Rajajinagar

Rajajinagar is a residential neighborhood and commercial hub in the west of Bangalore. It is one of the zones of BBMP.^[1] It is bordered by Basaveshwaranagar, Malleshwaram, Mahalakshmi Layout, Vijayanagara and Rajajinagar Industrial Suburb.^[2]

CountryIndia

TimezoneUTC+5:30 (IST)

PIN

560010,560021,560044

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Rajajinagar Rajajinagar
Neighborhood
(L–R, from top) World Trade Center within Brigade Gateway, ISKCON Temple, LuLu Hypermarket, Rajajinagar metro station
Rajajinagar Location within Bengaluru
Coordinates: 12.97°N 77.57°E / 12.97; 77.57
Country	India
State	Karnataka
City	Bangalore
Government
• MLA	S. Suresh Kumar, BJP
Languages
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	560010,560021,560044
Vehicle registration	KA-02

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Inaugurated by Maharaja's of Mysuru Jayachamaraja Wadiyar, Rajajinagar Pillar on 3 July 1949. 70th birthday to C Rajagopalachari.

Named after statesman C. Rajagopalachari, a plaque in the Rajajinagar pillar indicates that 1,000 acres of land given for the locality was divided into industrial and housing areas. The former consisted of 140 acres for textiles, 220 acres for machinery, 100 acres for chemical plants and 40 acres for the food sector. About 4,000 housing plots were created in the remaining 500 acres. Rajajinagar was built at an estimated cost of Rs 50 lakh.