Russell Market is a shopping market in

Bangalore Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...

, built in 1927 by the British and inaugurated in 1933 by

Ismail Sait Khan Bahadur Fukhr-ut-Tojjar Sir Hajee Ismail Sait (7 March 1859 – 6 December 1934) was an Indian banker, businessman and Muslim community leader who served as a member of the Madras Legislative Council. Early life and education Isma ...

. It is named of the then Municipal commissioner T. B. Russell.

Fire

On 26 February 2012, a fire started in the market, in the early hours of Saturday, gutting 123 shops and causing loss of Rs89.2 lakh to the shop owners. Initial investigations reveal that the fire broke out because of

short-circuit A short circuit (sometimes abbreviated to short or s/c) is an electrical circuit that allows a current to travel along an unintended path with no or very low electrical impedance. This results in an excessive current flowing through the circuit. ...

References

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