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'''Austin Town''' | '''Ferdinand Kittel Nagara,''' commonly known as '''Austin Town''', is named after [[Ferdinand Kittel]]. It is a locality of the [[Bangalore Cantonment]], named after British the Collector and Municipal President of the Civil and Military Station, Sir. James Austin.<ref name=Harshitha-Austin>{{cite web|last1=Harshitha|first1=Samyuktha|title=A timeline of Bangalore|url=http://www.citehr.com/348991-interesting-history-bangalore-its-well-known-landmarks.html|website=Suttha Muttha|publisher=Blogspot|access-date=9 January 2015|date=1 December 2022}}</ref><ref name=Janaagraha>{{cite web|title=Vannarpet |url=http://api.ichangemycity.com/wards/vannarpet |website=I Change my City |publisher=Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy |access-date=9 January 2015 |date=2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109072914/http://api.ichangemycity.com/wards/vannarpet |archive-date=9 January 2015 }}</ref> Located in the central part of Bangalore, the suburb is known for having produced some of India's best football players, with the game being very popular. In the age of IPL, the dream of the children of Austin Town is to be playing for the best football clubs one day.<ref name=Mirror-Football>{{cite news|title=Football heroes from the ghettos|url=http://www.bangaloremirror.com/columns/sunday-read/Football-heroes-from-the-ghettos/articleshow/36965039.cms|access-date=9 January 2015|issue=Bangalore|publisher=Bangalore Mirror|date=21 June 2022}}</ref> In 1998, the BBMP renamed Austin Town as F. Kittel Nagar, after an 18th-century linguist and [[Protestant]] [[German People|German]] missionary of the [[Basel Mission]], [[Ferdinand Kittel|Rev. Ferdinand Kittel]].<ref name=Hindu-rename>{{cite news|title=Renaming roads: A 'meaningless' exercise|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2001/09/21/stories/0421402v.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150115051443/http://www.thehindu.com/2001/09/21/stories/0421402v.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 January 2015|access-date=9 January 2015|issue=Bangalore|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=21 September 2001}}</ref><ref name=Prashanth>{{cite news|last1=Prashanth|first1=G N|title=It's all in the new name|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Its-all-in-the-new-name/articleshow/7976406.cms|access-date=23 December 2014|issue=Bangalore|work=The Times of India|date=14 April 2022}}</ref> However, the name has not caught on and continues to be popularly known as Austin Town.<ref name=Hindu-rename /><ref name=Kitel>{{cite news|last1=Rao|first1=Priyanka S|title=A German Priest's Gift to Karnataka|url=http://sraopriyanka.wordpress.com/category/bangalore-mirror/|access-date=9 January 2015|issue=Bangalore|publisher=Bangalore Mirror|date=25 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109090625/http://sraopriyanka.wordpress.com/category/bangalore-mirror/|archive-date=9 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=Sakuntala>{{cite web|last1=Narasimhan|first1=Sakuntala|title=Road names change, roads don't|url=http://bangalore.citizenmatters.in/articles/print/3473-bbmps-road-neighbourhood-renaming-exercises|website=Citizen Matters|access-date=23 December 2014|ref=14 November 2022}}</ref><ref name=CoxNames>{{cite news|title=What's in a name? Perhaps, the past|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-in-school/whats-in-a-name-perhaps-the-past/article3920154.ece|access-date=5 January 2015|issue=Bangalore|work=The Hindu|date=21 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sights, sounds and smells from Bangalore|url=http://bangalorebuzz.blogspot.com.au/2005/09/road-by-any-other-name-will-not-sound.html|website=Bangalore Buzz|access-date=5 January 2015|date=15 September 2022}}</ref> | ||
