Yeshwanthpur, officially Yeshwanthpura is a locality in the north western part of

Bangalore Bangalore (), List of renamed places in India, officially Bengaluru (), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan area, metropolitan population of a ...

in the

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

n state of

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

. It is located to the north of

Malleshwara Malleshwara (also referred as Malleshwaram) is a northwest neighborhood and one of the zones of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike in Bengaluru, India. It was planned in 1889 after the great plague of 1898, developed as a suburb in 1892 and ...

and west of Hebbala. The biggest wholesale market of agricultural produce in the city, the Yeshwanthpur APMC Yard, is situated in the locality. The green line of

Namma metro Namma Metro ("Our Metro" in Kannada), also known as Bengaluru Metro, is a rapid transit system serving the city of Bengaluru, India. Upon its inauguration, it became the first underground metro system in South India. Namma Metro has a mix of u ...

passes through

Yeshwanthpur metro station Yeshwanthpur is a metro station on the Green Line of the Namma Metro serving the Yeshwanthpur area of Bangalore, India. It was opened to the public on 1 March 2014. Skywalk The BMRC has proposed constructing a skywalk linking Platform 6 of Ye ...

and allows the connectivity to all the extension of the city.

Etymology

Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar (18 July 1919 – 23 September 1974) was the 25th Maharaja of Mysore from 1940 to 1950, who later served as the governor of Mysore and Madras states. Early life Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar was born on 18 July 1919 at M ...

's association with

Yeshwantrao Ghorpade Maharaja Srimant Yeshwantrao Hindurao Ghorpade (13 November 1908 - 11 October 1996) was the ruler of the princely state of Sandur from 1928 to 1949. He was the last Rajah of Sandur and presided over the accession of the state to the Dominion of I ...

led to common meetings, usually spent on hunting, and cup of tea in the outskirts of his

Bangalore Palace Bangalore Palace is a royal palace located in Bangalore, Karnataka, India, in an area that was owned by Rev. J. Garrett, the first principal of the Central High School in Bangalore, now famous as Central College. The commencement of the cons ...

. which was a small village and had the proximity of Mysore sandal soap factory. The conversation went late into nights, which made it difficult to head back to Palace. As a token of friendship. Yeshwantrao Ghorpade, Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar renamed the railway station in the area after the Yeshwantrao Ghorpade. Since, then the area has been popularly known as Yeshwanthpur. The largely popular

Yesvantpur Junction railway station Yesvantpur Junction railway station also Yeshwanthapura Junction railway station (station code: YPR) is one of the three important stations which serves the city of Bangalore which is located in Yesvantpur locality. It is one of the developing ...

was commissioned by Mysore Maharaja Chamarajendra Wadiyar X in 1881. Yeshwanthpur comprises many lesser known historic places, viz. * Deewanarapalya – In

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

, Deewan means Prime minister (

Mysore State Mysore State, colloquially Old Mysore, was a state within the Dominion of India and the later India, Republic of India from 1947 until 1956. The state was formed by renaming the Kingdom of Mysore, and Bangalore replaced Mysore as the state's c ...

), due to its proximity to Bangalore palace. This place was the serving quarters for the Deewan of Mysore. * Subedaarpalya – In Kannada, Subedar means Head of a Regiment, due to its proximity to Bangalore palace. This place was the serving quarters for the Subedaar of Mysore. Both these places along with

Vyalikaval Vyalikaval is a locality in Bangalore City. It is surrounded by Palace Orchards, Guttahalli, Kodandarampura, Palace Guttahalli, and Sankey road cross localities. Malleshwaram railway station is 2 km from Vyalikaval. It is 30 km from B ...

(in Kannada means station of horses) and Malleshwara were important political and strategic points to the Kingdom of Mysore.

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