Talk:Bengaluru

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 23:53, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

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• ... that the name of the Indian city Bangalore could be derived from a Kannada word meaning 'town of boiled beans'? Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20120505010927/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/07/25/stories/2002072500270200.htm
  • ALT1: ... that Bangalore is known as the Silicon Valley and Garden City of India? Source:
  • Reviewed:

Improved to Good Article status by Kpddg (talk). Self-nominated at 11:54, 14 July 2022 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy compliance:

• Adequate sourcing: - n - see comments
• Neutral:
• Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: I added some citation needed tags in places that were missing a citation, which need to be resolved. Earwig did detect some copyright concerns, but I think the other sites copied from Wikipedia. Z1720 (talk) 18:20, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
@Z1720, this was discussed in the GA review as well. Each statement (like XYZ is a franchise based on the city) has its own article , so it was considered WP:BLUE. Kpddg ^(talk) 10:22, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

I took a look at the statements, and I would not consider them WP:BLUE. Furthermore, BLUE is an essay, which means it is "the opinion or advice of an editor or group of editors for which widespread consensus has not been established." (WP:POLICIES). Since DYK articles appear on the Main Page, there are stricter rules about what needs to be in the articles, and thus these statements will need citations to conform to WP:V. Z1720 (talk) 13:17, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

I have added the citations Kpddg ^(talk) 14:27, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for adding the citations. This is approved, with a preference for ALT0. Z1720 (talk) 14:35, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

Thank you Kpddg ^(talk) 15:12, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

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Bengaluru name in introduction line

in the first line, its mentioned that "Bengaluru, also known as Bangalore", its supposed to be "Bengaluru, formerly known as Bangalore" or "Bengaluru, earlier known as Bangalore". Can anyone pls update it SMIndian (talk) 12:51, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

The city is widely still referred to as Bangalore, even more so than Bengaluru in common usage (the previous article move was very rushed imo) AlbusWulfricDumbledore (talk) 09:21, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

• Edit: to expand - meant this to mean it was "questionable" - considering the balance of opinions was not clearly favorable, nor the strength of the arguments seeing as it remains extremely common in English usage in my opinion

AlbusWulfricDumbledore (talk) 16:30, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

you said that, Bangalore is more widely used compared to Bengaluru, can you pls cite some of the authentic sources where its getting used as Bangalore. Also you mentioned that, even though the page after 10 years of official name change, you still find that it's very rushed move. Can you pls specify, whats the ideal time duration for page move normally? Is it 20 years, 30 years or more? SMIndian (talk) 08:30, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

Note: refer to reply above AlbusWulfricDumbledore (talk) 09:57, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

Not too bothered about article move, only meant that as it wasn't clearly convincing before it was closed. Arguments exist for both sides, and "Bengaluru" does seem to be more common in Indian English publications but should definitely be kept as "also known" as it remains in usage, so for your first part of your reply, some recent examples:

• The Economist
• Hindustan Times
• Times of India
• France24
• Wallpaper
• LSE
• BBC News, BBC 2
• International Trade Administration
• Samsung
• The Print
• The Economic Times

AlbusWulfricDumbledore (talk) 10:14, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

Thank you so much for highlighting these newsletters. We will inform them and this will help in reducing that inconsistent usage of name of the city. SMIndian (talk) 10:38, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

I agree, there is some continued use of Bangalore, but I'm not sure that 1 November 2014 to 27 November 2024 is "very rushed". - Arjayay (talk) 10:46, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

Requested move 13 June 2026

Bengaluru → BangaloreBangalore – As per WP:COMMONNAME, the common name should be used, not necessarily the official name. ‘Bangalore’ is the more common name, and is used by the preponderance of reliable sources.

• Withdrawn by proposer. CatholicChristian (talk) 12:12, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

What has changed since it was moved? —blindlynx 15:19, 13 June 2026 (UTC)

I believe the move itself was a critical error, and aim to correct it. CatholicChristian (talk) 15:37, 13 June 2026 (UTC)

Okay, but you're going to have to provide evidnace to support this move —blindlynx 10:49, 14 June 2026 (UTC)

• Oppose, no proof provided. The original RM did have COMMONNAME evidence, and per WP:TITLEVAR can be limited to Indian English sources, so WP:NAMECHANGES met. The original RM did not use a solely OFFICIALNAME argument in its proposal or in closing, as claimed here. DankJae 21:31, 13 June 2026 (UTC)
• Oppose; though i think the move was not correct at the time, it was clear that it was going to be correct at some point in the future, and it absolutely is not worth the upheaval of another change. In particular, i dislike what feel like pointless moves when redirects exist, are cheap, and solve the issue for a reader who doesn't know the new name ~ Lindsay^Hello 08:22, 14 June 2026 (UTC)
• Comment both versions of the name are about equally common in Google news searches. Last 12 months (each search excludes wiki and the other version of the name): "Bangalore" 300, "Bengaluru" 300; 1 January to 13 June 2026: "Bangalore" 300, "Bengaluru" 300. But I think that the raw numbers are misleading because the quality of the search results is higher on the 30th page for "Bengaluru" than for "Bangalore". I think that the best evidence in favour of "Bangalore" instead of "Bengaluru" comes from Ngrams with smoothing switched off - note that "Bengaluru" has always been the Kannada-language name for the city, and so could be expected to mentioned in books written before 2014. Ngrams are relevant evidence - the official name for the city changed in late 2014, so that "Bangalore" was about twice as common as "Bengaluru" in 2021-22 is significant.-- Toddy1 (talk) 09:12, 14 June 2026 (UTC)
• Oppose No evidence provided in support of overturning the previous RM consensus. I cannot see what has changed since 2024. AusLondonder (talk) 21:05, 14 June 2026 (UTC)

Proposal to add English IPA pronunciation

I propose using a pronunciation supported by a reliable source, such as the Cambridge Dictionary (or another high-quality dictionary accepted by Wikipedia), and formatting it in accordance with the Manual of Style for IPA. ~2026-39558-96 (talk) 15:57, 13 July 2026 (UTC)

Government Type and Body

Bengaluru is still governed by the Municipal/City Corporation system. Instead of previous single big City Corporation corporation i.e., Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), Bengaluru is governed by five independent City Corporation: 1. Bengaluru Central City Corporation (BCCC) 2. Bengaluru North City Corporation (BNCC) 3. Bengaluru South City Corporation (BSCC) 4. Bengaluru East City Corporation (BECC) 5. Bengaluru West City Corporation (BWCC)

Greater Bengaluru Authority, is an apex body responsible for the coordination between the five municipal bodies as well as multiple other parastatal authorities in the Bengaluru area, like BDA, BMRDA, BMTC, BWSSB, BESCOM to name a few. GBA also has taken up the job of planning in the city area which was previously held by BDA. It is important to note that GBA is not the municipal body responsible governance of the city. Post the election in the five corporations the 5 city bodies will be the ones with elected representatives responsible for municipal governance not GBA. Bengaluru will be having 5 mayors from the 5 municipal corporations and not 1 single mayor under GBA.

References: ~2026-39825-28 (talk) 05:16, 15 July 2026 (UTC)