Austin Town was established in 1920 by the building of a number of small cottages for the benefit of lower income groups, and rented out for a nominal sum. The Collector Austin was the encouragement for this project, and hence the suburb was named after him. These cottages were in great demand by poor Indians and Anglo Indians. The neighbouring suburbs are Agram, Neelsandra and Vannarpet, which was the localities where the laborers of the nearby brick kilns called Shoolay (now renamed as Ashok Nagar).<ref name=Ronnie-Austin>{{cite web|last1=Johnson|first1=Ronnie|title=Bangalore around the late 1920s ...|url=http://www.children-of-bangalore.com/1920.htm|website=Children of Bangalore|access-date=9 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150105113823/http://www.children-of-bangalore.com/1920.htm|archive-date=5 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Sanitary works of Austin Town was designed by W H Murphy, Executive Engineer, Municipal Council, Bangalore Civil and Military Station, after whom [[Murphy Town, Bangalore|Murphy Town]] gets its name.<ref name=Harshitha>{{cite web|last1=Harshitha|first1=Samyuktha|title=An Engineer who invented a dog killing machine|url=http://ramubangalore.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/an-engineer-who-invented-dog-killing.html|website=Suttha Muttha|access-date=23 December | Austin Town was established in 1920 by the building of a number of small cottages for the benefit of lower income groups, and rented out for a nominal sum. The Collector Austin was the encouragement for this project, and hence the suburb was named after him. These cottages were in great demand by poor Indians and Anglo Indians. The neighbouring suburbs are Agram, Neelsandra and Vannarpet, which was the localities where the laborers of the nearby brick kilns called Shoolay (now renamed as Ashok Nagar).<ref name=Ronnie-Austin>{{cite web|last1=Johnson|first1=Ronnie|title=Bangalore around the late 1920s ...|url=http://www.children-of-bangalore.com/1920.htm|website=Children of Bangalore|access-date=9 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150105113823/http://www.children-of-bangalore.com/1920.htm|archive-date=5 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Sanitary works of Austin Town was designed by W H Murphy, Executive Engineer, Municipal Council, Bangalore Civil and Military Station, after whom [[Murphy Town, Bangalore|Murphy Town]] gets its name.<ref name=Harshitha>{{cite web|last1=Harshitha|first1=Samyuktha|title=An Engineer who invented a dog killing machine|url=http://ramubangalore.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/an-engineer-who-invented-dog-killing.html|website=Suttha Muttha|access-date=23 December 2022}}</ref> | ||
==Football in Austin Town== | ==Football in Austin Town== | ||
Unlike other parts of Bangalore where Cricket is popular, Football is a passion for the residents of Austin Town. According to football coach Thyagarajan, Austin Town is considered the birthplace of Football in Bangalore. The origins of the game can be traced to the Italian soldiers who were being held as prisoners of war during the beginning of [[World War I|WWI]] in the [[Bangalore Cantonment]]. The Italian POWs passed on the game to the natives, even though at first the natives played football bare-footed. (Some players played without boots even in the Olympics.) The very first Olympians – Anthony, Kanniah, Raman and Shanmugham – who represented the Indian Football team in the Olympic Games of [[1948 Summer Olympics|1948]] and [[1952 Summer Olympics|1952]], were from Austin Town. Vajravelu and Varadarajan were from the City area, and the rest of the players were from the [[Bangalore Cantonment]]. Most of the Football enthusiasts in Austin Town are the [[Tamil People|Tamil]] Community, with many of the local boys now playing for clubs in [[Goa]] and [[Calcutta]]. In the 1960s and 1970s, many of the Austin Town boys made it the Football teams of Government and defence companies such as HMT, MEG, ITI, NGEF, HAL, BEML, BHEL, ADA, ADE, etc. Austin Town and [[Murphy Town, Bangalore|Murphy Town]] are still considered gold-mines of football talent.