5625 x 3750 px | 47,6 x 31,8 cm | 18,8 x 12,5 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
2005
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Russell Market was founded by the English Sahibs in 1927 It continues to be the nerve centre of groceries meat flowers and other domestic needs In 1806 British troops stationed in the swampy malaria prone Srirangapatna packed and left for their new station further down in the southern maidan A few days later tents were pitched outside Bangalore Fort and further interior at what is today the Command Hospital In time the shamianas and tents were replaced by buildings barracks for soldiers and quarters for officers and their families By 1895 the station developed into a full fledged Cantonment Soon the British civilians administrators traders educationists clothiers butchers bakers and candlestick makers came in to complete the picture The Civil Military station had within it a peta like densely populated commercial area Farmers from nearby villages met traders there to sell their agricultural produce eggs and poultry milk and cattle The residents got their provisions and imported household items from either South Parade or the Cash Bazaar the present India Garage premises on St Mark s Road The bazaar also sold select English vegetables fruits and flowers that the British had brought with them and cultivated in India With the growing demand the Cash Bazaar premises soon became inadequate Representations were made to the Municipal Commissioner for a larger bazaar and on the initiative of the Board of Commissioner s President T B Russel the project got going On a cleared site in Blackpally where the Black Death had struck in 1898 99 the Indian style building completed in 1927 and was named after Mr Russel In course of time Cantonment s wholesale trade of green grocery was conducted at the Russel Market until the City Market came up Patterned after the wet markets in London the Russel Market became the definitive address for native and English farm produce meats and fish and other catering needs
