Cooke Town
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Cooke Town | |
|---|---|
Neighbourhood | |
  Cooke Town | |
| Coordinates: 13°00′09″N 77°37′07″E / 13.002557°N 77.6186101°E | |
| Country | India |
| City | Bangalore Cantonment |
| Government | |
| • Body | BBMP |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kannada |
| • Spoken | Kannada, English, Tamil |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 560005 |
| Lok Sabha Constituency | Bangalore Central |
| Vidhan Sabha Constituency | Jayamahal |
| Original Planning Agency | Bangalore Civil & Military Station Municipal Commission |
| Established | 1900 |
Cooke Town is a neighbourhood in Bangalore Cantonment, in Bangalore Central, India. Built as a suburb before Indian Independence, it is one of Bangalore's oldest neighbourhoods, established when the Bangalore Civil and Military Station was governed by the Madras Government. Cooke Town is named after G H Cooke, President of the Bangalore Civil and Military Station Municipality between 1928 and 1934, with the Mayo Hall being constructed during his tenure. The suburb, along with other suburbs of the Bangalore Cantonment such as Pulakeshi Nagara, Sarvagnanagara, Sir Mirza Ismail Nagara, and Langford Town, has seen dynamic changes over last few years with large British Raj era bungalows being demolished to build luxury apartments. These developments have resulted in large-scale tree-felling. However, Cooke Town still manages to retain some of its colonial charm, and is called the nicest place in the Cantonment by Bangalore historian Peter Colaco.[1] Cooke Town is a posh neighbourhood with plenty of greenery, parks, educational institutions, hospitals and is at close proximity to the Bangalore East Railway Station in the Bangalore CBD. According to Colliers International, Cooke Town is one of Bangalore's most costliest neighbourhoods, with the cost of property being in the range to INR 90000-95000 per sq.ft (in January 2026), just slightly lesser than the Bangalore CBD.[2][3][4][5]
G. H. Cooke, Esq., MC, ICS served as the Collector and President of the Bangalore Civil and Military Station Municipal Commission from 1928 to 1934.[6] He was also the president of the Bangalore Club between 1931-1933.[7] Cooke was also among the 'Fellowship of Baldwins', who supported the Baldwin Boys' High School.[8][9][10] In 1933, G. H. Cooke served as the Inspector of Schools, for Bangalore and Coorg.[11]
Location
Cooke Town is surrounded by the neighbourhoods of Pulakeshi Nagara, Sarvagnanagara, Pottery Town, Richards Town, and Kadamba Nagara, which are similar in that they were all pre-independence parts of the erstwhile Bangalore Civil and Military Station of the Madras Presidency. The townscape being easily distinguishable from that of the Bangalore Pete and South and West Bangalore, which was under the erstwhile Mysore State.