<ref name=Prashanth-Football>{{cite news|last1=Prashanth|first1=G N|title=Game of the ghettoes lives on|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/06/10/stories/2002061000270100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020830070352/http://thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/06/10/stories/2002061000270100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 August 2002|access-date=9 January 2015|issue=Bangalore|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=10 June | Unlike other parts of Bangalore where Cricket is popular, Football is a passion for the residents of Austin Town. According to football coach Thyagarajan, Austin Town is considered the birthplace of Football in Bangalore. The origins of the game can be traced to the Italian soldiers who were being held as prisoners of war during the beginning of [[World War I|WWI]] in the [[Bangalore Cantonment]]. The Italian POWs passed on the game to the natives, even though at first the natives played football bare-footed. (Some players played without boots even in the Olympics.) The very first Olympians – Anthony, Kanniah, Raman and Shanmugham – who represented the Indian Football team in the Olympic Games of [[1948 Summer Olympics|1948]] and [[1952 Summer Olympics|1952]], were from Austin Town. Vajravelu and Varadarajan were from the City area, and the rest of the players were from the [[Bangalore Cantonment]]. Most of the Football enthusiasts in Austin Town are the [[Tamil People|Tamil]] Community, with many of the local boys now playing for clubs in [[Goa]] and [[Calcutta]]. In the 1960s and 1970s, many of the Austin Town boys made it the Football teams of Government and defence companies such as HMT, MEG, ITI, NGEF, HAL, BEML, BHEL, ADA, ADE, etc. Austin Town and [[Murphy Town, Bangalore|Murphy Town]] are still considered gold-mines of football talent.<ref name=Prashanth-Football>{{cite news|last1=Prashanth|first1=G N|title=Game of the ghettoes lives on|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/06/10/stories/2002061000270100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020830070352/http://thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/06/10/stories/2002061000270100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 August 2002|access-date=9 January 2015|issue=Bangalore|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=10 June 2022}}</ref><ref name=Prashanth-Football-2>{{cite news|last1=Prashanth|first1=G N|title=Enduring passion|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Enduring-passion/articleshow/6042330.cms|access-date=9 January 2015|issue=Bangalore|work=The Times of India|date=13 June 2022}}</ref><ref name=Shanmugam /> One of Austin Town's legend and local hero is 95-year-old T Shanmugham, who led India to victory in Football in the [[1951 Asian Games]], and also was part of India's Football team for the [[1951 Asian Games|1952 Olympics]]. The Austin Town Football Grounds is now known as Nandan Ground's after one of Indian Football's greatest goalkeeper Nandan, who was also from Austin Town.<ref name=Shanmugam>{{cite news|last1=Prashanth|first1=G N|title=Oldest Olympian footballer tunes into Messi|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Oldest-Olympian-footballer-tunes-into-Messi/articleshow/9841508.cms|access-date=9 January 2015|issue=Bangalore|work=The Times of India|date=3 September 2022}}</ref> Austin Town is also the birthplace of other legendary football players such as [[Narayanswami Ulaganathan|Ulaganathan]] and former Captain [[Carlton Chapman]].<ref name=Mirror-Football /><ref name=Aliyeh2>{{cite news|last1=Rizvi|first1=Aliyeh|title=Resident Rendezvoyeur: Against all odds|url=http://www.bangaloremirror.com/columns/others/Resident-Rendezvoyeur-Against-all-odds/articleshow/48414461.cms|access-date=12 August 2015|agency=Bangalore Mirror Bureau|issue=Bangalore|publisher=Bangalore Mirror|date=9 August 2022}}</ref> | ||
