Austin Town, Bengaluru
Austin Town, Bangalore
Ferdinand Kittel Nagara | |
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Neighbourhood | |
Austin Town, Bangalore | |
| Coordinates: 12°57′42″N 77°36′48″E / 12.9616°N 77.6133°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | Bangalore Urban |
| Metro | Bangalore |
| Government | |
| • Body | BBMP |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kannada |
| • Spoken | Kannada, Tamil, English, Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 560047 |
| Lok Sabha Constituency | Bangalore Central |
| Vidhan Sabha Constituency | Shantinagar |
| Original Planning Agency | Bangalore Civil & Military Station Municipal Commission |
| Established | 1920 |
Austin Town, Bengaluru is a locality of the Bangalore Cantonment, named after a British Collector and Municipal President of the Civil and Military Station, Sir. James Austin. Located in the central part of Bangalore, the suburb is known for having produced some of India's best football players, with the game being very popular. In the age of IPL, the dream of the children of Austin Town is to be playing for the best football clubs one day.
Austin Town was established in 1920 by the building of a number of small cottages for the benefit of lower income groups, and rented out for a nominal sum. The Collector Austin was the encouragement for this project, and hence the suburb was named after him. These cottages were in great demand by poor Indians and Anglo Indians. The neighboring localities are Linden Street, Y.G. Palya, Victoria Layout, Jayaraj Nagar, Ashoknagar and Vannarapete. The Sanitary works of Austin Town was designed by W H Murphy, Executive Engineer, Municipal Council, Bangalore Civil and Military Station, after whom Murphy Town gets its name.