Bengaluru South district
district of Karnataka, India
Bengaluru South district is one of the 31 districts of Karnataka state in southern India. Ramanagara City is the administrative headquarters of this district. The district is part of Bengaluru Mysore Infrastructure Corridor. The district was created as Ramanagara district in 2007 by splitting away from Bangalore Rural district, and renamed Bengaluru South district on 23 May 2025.
History
Ramanagara district was carved out of the erstwhile Bangalore Rural district on 23 August 2007, comprising Ramanagara, Channapatna, Harohalli, Kanakapura and Magadi taluks. To date, it has given highest number of Chief Ministers for Karnataka of any of the state's districts, namely Kengal Hanumanthaiah, Ramakrishna Hegde and D. K. Shivakumar.
In 2020 there was a proposal to rename the district to "New Bengaluru district". In July 2024, the Government of Karnataka voted to rename the district to Bengaluru South district, and said that the Revenue Department would begin the process of renaming the district. As of January 2025, the federal Home Ministry have yet to approve on district renaming. Bengaluru South district was renamed from the erstwhile Ramanagara district on 23 May 2025.
“Bengaluru South district” enters the record as district of Karnataka, India. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Bengaluru, South and district can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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