Gowthampura one of the layouts of Austin Town has a statue of [[Pelé]]<ref name=Pele-Hindu>{{cite news|title=Pele's fan club lives here|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/peles-fan-club-lives-here/article3549224.ece|access-date=9 January 2015|issue=Bangalore|work=The Hindu|date=20 June | Gowthampura one of the layouts of Austin Town has a statue of [[Pelé]]<ref name=Pele-Hindu>{{cite news|title=Pele's fan club lives here|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/peles-fan-club-lives-here/article3549224.ece|access-date=9 January 2015|issue=Bangalore|work=The Hindu|date=20 June 2022}}</ref><ref name=Murthy-Pele>{{cite news|last1=Murthy|first1=V Sreenivasa|title=Primed for FIFA World Cup|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/primed-for-fifa-world-cup/article461077.ece|access-date=9 January 2015|issue=Bangalore|work=The Hindu|date=12 June 2022}}</ref> and is considered to be supporters of [[Brazil National Football Team|Brazil]], and some residents of Austin Town who are supporters of [[Argentina National Football Team|Argentina]] want to raise a statue of [[Diego Maradona|Maradona]]. Almost every house in the lower-middle-class families of Austin Town have football players.<ref name=Sukumar>{{cite news|last1=Sukumar|first1=Dev S|title=Bangalore's Austin Town turns blue in joy|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report-bangalores-austin-town-turns-blue-in-joy-1395688|access-date=9 January 2015|issue=Bangalore|publisher=DNA India|date=13 June 2022}}</ref><ref name=Waka-Waka>{{cite news|last1=Kumar|first1=Chethan|last2=Menon|first2=Rashmi|title=City set to go 'Waka Waka' over football|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/74503/content/219231/F|access-date=9 January 2015|issue=Bangalore|publisher=Deccan Herald|date=10 June 2022}}</ref> | ||
==Demographics== | ==Demographics== | ||
As common to the other suburbs of the [[Bangalore Cantonment]], Austin Town has a large [[Tamil People|Tamil]] population. They trace their ancestry to the large number of Tamil soldiers, suppliers and workers who were brought into the Bangalore Civil and Military Station, by the British Army, after the [[Siege of Seringapatam (1799)|fall of Tippu Sultan]]. Austin Town along with other suburbs of the [[Bangalore Cantonment]] was directly under the administration of the British [[Madras Presidency]] till 1949, when it was handed over to the [[Mysore State]].<ref name=Srivatsa>{{cite news|last1=Srivatsa|first1=Sharath S|title=Bangalore calling: it all goes way back…|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article1939954.ece|access-date=3 January 2015|issue=Bangalore|work=The Hindu|date=31 October | As common to the other suburbs of the [[Bangalore Cantonment]], Austin Town has a large [[Tamil People|Tamil]] population. They trace their ancestry to the large number of Tamil soldiers, suppliers and workers who were brought into the Bangalore Civil and Military Station, by the British Army, after the [[Siege of Seringapatam (1799)|fall of Tippu Sultan]]. Austin Town along with other suburbs of the [[Bangalore Cantonment]] was directly under the administration of the British [[Madras Presidency]] till 1949, when it was handed over to the [[Mysore State]].<ref name=Srivatsa>{{cite news|last1=Srivatsa|first1=Sharath S|title=Bangalore calling: it all goes way back…|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article1939954.ece|access-date=3 January 2015|issue=Bangalore|work=The Hindu|date=31 October 2022}}</ref><ref name=Arul>{{cite web|last1=Steve|first1=Arul|title=Specialization On Social And Cultural Indifference Among Kgf Tamil Migrants|url=https://arulsteve736.wordpress.com/2013/04/17/specialization-on-social-and-cultural-indifference-among-kgf-tamil-migrants/|publisher=Word Press|access-date=4 January 2015|date=17 April 2022}}</ref><ref name=Aliyeh3>{{cite web|last1=Rizvi|first1=Aliyeh|title=Greet.Meat.Eat.|url=https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2013/07/18/greet-meat-eat/|website=A Turquoise Cloud|publisher=Word Press|access-date=4 January 2015|date=18 July 2022}}</ref><ref name=Dasharathi>{{cite web|last1=Dasharathi|first1=Poornima|title=Cantonment: colonial past, multicultural present|url=http://bangalore.citizenmatters.in/articles/295-bangalore-cantonment|publisher=Citizen Matters|access-date=23 December 2014|date=23 July 2022}}</ref><ref name=Aam>{{cite web|last1=Aam AdMo|title=Right to be a Minority institution (and make majority profits)|url=https://aamadmo.wordpress.com/2012/07/07/right-to-be-a-minority-institution-and-make-majority-profits/|publisher=Word Press|access-date=4 January 2015|date=7 July 2022}}</ref><ref name=Harshitha2>{{cite web|last1=Harshitha|first1=Samyuktha|title=The Mootocherry of Bangalore|url=http://ramubangalore.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/the-mootocherry-of-bangalore.html|website=Suttha Muttha|publisher=Blogspot,com.au|access-date=4 January 2015|date=1 June 2022}}</ref> | ||
