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Hubli -Dharwad or Hubballi -Dharwad ( Kannada: ಹುಬ್ಬಳ್ಳಿ - ಧಾರವಾಡ Hubballi - Dhāravāḍa [ hub ː ʌɭ ː i ː d ʱ a rʌʋa ː ɖʌ ] ) is a twin city in the Indian state of Karnataka. With around 944,000 inhabitants ( census 2011) it is the second largest city of Karnataka. Hubli -Dharwad was established in 1962 by the Association of Cities Hubli ( Hubballi also ) and Dharwad ( Dharwar also ). The city is the administrative center of the district of Dharwad.

Location

The twin cities of Hubli and Dharwad are located in the north-west Karnataka 410 km north-west of Bangalore at an altitude 670-760 meters on the western edge of the Deccan Plateau. Hubli Dharwad and are approximately 20 kilometers apart.

Traffic

Hubli -Dharwad has a good transport connections: Thanks to the City of National Highway 4 from Chennai via Mangalore and Pune to Mumbai. Hubli is the headquarters of South Western Railway, a regional subsidiary of the Indian Railways. From Hubli airport is available to Bangalore, Mumbai and Hyderabad.

Economy

Hubli is an industrial and commercial center in the first place and houses mainly textile, leather, paper, tool factories; also an IT park was established. Dharwad functions mainly as an administrative center and is - as the seat of the Karnatak University and the University of Agricultural Sciences and other cultural institutions - an important educational center. Especially cotton and peanuts are planted on the fields in the area. Dharwad is famous for its Dharwad peda, a milk- based sugar bread.

History

The area around Hubli and Dharwad belonged in the 11th and 12th centuries under the jurisdiction of the Chalukyas of Kalyani. In Dharwad is a fortress, said to have been founded in the local tradition after 1403 by a General of the Vijayanagar king named Dhar Rao. 1573 conquered the Sultanate of Bijapur, the fortress after six months of siege. 1685 took the Mughal ruler Aurangzeb Dharwad. In the late 18th century and early 19th century Dharwad changed hands several times: in 1753 it was conquered by the Marathas in 1778 by Mysore before it came to the 1791 Marathenreich again. As a result of the Third Marathenkriegs (1817-1818) Hubli Dharwad and fell to the British. During the British colonial period, cities were part of the Bombay Presidency. After the Indian independence in 1947 they came in 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act to the newly-formed according to the language limitations of the Kannada State of Mysore, which was renamed in 1973 in Karnataka.

On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the state in 2006, the Government of Karnataka decided after a suggestion of the writer UR Ananthamurthy to rename the English name Hubli in their Kannada names form Hubbali. Since the Indian central government to the name change has not yet been approved, the renaming process is not yet complete.

Attractions

In Hubli itself and in some villages in the near and distant neighborhood of Hubli -Dharwad are several - in Europe largely unknown - Hindu temple from the late Chalukya - time obtained (see Related links): Gadag ( 11th/12th century )., Lakkundi, Dambala, Annigeri, ITGI, Kuknur, Lakshmeswar, Bankapura, Hirekerur and Others