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Hubli
—   City  —
Unkal lake view
Hubli
Location of Hubli
in Karnataka and India
Coordinates 15°21′42″N 75°05′06″E / 15.3617°N 75.0849°E / 15.3617; 75.0849Coordinates: 15°21′42″N 75°05′06″E / 15.3617°N 75.0849°E / 15.3617; 75.0849
Country India
Region Bayaluseeme
State Karnataka
District(s) Dharwad district
Mayor
Population

• Density

 13,49,563 (2011)

• 4,292 /km2 (11,116 /sq mi)
Time zone IST (UTC+05:30)
Area

• Elevation

 200.23 square kilometres (77.31 sq mi)

• 670.75 metres (2,200.6 ft)

Hubli, also called Hubballi, is an agglomerating city in the state of Karnataka, India after Bangalore the capital city.It is the fastest growing city after Bangalore. The name Hubballi literally means "Flowering creeper" in Kannada. The twin cities of Hubli and Dharwad, collectively referred to as "Hubli-Dharwad", is the second-largest conurbation in Karnataka after Bangalore. While Dharwad is the administrative headquarters, the city of Hubli, situated about 20 km south-east of Dharwad, is the commercial centre and business hub of North Karnataka region. Crops like cotton and peanuts are grown aplenty in the surrounding rural agricultural areas, and Hubli is a major trading center for both commodities. It is also an important city for the Indian Railways, as it is the headquarters for South Western Railway Zone and the Hubli Railway Division. Hubli is a major railway junction in North Karnataka. Hubli City is Home to the Asia's Largest Logistics- VRL LOGISTICS(). North Karnataka's Only public sector Airport is situated here. The city has a Manufacturing unit of TATA Motors in Belur industrial area.

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History [edit]

Rayara Hubli, also called 'Eleya Purvada Halli' or 'Purballi' was the old Hubli, where there is a Bhavani Shankara temple and Jaina basti. Under Vijayanagara Rayas, Rayara Hubli grew as a commercial centre, famous for trade in cotton, saltpetre and iron.

Under the rule of the Adilshahis, the British opened a factory here. The factory was looted by Shivaji in 1673. The Mughals conquered Rayara Hubli and it was then placed under the governance of the Nawab of Savanur, who built a new extension named Majidpura. Later, trader Basappa Shetti built new Hubli around the Durgadabail (fort maidan) part of Rayara Hubli.

Hubli's famous Moorusavira Matha is claimed to have been established by a Sharana of Basaveshwara's period.

Hubli was conquered by the Marathas from the Nawab of Savanur in 1755-56. In the following years, Hubli was conquered by Hyder Ali, only to be recaptured by the Marathas in 1790. At this point in time the old town was administered by a person named Phadke under the Peshwas and the new town was under the administration of the Sangli Patwardhan.

The British took Old Hubli from the Peshwas in 1817. The new town, with 47 other villages, was handed over to the British by the Sangli Patwardhan in lieu of subsidy in 1820. Later in 1880, the British started the Railway workshop and with this, Hubli came to be reckoned as an industrial centre in this part of India.

Hubli is a prosperous handloom weaving centre and has a textile unit.

The Bhavanishankar temple in Old Hubli and the impressive Chandramauleshwara/ Chaturlinga temple in Unakal are of Chalukyan times. Kundgol, 15 km south of Hubli, has the huge Shambhu Linga temple of Chalukyan times.

Demographics [edit]

The population of the twin cities, as per provisional census 2011 figures, is 1,349,563.[1] Hubli-Dharwad's population increased 22.99% between 1981 and 1991, from 527,108 to 648,298; and by 21.2% between 1991 and 2001.The municipality covers 191 km². Hubli-Dharwad is located 425 km northwest of Bangalore, on the Golden Quadrilatreral Super highway between Bangalore and Pune. The City is governed by the Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation, having an elected council. Kannada is the major language spoken in Hubli.

Religions in Hubli dharwad
Religion Percent
Hindus
  
 68%
Muslims
  
 26%
Christians
  
 5.6%
Others†
  
 0.4%
Distribution of religions
†Includes Sikhs (0.2%), Buddhists (<0.2%).

