vijayanagara rulers until 1565 AD.<ref group="map">{{cite web
| title = Historical Atlas of India: India Map in 1525
| last = Joppen
| first = Charles
| publisher = Longmans, Green, and Co
| location = London
| year = 1907
| url = http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00maplinks/mughal/joppenset/joppen1525max.jpg
| access-date = 20 November 2007 }}</ref>
:Bellary itself was ruled by the family of Hande Hanumappa [[Nayak (title)|Nayaka]], a [[Palayagara]] (ಪಾಳೆಯಗಾರ – vassal) of the Vijayanagara rulers.

* '''1565 AD'''
:The dominance of the Vijayanagara empire ended with the [[Battle of Talikota]], where they were defeated by a conglomerate of [[Deccan sultanates]]. After the fall of Vijayanagara, the Hande Nayakas of Bellary were subsidiary to the [[Adilshahi]] [[Sultanate]] of [[Bijapur Sultanate|Bijapur]].<ref group="map">{{cite web
| title = Historical Atlas of India: India Map in 1605
| last = Joppen
| first = Charles
| publisher = Longmans, Green, and Co
| location = London
| year = 1907
| url = http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00maplinks/mughal/joppenset/joppen1605max.jpg
| access-date = 20 November 2007 }}</ref>

* '''1678 AD'''
:Bellary was subsidiary to the [[Marathas]] under [[Shivaji]].<ref group="map">{{cite web
| title = Historical Atlas of India: India Map – Early Marathas
| last = Joppen
| first = Charles
| publisher = Longmans, Green, and Co
| location = London
| year = 1907
| url = http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00maplinks/mughal/joppenset/joppenmarathasmax.jpg
| access-date = 20 November 2007 }}</ref> The story goes that as Shivaji was passing that way some of his foragers had been killed by the garrison, prompting him to occupy Bellary; but he restored it again to the Hande Nayakas at once on condition that tribute should be paid to him.<ref name="imperial-gazetteer">{{cite book
| title = The Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 7
| publisher = Clarendon Press
| year = 1908
| location = Oxford
| page = 175
| url = https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/toc.html?volume=7
| archive-date = 22 November 2014
| access-date = 20 February 2021
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141122115856/http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/toc.html?volume=7
| url-status = dead
}}</ref>

* '''1685 AD'''
:Bellary fell to the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] Emperor [[Aurangzeb]]'s campaign in the Deccan <ref group="map">{{cite web
| title = Historical Atlas of India: Dominions of Chikkadevaraja Wodeyar in 1704
| last = Joppen
| first = Charles
| publisher = Longmans, Green, and Co
| location = London
| year = 1907
| url = http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00maplinks/mughal/joppenset/joppenmysoremax.jpg
| access-date = 20 November 2007 }}</ref>).

* '''1724 AD'''
:[[Qamar ad-Din Chin Qilij Khan Asaf Jah I|Asaf Jah I]], who was the [[Subedar]] of [[Gujarat]] and [[Malwa]], defeated and killed the Delhi sponsored [[Mobariz Khan]], the Subedar of the [[Deccan Plateau|Deccan]], at the battle fought at [[Shakar Kheda]] in the district of [[Berar Subah|Berar]].
:Soon after, [[Asaf Jah I]] assumed independence from Mughal control to establish [[Hyderabad state|Hyderabad]] as a separate state, beginning the [[Asaf Jahi]] dynasty. Asif Jah I assumed the title ''[[Nizam|Nizam-ul-mulk]]'', and Bellary was included in the Nizam's Dominion.<ref name="hyd_on_the_net_nizams">{{cite web
| title = Hyderabad on the Net: The Nizams
| url = http://www.hyderabad.co.uk/nizam.htm
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120204205748/http://www.hyderabad.co.uk/nizam.htm
| archive-date = 4 February 2012
| url-status = dead
}}</ref><ref name="sheperd-map-1760" group="map">{{cite web
| title = India Map, In the time of Clive, 1760, from The Public Schools Historical Atlas
| last = Colbeck
| first = C
| publisher = Longmans, Green, and Co.
|year=1905
| url = http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~poyntz/India/images/india1760_1905.jpg
| access-date = 15 June 2007 }}</ref>

* '''1761 AD'''
:Bellary became tributary to [[Basalat Jang]], the brother of the then Nizam [[Asaf ad-Dawlah Mir Ali Salabat Jang|Salabat Jang]] and the Subedar of [[Adoni|Aadavaani (Adoni)]] and [[Raichur]].<ref name="imperial-gazetteer"/>

