Bangalore - Unknown facts!

Yesterday I was thinking what new topic should I introduce to all in my blog, and the sudden !dea I got was to introduce my city to you all (of course who stay here will also find this article interesting as the astonishing facts here is very surprising!). So here is an overview to one of my favorite city and I hope you all find it interesting. 

Having several names like Garden city, Metropolitan city, Silicon city,etc,  Bangalore is one of the most interesting places and the one of the famous cities in the world. It is a fast developing city in India along with only 4 other cities being Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and, Kolkatta. Being the capital city of Karnataka, India, it was once called Pensioner's paradise. Despite being the third most populous city in the world, Bangalore is the second fastest growing major metropolis in India.

1.      Bangalore has the impeccable record of highest growth within a span of 20 Years

2.      Bangalore has highest number of pubs in Asia.

3.      Bangalore has highest number of Cigarette Smokers in India.

4.      Bangalore has the highest number of software companies in India-212, followed by Hyderabad - 108, Pune - 97. Hence called the Silicon Valley of India

5.      Bangalore has 21 engineering colleges, which is highest in the world in a given city. Bangalore University has 57 Engineering colleges affiliated to it, which is highest in the world.

6.      Bangalore was the only city in the world to have commercial and defense Airport operating from the same strip.

7.      Bangalore has highest number of public sectors and government Organizations in India.

8.      Bangalore university has highest number of students going abroad for higher studies taking the first place from IIT-Kanpur.

9.      Bangalore has only 48% of local population ( i.e. Kannadigas).Hence a true cosmopolitan with around 25% Tamilians, 14% Telugites, 10% Keralites, 8% Europeans, and 6% a mixture of all races.

10.    Bangalore police has the reputation of being second best in India after Delhi.

11.    Bangalore has the highest density of traffic in India.

12.    Bangalore has the highest number of 2-wheelers in the world.

13.    Bangalore is considered the fashion capital of east comparable to Paris.

14.    Bangalore has produced the maximum international sportsmen in India for  all sports ahead of even Mumbai & Delhi.

15.    Bangalore has produced the maximum number of scientists considered for Nobel Prize nominations.

16.    Bangalore has produced the highest number of professionals in USA almost 60% of the Indian population abroad is from Bangalore (except Gulf).

17.    Bangalore is famous for THREE: Software Professionals, Girls and Dogs.

18.    Bangalore is famous for its dog bites, an average of 12 people are bitten by stray dogs per MINUTE somewhere in Bangalore!!