Renaming of Bengaluru International Airport as
“Kempegowda International Airport”
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The Union Cabinet today
gave its approval for renaming Bengaluru
International Airport as "Kempegowda International Airport" to
fulfill the long pending demand of the people of Karnataka, as well as the
State Government of Karnataka.
Bengaluru International Airport (BIA) is the premiere Greenfield Airport in South India. It
was commissioned and became operational on 24th May, 2008. It
is owned and operated by Bengaluru International Airport Pvt. Limited (BIAL).
in which KSSIDC (an entity of the Government of Karnataka), the Airports
Authority of India, GVK Group,
Siemens and Zurich Airport are shareholders. BIA is the fifth busiest airport in the country, built over an area of
4,000 acres.
The
Karnataka Legislative Assembly passed a unanimous resolution on 10.12.2012 and the
Legislative Council also passed a similar resolution two days later to rename
Bengaluru International Airport as "Kempegowda International Airport".
Background
Hiriya
Kempegowda, known as Kempegowda was a ruler under the Vijayanagar Empire, who ruled most parts of Karnataka during the
sixteenth century. He had the vision
of building a large futuristic city
and is widely accepted as being the founder of Bengaluru. Kempegowda built Bengaluru Fort and
moved his capital from Yelahanka to the new Bengaluru.
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