Climate [edit]

Hubli
Climate chart (explanation)
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Average max. and min. temperatures in °C
Precipitation totals in mm
Source: YR

Hubli-Dharwad has a tropical wet and dry climate. Summers are hot and dry, lasting from late February to early June. They are followed by the monsoon season, with moderate temperatures and a large amount of precipitation. Temperatures are fairly moderate from late October to early February, with virtually no rainfall. This is the best season to visit Hubli.

Hubli is 640 meters above M.S.L. The average yearly rainfall is 838 mm.[2]

Climate data for Hubli
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 29
(84)		 32
(90)		 35
(95)		 36
(97)		 35
(95)		 28
(82)		 26
(79)		 26
(79)		 28
(82)		 29
(84)		 29
(84)		 28
(82)		 30.1
(86.1)
Average low °C (°F) 15
(59)		 16
(61)		 19
(66)		 21
(70)		 21
(70)		 21
(70)		 21
(70)		 20
(68)		 20
(68)		 19
(66)		 17
(63)		 15
(59)		 18.8
(65.8)
Rainfall mm (inches) 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 10
(0.39)		 40
(1.57)		 60
(2.36)		 150
(5.91)		 210
(8.27)		 200
(7.87)		 110
(4.33)		 60
(2.36)		 30
(1.18)		 0
(0)		 870
(34.24)
Source: source=YR

Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation [edit]

Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC) was constituted in 1962 by combining two cities separated by a distance of 20 kilometers. The area covered by the corporation is 1.66 km². spread over 45 revenue villages. The population of the city as per the 1991 census was 7 lakhs. The present population is more than 10 lakhs.

  • Hubli: Under the Government of India Act of 1850, the Hubli-Municipal council was established on August 15, 1855.
  • Dharwad: The Dharwad Municipal Council first came into existence on 1 January 1856. The first non-official President of the Council was S.K. Rodda in 1907, and Shri S.V. Mensinkai, was nominated in the following year. But the credit of being the first elected President goes to Shri S.G. Karigudari, who took office in 1920.

Hubli is well known as a commercial as well as industrial centre, whereas Dharwad is seat of learning.[3] Popularly believed that, it is this diversity and geographical positions that the state government amalgamated the two cities.[4] The twin-city corporation occupies unique place in Karnataka State. After the capital city of Bangalore, this is the largest city Corporation in the State.[5][6]

Industrial & business development [edit]

IT Park in Hubli

Hubballi has wide cluster of Industries and is also called the commercial hub of Karnataka . The Government of India has set up a Software Technology park on Pune-Bangalore Road or NH-4. It also has a cotton mill which is the official producer of the Indian National Flag and is outsourced to the the Government of India and Karnataka and to the Rest of the world. Hubli is a developing industrial hub in Karnataka after Bangalore, with more than 1000 allied small and medium industries already established basically located in Gokul Road regions of Hubli. There are machine tools industries, electrical, steel furniture, food products, rubber and leather industries and tanning industries.

Trade [edit]

The city is situated on the dividing line between Malnad and the Deccan plateau. Malnad is well known for its forests and forest based industries and the other three sides are known for their agricultural products like cotton, groundnut and oilseeds, besides manganese ore and granite. The Cotton Market of Hubli is among the largest in India.

Transportation [edit]

Air

North Karnataka's only Public Sector Airport is in Hubli. It has also been planned to expand the airport and is already under execution. Over 600 acres of land have been acquired and has been lend to the Airports Authority Of India for expansion of the runway and a Taxi Way and to construct a second terminal in Phase-I of the expansion.The airport will be expanded to an international airport in phase-II. The airport is spread over 369 Acres and has one runway oriented 08/26, 1,670 metres in length. Its apron measures 13,500 square metres while its terminal building measures 368 square feet and can handle 150 passengers. The airport has basic Air Navigation and landing aids like PAPI and a NDB.It also has Night Landing facility. Currently Spice Jet is operating flights to Bangalore,Mumbai and Hyderabad.

Rail

Hubli is the headquarters of South Western Railway. It is also the divisional Centre for the Hubli Division. Hubli is well connected by Rail Network . Several express and Superfast trains ply between Hubli and Bangalore everyday. Hubli being an important railway junction has daily trains to Gadag, Bagalkot, Bijapur, Solapur, Bellary, Belgaum, Bangalore, Mumbai, Davangere, Pune, Ajmer Delhi, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Vasco, Vijayawada, Mysore,Tirupati, Chennai, Howrah and Thiruvanantapuram. Hubli Railway Station is having the new building with hi tech facilities. with state of the art facilitities, food Plaza, shopping plaza of the International Standards.

