Place · colonial public park · India
Cubbon Park, Bengaluru
Also known as Sri Chamarajendra Park, Meade's Park, Cubbon Park
Cubbon Park is the large public park at the centre of Bengaluru, laid out in 1870 under Major General Richard Sankey, the British chief engineer of Mysore State. First called Meade's Park, it was renamed in 1873 for Sir Mark Cubbon, the longest-serving commissioner, and officially became Sri Chamarajendra Park in 1927, a name few use. Within it stand the red Attara Kacheri of 1864, now the Karnataka High Court, the State Archaeological Museum of 1876 and the Seshadri Iyer Memorial Library.
- Date
- 1870–None
- Function
- Landscape & environmental change
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 12.975, 77.593
Worth knowing
Its silver oaks were the first introduced to Bangalore from Australia, and in 2013 Mark Cubbon's statue was garlanded for the first time since 1947.
Connections (2)
- Site withinBengaluru
Cubbon Park sits in Bengaluru's central business district, reached from M.G. Road, Kasturba Road, Hudson Circle and Ambedkar Veedhi. It was created in 1870 under Richard Sankey, when the city was still split between the old pete and the British cantonment, and it held the colonial seat of government: the Attara Kacheri, built in 1864, housed the state's public offices from 1868 to 1956, and after independence the houses of the Mysore legislature met there before moving to the Vidhana Soudha across the road.
- Site adjacencyVidhana Soudha, Bengaluru
The Vidhana Soudha stands directly opposite the Attara Kacheri at the entrance to Cubbon Park. The state's public offices sat in the Attara Kacheri, a red two-storeyed building with Corinthian columns built in 1864, from 1868 to 1956, and after 1947 the houses of the Mysore legislature also met there; Chief Minister Kengal Hanumanthaiah, who saw it as colonial, pressed for the Neo-Dravidian legislature completed across the road in 1956. The building left behind now houses the Karnataka High Court.
Sources
Wikipedia, "Cubbon Park" and "Bengaluru".
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