==Anglo-Indians== | ==Anglo-Indians== | ||
A larger number of Anglo Indians used to live in Austin Town,<ref name=Tejwant>{{cite book|last1=Singh|first1=Tejwant|title=The Bold Brave and Fearless|date=2003|publisher=Trafford Publishing|location=Victoria, Canada|isbn=1553956672|page=18|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cWqPAhGmhiUC&q=austin+town+anglo+indian&pg=PA18|access-date=9 January | A larger number of Anglo Indians used to live in Austin Town,<ref name=Tejwant>{{cite book|last1=Singh|first1=Tejwant|title=The Bold Brave and Fearless|date=2003|publisher=Trafford Publishing|location=Victoria, Canada|isbn=1553956672|page=18|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cWqPAhGmhiUC&q=austin+town+anglo+indian&pg=PA18|access-date=9 January 2022}}</ref> now having migrated to Australia, the UK and Canada, their numbers have declined. The Anglo-Indian Block is now inhabited mostly by non-Anglo Indians. However, those who are left behind are still proud to call Austin Town as Home. During the British Raj, there was a clear distinction between the Anglo Indian and Tamil sections of Austin Town, which have now been erased, and the once posh suburbs have lost their glory as a result of poor civic maintenance. Some of the original inhabitants of Austin Town, came from [[Rangoon]], and at that time found the cantonment to be much quieter than the busy city of Rangoon, Burma. The Christmas time for the Anglo Indian community means celebrating with carols and parties. Some of the Anglo-Indians who migrated abroad still visit in search of their roots.<ref name=Sarma>{{cite news|last1=Sarma|first1=Deepika|title=An extended family to celebrate Christmas with|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/an-extended-family-to-celebrate-christmas-with/article4050772.ece|access-date=9 January 2015|issue=Bangalore|work=The Hindu|date=31 October 2022}}</ref> | ||
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Austin Town | |
|---|---|
Neighbourhood | |
| Ferdinand Kittel Nagara | |
  Austin Town | |
| Coordinates: 12°57′42″N 77°36′48″E / 12.961636°N 77.613305°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | Bangalore Urban |
| Metro | Bangalore |
| Government | |
| • Body | BBMP |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kannada |
| • Spoken | Kannada, Tamil, English, Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 560047 |
| Lok Sabha Constituency | Bangalore Central |
| Vidhan Sabha Constituency | Shantinagar |
| Original Planning Agency | Bangalore Civil & Military Station Municipal Commission |
| Established | 1920 |
Ferdinand Kittel Nagara, commonly known as Austin Town, is named after Ferdinand Kittel. It is a locality of the Bangalore Cantonment, named after British the Collector and Municipal President of the Civil and Military Station, Sir. James Austin.[1][2] Located in the central part of Bangalore, the suburb is known for having produced some of India's best football players, with the game being very popular. In the age of IPL, the dream of the children of Austin Town is to be playing for the best football clubs one day.[3] In 1998, the BBMP renamed Austin Town as F. Kittel Nagar, after an 18th-century linguist and Protestant German missionary of the Basel Mission, Rev. Ferdinand Kittel.[4][5] However, the name has not caught on and continues to be popularly known as Austin Town.[4][6][7][8][9]
Austin Town was established in 1920 by the building of a number of small cottages for the benefit of lower income groups, and rented out for a nominal sum. The Collector Austin was the encouragement for this project, and hence the suburb was named after him. These cottages were in great demand by poor Indians and Anglo Indians. The neighbouring suburbs are Agram, Neelsandra and Vannarpet, which was the localities where the laborers of the nearby brick kilns called Shoolay (now renamed as Ashok Nagar).[10] The Sanitary works of Austin Town was designed by W H Murphy, Executive Engineer, Municipal Council, Bangalore Civil and Military Station, after whom Murphy Town gets its name.[11]