Bus

Hubli lies on THE GOLDEN QUADRILATERAL SUPER HIGHWAY, National Highway 4,National highway 63,National highway 218(Hubli-Humnabad).These Highways connect hubli with many cities like Bangalore,Chennai,Mangalore,Hyderabad,Pune,Mumbai,Panjim,Karwar,Shirdi,Ahmedabad,Jodhpur,Pali,Tirupati,etc. NWKRTC (North West Karnataka Road Transport Corporation) is a state run corporation headquartered at Gokul Road, Hubli. There is excellent inter-city transportation between Hubli and Dharwad as NWKRTC and Bendre Nagara Sarige (a consortium of private bus-owners) healthily compete to cater to the large number of commuters between Hubli and Dharwad daily. Bus services from the twin-cities exist to every part of Karnataka and neighbouring states and other popular destinations. There are many private bus operators who render services for overnight travel between Hubli and Bangalore, Mangalore, Pune, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Pali, Jodhpur, Mysore, Panjim. Best way to travel is bus.

Education [edit]

Hubli is well provided with pre-university colleges as well as universities. Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), formerly known as Karnataka Medical College, is a reputed medical college through which many reputed doctors have graduated. KLE University's College of Pharmacy is situated in Vidyanagar. There are three engineering colleges. One is B.V Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering. BVB college is the one of the oldest college in Karnataka many well known persons including Sudha Murthi have studied in this college. Another one is KLE Institute of Technology. Both these colleges are belong to the KLE group. The third one is AGMR Engineering College, which was established in 2010 under the guidance of the SDM Jain Mutt Trust. There are many pre-university colleges, such as Chetan College, Sachetan College, Parrapa Channappa Jabins College, Jagadguru Gangadhara College, Oxford.

Culture [edit]

Main article: Notable people from Hubli Dharwad

Many business tycoons like VRL Logistics Chairman Vijay Sankeshwar, Madan Kumar Desai, Vivek Pawar (CEO of Sankalp Semicounductors), BDK Chairman Bharat Kimji, R. N. Shetty, etc. Also, poets like Dara Bendre and Patil Puttappa belong to Hubli and Dharwad.

Gangubai Hangal was an Indian singer of the Khayal genre of Hindustani classical music, who was known for her deep and powerful voice. Hangal belonged to the Kirana gharana. She got India's most honoured awards like Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan.

D Ramapriya, a former KSCA cricket umpire, was born and educated in Hubli.

Tourism [edit]

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Chandramouleshwara Temple, Hubli, North Karnataka
Main article: Chandramouleshwara Temple

A temple of Chalukya times, dedicated to god Chandramouleshvara (another name of Shiva), with impressive architecture.

Nrupatunga Hill

This is a very popular picnic spot nestled on the Unkal Hill in Hubli. From the site, tourists can enjoy a full range view of Hubli. It is a great escape from the pollution, crowd and congestion of the city.

Unkal Lake

A pictorial water spot with a magnificent sunset view, this perfect picnic spot has a green garden, recreational facilities for the children, boating facilities, etc. This lake is spread across 200 acres of land. Centre of the lake is situated the statue of Swami Vivekananda which is the prime attraction of the lake. It has recreational facilities for children. You can enjoy a boat ride here. The Unkal lake , however, is large enough to accommodate all visitors as well as the hawkers. Hotel Naveen,the star attraction in Hubli is just beside this spot. It is the source of drinking water to a portion of Hubli.The lake is 3 km away from Hubli.

Unkal Lake
Indira Gandhi Glass House Garden

This is a public garden with recreational amenities maintained by city municipality. It houses a large glass building resembling a similar structure in Lalbagh of Bangalore.

The Indira Glass House has been renovated into a park. There is an entry fee of Rs.10/- for elders and Rs.5/- for children. There is a small train to ride while viewing the park. One noteworthy attraction is the musical fountain that is arranged every weekend (Saturday and Sunday) and on Governmental Holidays without any extra charge.

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