* '''1769 AD'''
:The Hande Nayaka of Bellary refused to pay tribute to Basalat Jang, which prompted him to occupy Bellary. The Nayaka then pleaded for [[Hyder Ali]] of [[Kingdom of Mysore|Mysuru (Mysore)]] to rescue Bellary. Hyder Ali forcefully expelled the occupiers, after which the Hande Nayakas were tributary to him.<ref name="imperial-gazetteer"/><ref name="wilks">{{cite book
| last = Wilks
| first = Lt. Colonel Mark
| title = Historical Sketches of the South of India in an Attempt to Trace the History of Mysoor
| publisher = Mysore: Government Branch Press
|orig-year=1810|year=1930
}}
</ref><ref group="map">{{cite web
| title = India Map 1700–1792, from The Historical Atlas R.
| last = Shepherd
| first = William R
| publisher = Longmans, Green, and Co.
|year=1923
| url = http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00maplinks/colonial/shepherd1700s/india1700smax.jpg
| access-date = 15 June 2007 }}</ref>
* '''1792 AD'''
:At the partition of [[Tipu Sultan]]'s territory by the British after the [[Third Anglo-Mysore War]], the district was given to the then Nizam [[Ali Khan Asaf Jah II|Asaf Jah II]].<ref name="imperial-gazetteer"/>

* '''1800 AD'''
:After the defeat and death of Tipu Sultan in the [[Fourth Anglo-Mysore War]] at [[Battle of Seringapatam|Srirangapattanam (Seringapatam)]], the Mysore territories were further divided up between the [[Wodeyar]]s, [[Asaf Jah II]] and the British.<ref name="imperial-gazetteer"/>
:In 1796 AD, Asaf Jah II, harassed by the Marathas and Tipu Sultan, had opted to get British military protection under [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Lord Wellesley's]] doctrine of [[Subsidiary alliance|Subsidiary Alliance]]. As part of this agreement, Asif Jah II ceded a large portion of the acquired territory including Bellary, to the British, with the consent of the Hande Nayakas to be added to the [[Madras Presidency]] as 'Bellary District'. This area was also known as the [[Ceded Districts]],<ref group="map">{{cite web
| title = Historical Atlas of India: India Map in 1805
| last = Joppen
| first = Charles
| publisher = Longmans, Green, and Co
| location = London
| year = 1907
| url = http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00maplinks/colonial/joppenearly1800s/joppen1805max.jpg
| access-date = 20 November 2007 }}</ref> a term still used for the areas, and was considerably larger than the present [[Bellary district|district]], including the present districts of [[Cuddapah District|Kadapa (Cuddapah)]], [[Anantapur district|Anantapuram]] and much of [[Kurnool district|Karnoolu (Kurnool)]].<ref name="imperial-gazetteer"/>

* '''1800–1807 AD'''
:All through these political changes since Vijayanagar times, the Hande Nayakas were the de facto rulers of Bellary – while their masters constantly changed, locally their powers were absolute. All this changed with the arrival of [[Major (rank)|Major]] [[Thomas Munro, 1st Baronet|Thomas Munro]], the first collector of the Ceded Districts (1800–1807), who [[Polygar War|disposed of]] the eighty palayagars ([[Polygars]]) of the districts either with pensions or assimilation of their estates and established the ''[[Ryotwari]]'' system – land revenue collected directly from the tiller of the soil.<ref name="imperial-gazetteer"/>

*'''1808 AD'''
:The ceded districts area was split into two districts, Bellary and Kadapa.<ref name="imperial-gazetteer"/> The Bellary area was still larger than Kadapa and the second largest district in [[Madras Presidency]], measuring 13000 square miles (nearly twice the size of [[Wales]]), and a population of 1,250,000 (one and half times that of Wales).<ref>{{cite book
| last = Norton
| first = John Bruce
| title = A Letter to Robert Lowe, Joint Secretary of the Board of Controul, on The Conditions and Requirements of the Presidency of Madras
| publisher = Richardson Brothers
| location = 23, Cornhill, London
| year=1854
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=JLEvA9Jkh1wC&dq=bellary&pg=PA60
| access-date = 2007-06-14
| page =60}}
</ref>

*'''1840 AD'''
:Bellary became the headquarters of the district. The Collector until this year lived in Anantapuram.<ref name="imperial-gazetteer"/>

* '''1867 AD'''
:The Bellary Municipal Council was created, along with the [[Adoni]] Municipal Council.<ref name="imperial-gazetteer"/> These were the only two municipal townships in the whole of Bellary district for a long time.

* '''1882 AD'''
:Seven of the southern talukas were carved out to form Anantapuram district, further reducing the size of Bellary District.
:The Maratha [[princely state]] of [[Sandur, India|Sandur]] was surrounded by Bellary district.<ref name="imperial-gazetteer"/><ref group="map">{{cite web
| title = India Map 1893
| publisher = Longmans, Green, and Co.
| year =1893
| url = http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~poyntz/India/images/Madras&Mysore1.JPG
| access-date = 2007-06-15}}</ref><ref group="map">{{cite web
| last = Bartholomew
| first = J G
| title = Map: Madras (Southern section) with Mysore, Coorg, and Travancore
| publisher = Clarendon Press
| date = 1908
| location = Oxford
| pages = 250
| url = https://dsal.uchicago.edu/maps/gazetteer/images/gazetteer_V18_pg250.jpg
| access-date = 15 June 2007 }}</ref>

* '''1894 AD'''
:A steam cotton-spinning mill was established.<ref name="imperial-gazetteer"/>

