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Andersonpet
village
Country India
StateKarnataka
Established1904
Languages
 • OfficialKannada
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)

Andersonpet is a township of Kolar Gold Fields, located in the Kolar district on Karnataka, India.

History

Established in 1904, Andersonpet is named after an officer of British India. In its early years, the township was locally known as "Beer Shop", as it housed the only government-licensed liquor store in the entire Kolar Gold Fields area in those days.[1]

Places of interest

Champion Reefs situated in Andersonpet goes down to 17,000 feet and is the deepest mine in Asia. Andersonpet also has many bungalows and houses built in the Victorian style by the British for use by their officers.

References

  1. ^ Bridget White (20 August 2010). Kolar Gold Fields - Down Memory Lane: Paeans to Lost Glory!. AuthorHouse. pp. 26–. ISBN 978-1-4520-4459-0. Retrieved 10 August 2012.