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Bengaluru founder Kempegowda was visionary, progressive thinker says Karnataka Chief Minister

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BENGALURU:

Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Sunday released a postal envelope bearing the portrait of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda, the founder of Bengaluru city, on his birth anniversary and restarted the construction work of the Kempegowda Study Centre.

Speaking on the occasion, Yediyurappa said Kempegowda was a great visionary and a progressive thinker.

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The Chief Minister said Kempegowda laid the foundation for building the city of Bengaluru about 500 years back and it stands testimony to the insights he had on urban development and administration.

Regarding the Kempegowda Study Centre which would be built on the Jnanabharati campus of Bengaluru University, authorities said the centre would be established at a cost of Rs 45 crore.

The centre would engage in studies on the life of Kempegowda and involve in researches pertaining to urban development and administrative structures.

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