E-BOOK NO. 4338 BALLARI - INDIA TOURISM SERIES VOL-02
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Ballari (Kannada: [bɐɭːaːri], formerly Bellary is a city in the Ballari district in state of Karnataka, India.
Ballari houses many steel plants such as JSW Vijayanagar, one of the largest in Asia. Ballari district is also known as the 'Steel city of South India'. Ballari is also the headquarters for Karnataka Gramine Bank which almost has more than 1100 + branches in Karnataka.
History
Main article: History of Bellary
Core area of Western Chalukya monuments, roughly
corresponding to Sindavadi-1000
Madras province (South), 1909 showing Ballari
Ballari was a part of Rayalaseema (Ceded Districts) which was part of Madras Presidency till 1 November 1956.
The Ballari city municipal council was upgraded to a city corporation in 2004.
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of India approved a proposal to rename the city in October 2014 and Bellary was renamed to "Ballari" on 1 November 2014.