* '''1901 AD'''
:Bellary was the seventh largest town in [[Madras Presidency]], and was one of the chief military stations in Southern India, garrisoned by British and native Indian troops under the British Indian Government. A company of the Southern Mahratta Railway Volunteer Rifles was also stationed in the town.<ref name="imperial-gazetteer"/>
:The town included a civil railway station to the east of the Bellary Fort, the cantonment and its railway station on the west, the Cowl Bazar and the suburbs of 'Bruce-pettah' (currently spelt Brucepet) and 'Mellor-pettah', named after two British officers once stationed in the town.<ref name="imperial-gazetteer"/>
: The town was also headquarters for the Roman Catholic Mission and the London Mission.<ref name="imperial-gazetteer"/>
: The industries in the town included a small distillery and two steam cotton-presses. The steam cotton-spinning mill established in 1894 had 17,800 spindles, and employed 520 hands.<ref name="imperial-gazetteer"/>

* '''1 October 1953 AD'''<ref name="bellary_district_profile">{{cite web
|title = Bellary District – A Profile
|url = http://www.kar.nic.in/bellary/profile.htm
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090503190141/http://www.kar.nic.in/bellary/profile.htm
|archive-date = 2009-05-03
}}</ref>[[File:India Administrative Divisions 1951.svg|thumb|right|200px|A 1951 map showing Bellary district in [[Madras State]]]]

:Bellary district of [[Madras State]] was divided on linguistic basis.
:Areas with significant [[Kannada language|Kannada]] speaking populations ([[Harapanahalli]], [[Hoovina Hadagalli|Hadagali]], [[Kudligi]], [[Hosapete]], [[Sanduru]] and [[Siruguppa]]) were transferred to [[Mysore state]], which would later become [[Karnataka]] state.
:Areas of the district with significant [[Telugu Language|Telugu]] speaking populations ([[Yemmiganur]]u, [[Adoni|Aadavaani]], [[Alur, Kurnool|Aaluru]], [[Rayadurg|Raayadurgam]], [[D.Hirehal|D.Hirehaalu]], [[Kanekal]]lu, [[Bommanahal|Bommanahaalu]], [[Gummagatta]]) were merged into Anantapuram and Karnulu districts in what would later become [[Andhra Pradesh]] state.
:Bellary city had a majority of Telugu speaking population with highest minority of Kannada speakers, But it was included into Mysore state after a protracted debate and controversy.<ref>{{cite news|title=When the borders were redrawn |publisher=Deccan Herald |date=2003-09-26 |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/sep26/spt1.asp |access-date=2007-06-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050413162821/http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/sep26/spt1.asp |archive-date=13 April 2005 }}
</ref><ref>{{cite web
| title = History Of Anantapur
| publisher = anantapurinfo.com
| url = http://www.anantapurinfo.com/history.aspx
| access-date = 2 January 2008
| archive-date = 28 February 2008
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080228162114/http://www.anantapurinfo.com/history.aspx
| url-status = dead
}}</ref>

* '''1997 AD'''
:With the re-organisation of the districts in Karnataka, [[Harapanahalli]] [[taluk]] was transferred to [[Davanagere]] district, reducing the number of talukas in the district to seven.<ref name="bellary_district_profile"/>

* '''2004 AD'''
: Bellary City Municipal Council was upgraded to a City Corporation.<ref>{{cite news
| title = Bellary City Municipal Council upgraded to corporation
|date=2004-09-29
| url =http://www.hindu.com/2004/09/29/stories/2004092904670300.htm
| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20041125154346/http://www.hindu.com/2004/09/29/stories/2004092904670300.htm
| url-status =dead
| archive-date =2004-11-25
| work = [[The Hindu]]
| location=Chennai, India}}
</ref>
* '''2018 AD'''
:[[Harapanahalli]] [[taluk]] was again transferred back to Bellary District
* '''2021 AD'''
:[[Vijayanagar District]] was separated from Bellary District in 2021 at present [[Bellary District]] consists of only five taluks [[Kampli]], [[Sandur, India|Sandur]], [[Siruguppa]], [[Kurugodu]] and [[Bellary]].
* '''2023 AD'''
:As of September 2023 some of the [[Telugu people|Telugu]] people of Bellary City who are proper residents of the city have raised an issue that Bellary City should be a [[Union Territory]] and [[Telugu language|Telugu]] should also be the official language and have the equal status with [[Kannada]] in the City of Bellary, because they were verbally discriminated by some of the kannada people with regard to their language stating that their mother tongue is Telugu and it is the official language of [[Andhra Pradesh]] and they should not speak in Telugu in Bellary and speak only in [[Kannada]] or else they should go out of [[Bellary]] to [[Andhra Pradesh]], from the time when Veteran Telugu actor and politician [[N.T. Rama Rao]]'s statue was built at Kamma Bhavan of Bellary and was inaugurated by [[Telugu Desam]] leader [[Nara Chandrababu Naidu]]. But the issue raised by [[Telugus]] have not gained any popularity.

==References==
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===General===
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110315103432/http://www.bellarycity.gov.in/ Official Website of Bellary City Corporation]

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