Football in Austin Town
Unlike other parts of Bangalore where Cricket is popular, Football is a passion for the residents of Austin Town. According to football coach Thyagarajan, Austin Town is considered the birthplace of Football in Bangalore. The origins of the game can be traced to the Italian soldiers who were being held as prisoners of war during the beginning of WWI in the Bangalore Cantonment. The Italian POWs passed on the game to the natives, even though at first the natives played football bare-footed. (Some players played without boots even in the Olympics.) The very first Olympians – Anthony, Kanniah, Raman and Shanmugham – who represented the Indian Football team in the Olympic Games of 1948 and 1952, were from Austin Town. Vajravelu and Varadarajan were from the City area, and the rest of the players were from the Bangalore Cantonment. Most of the Football enthusiasts in Austin Town are the Tamil Community, with many of the local boys now playing for clubs in Goa and Calcutta. In the 1960s and 1970s, many of the Austin Town boys made it the Football teams of Government and defence companies such as HMT, MEG, ITI, NGEF, HAL, BEML, BHEL, ADA, ADE, etc. Austin Town and Murphy Town are still considered gold-mines of football talent.[12][13][14] One of Austin Town's legend and local hero is 95-year-old T Shanmugham, who led India to victory in Football in the 1951 Asian Games, and also was part of India's Football team for the 1952 Olympics. The Austin Town Football Grounds is now known as Nandan Ground's after one of Indian Football's greatest goalkeeper Nandan, who was also from Austin Town.[14] Austin Town is also the birthplace of other legendary football players such as Ulaganathan and former Captain Carlton Chapman.[3][15]
Gowthampura one of the layouts of Austin Town has a statue of Pelé[16][17] and is considered to be supporters of Brazil, and some residents of Austin Town who are supporters of Argentina want to raise a statue of Maradona. Almost every house in the lower-middle-class families of Austin Town have football players.[18][19]
Demographics
As common to the other suburbs of the Bangalore Cantonment, Austin Town has a large Tamil population. They trace their ancestry to the large number of Tamil soldiers, suppliers and workers who were brought into the Bangalore Civil and Military Station, by the British Army, after the fall of Tippu Sultan. Austin Town along with other suburbs of the Bangalore Cantonment was directly under the administration of the British Madras Presidency till 1949, when it was handed over to the Mysore State.[20][21][22][23][24][25]
Anglo-Indians
A larger number of Anglo Indians used to live in Austin Town,[26] now having migrated to Australia, the UK and Canada, their numbers have declined. The Anglo-Indian Block is now inhabited mostly by non-Anglo Indians. However, those who are left behind are still proud to call Austin Town as Home. During the British Raj, there was a clear distinction between the Anglo Indian and Tamil sections of Austin Town, which have now been erased, and the once posh suburbs have lost their glory as a result of poor civic maintenance. Some of the original inhabitants of Austin Town, came from Rangoon, and at that time found the cantonment to be much quieter than the busy city of Rangoon, Burma. The Christmas time for the Anglo Indian community means celebrating with carols and parties. Some of the Anglo-Indians who migrated abroad still visit in search of their roots.[27]
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- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Prashanth, G N (3 September 2022). "Oldest Olympian footballer tunes into Messi". The Times of India. No. Bangalore. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
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