Know Your City: Where to look for memories of India’s freedom struggle in Bengaluru

The Quit India question successful 1942 saw its just stock of upheavals successful Bengaluru arsenic well, with marks inactive near connected the metropolis if 1 knows wherever to look for them.

“The state question successful Bangalore had started earlier the Quit India Movement by the 1930s… In 1937, 1 Mr Nariman, who was the politician of Bombay (Khurshed Nariman, politician from ’35 to ’36), had travel to Bangalore to code the people,” said metropolis historiographer Suresh Moona.

When Nariman was prevented from speaking by the constabulary adjacent Banappa Park, it sparked agitation among the participants, who were past fired connected by the police. One Gundappa, perchance a nonmigratory of Cubbonpet, was killed successful the firing.

Another country wherever leaders of the state conflict congregated was Chikka Lalbagh, with galore labourers from the country being portion of the movement. (Express Photo)

Moona notes that this was among the incidents that caused the nascent question successful Bengaluru to prime up steam and is 1 of the much important sites successful the past of the conflict to this day. A memorial exists astatine Banappa Park, capped with a statue of Gandhi weaving connected the charka.

Another country wherever leaders of the state conflict congregated was Chikka Lalbagh, with galore labourers from the country being portion of the movement. Moona said, “Kempe Gowda Road itself has seen the state struggle… When Nariman’s question started, radical besides started a ample question adjacent this road… To curb this, the Mysore authorities sent the horseback police. At the clip determination were galore large houses. So radical would propulsion bags of ragi connected the roadworthy from the tops, aft which the constabulary would fall.”

“Unfortunately, determination is nary committee to archer the contiguous procreation that Kempe Gowda Road was precise progressive during the state movement…There should beryllium placards detailing each spot that was portion of the movement,” helium added.

Another country cardinal to the past of the conflict and Quit India Movement was the Central Jail, which was built wherever Freedom Park present stands. “Name immoderate state combatant of that time, they were each sent to this jail, similar S Nijalingappa and H Narasimhaiah….even during the Emergency period, each nationalist leaders similar L K Advani and George Fernandes were lodged here,” Moona said.

Another country cardinal to the past of the conflict and Quit India question was the Central Jail, which was built wherever Freedom Park present stands. (Express Photo)

The factories successful Malleswaram besides witnessed fierce enactment with constabulary firing astatine the spot and adjacent the National College circle. “There was a location adjacent National College Circle wherever a slug deed the compound wall. A miss was seeing this done the window. I met her erstwhile she was astir 78, and she showed maine the spot wherever the slug had struck. Now, a slope has travel up implicit there,” Moona recalled.

Another memorial exists adjacent the aged State Bank of Mysore gathering adjoining a temple. According to Meera Iyer’s publication Discovering Bengaluru, the Quit India question successful the metropolis had escalated by August 17, 1942, with gatherings successful the vicinity of the bank. A station bureau was acceptable connected occurrence successful Aralepete.

Gundappa, who died successful the firing adjacent Banappa Park, is memorialised present on with 2 others who died successful the firing during the Quit India question — S B Rangappa and G V Thirumalaiah. Another person, Prahlad Shetty, is besides memorialised, though the precise condition of his decease is unclear.