Davangere is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is the administrative headquarters of Davangere District. The city is located on NH4 (National Highway 4) at a distance of about 265 km from the state capital of Bangalore. Davangere became separate district in 1997; it was separated from the district of Chitradurga.
History
Davanagere was originally an obscure suburb near Bettur ( Bethur). Hider Ali gave it as jagir to a Maratha chief named Apoji Ram. Apoji Ram encouraged lingayat merchants to settle there. He died without heirs but the place continued to grow, being favored by Tippu Sultan. A European firm started a cotton mill which led to a boom of cotton mills in Davanagere. Davanagere had a municipality as early as 1870[1]. The Imperial Gazatteer of India(1911) says that the receipts and expenditure of the municipality during the ten years ending 1901 averaged Rs 14,200 and Rs 12,600 respectively
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