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Who established the Garden city "Bangalore"(Previously it was named as "Bendakaalooru")?

  1. Maade Gowda

  2. Deve Gowda

  3. Kempe Gowda

  4. Bachhe Gowda
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Explanation

Kempe Gowda I, a feudatory ruler under the Vijayanagara Empire, founded Bengaluru in 1537 and named it 'Bendakaalooru' (town of boiled beans) after a local legend where a woman served boiled beans to a lost king.

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