FOREIGN EXCHANGE
Reliance Money Exchange Ltd 9 , Malliks Embassy , Union Street , Infantry Road Phone : + 91 80 6628 4463 / 6628 4464 Pheroze Framroze & Co Richmond Plaza , Raja Ram Mogan Roay Road , Phone : + 91 80 2222 7194 / 2221 1025 Euro Change India Pvt Ltd 514 / 515 , Oxford Towers , 139 , Airport Road Phone : + 91 80 4152 9421 / 4152 9422 Forex Point 18 , Commercial Street Phone : + 91 80 2559 4180 Zion Money Changes Pvt Ltd 105 / 1 , Shakti Bazaar , Commercial Street Phone : + 91 80 2559 2079 Wall Street Finance Ltd 3 , House Of Loords , 13 / 14 , St Mark ' s Road Phone : + 91 80 3296 2679 TT Forex Ltd 33 / 1 Imperial Court , 180 , Cunningham Road
We feature ten intriguing facts about Bangalore that might just take you by surprise . Read on :
1 . Bangalore is a truly cosmopolitan city with the local Kannadiga community estimated to make up anywhere between 38 and 50 % of the city ' s six million-plus population . The rest comprises of Tamils , the second-largest community , followed by a sizeable section of Teluguites , Keralites , settlers from north India and Bengalis . Migrants from the North East and expatriates also make the third most populous city in the country their home .
2 . Bangalore was the first city in India to get electricity . In 1906 , the city was electrified with the setting up of a hydroelectric plant in Shivanasamudra .
3 . Bangalore has the highest number of
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10FACTS
ABOUT THE CITY
All you wanted to know about Bangalore , but never asked
UAE Exchange & Financial Services Ltd Ng 12 & 13 , Ground Floor , North Block , Dickenson Road , Manipal Center , M G Road Phone : + 91 80 6649 8180 Choice Link Foreign Exchange No . 96 , Singapore Plaza , Next To Koutons , Commercial Street Phone : + 91 80 6649 5940 Vision Forex Pvt Ltd No . B-8 , Opp Jayadeva Hospital , Next To Airtel Mobility Centre , 1st Main , Keb Hbcs Layout , Btm 1st Stage , Bannerghatta Road Phone : + 91 80 6649 0550
PACKERS & MOVERS
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engineering colleges in India – the city boasts 21 specialist engineering colleges according to recent estimates .
4 . Bangalore has shown maximum growth over the past two decades , thanks to the information technology boom – having grown ten-fold it is one of India ' s fastest growing metros .
5 . First a Cantonment town , then a Garden City , Bangalore has now transformed itself into the Silicon Valley of India . The hi-tech city purportedly has the highest number of software companies ( 212 ) in the country
6 . The traffic density in Bangalore is one of the highest in the country . Traffic congestion is a big urban problem with road space in the city standing at an inadequate 11.9 percent of the total city area .
7 . Bangalore has the largest number of pubs in India , from whence it got its legendary epithet of ' Pub City '. Incidentally , the prevalence of tobacco smokers in the city is also the highest in the country at 33.6 %.
8 . Bangalore ' s has the second-highest literacy rate for an Indian metropolis ( after Mumbai ), and is pegged at 83 %.
9 . There are over 15 lakh migrant workers in the city , who have come here in search of livelihood .
10 . Bangalore is a prominent tourist destination . According to the Bengaluru International Airport , the city ' s passenger air traffic was 8.71 million for 2008-09 . The airport has the capacity to handle 14 million passengers per year .
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VISA ASSISTANCE
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