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Sira Taluk

FieldValue
nameSira Taluk
native_nameSira
settlement_typeCity and Taluk
pushpin_mapIndia Karnataka
pushpin_label_positionleft
pushpin_map_captionLocation in Karnataka, India
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameIndia
subdivision_type1State
subdivision_name1Karnataka
subdivision_type2District
subdivision_name2Tumakuru
established_title
unit_prefMetric
population_total420,436
population_as_of2024
population_density_km2auto
demographics_type1Languages
demographics1_title1Official
demographics1_info1Kannada
timezone1IST
utc_offset1+5:30
postal_code_typePIN
postal_code572 137
registration_plateKA-06, 64.

Sira is a taluk of Tumkur district in the state of Karnataka, India. Its headquarters, Sira city lies on the NH 48 (earlier NH 4). It is the largest taluk in the district by area, and second largest in population and economy. It is the most developed region in the district after the headquarters.

History

Sira was politically and militarily an important region of south India prior to the British Raj. Sira Province was ruled by the Bijapur Kings from 1638 to 1687. The "Suba" or Province of Sira of the Mughal Empire with its capital at Sira town lasted from 1687 to 1757. The Marathas wrested the province from Mughals and held it from 1757 to 1759, when the Mughals regained it. In 1761, Haidar Ali whose father Sheikh Fateh Mohammed occupied an important position in the local Mughal Army declared his independence from the Mughal Empire and declared himself the 'Nawab' of the province. He called himself 'Nawab Haider Ali Bahadur' but lost the province to the Marathas from 1766 until 1774 when his son Tipu Sultan, captured it for him.

References

Bibliography

  • List showing protected monuments Archaeological Survey of India, Bangalore circle, (For Sira, see Sl. No: 198 & 199)
  • "Large nesting colony of Painted storks identified near Sira (Karnataka)" Ameen Ahmed, Myforest (Quarterly Journal of Karnataka Forest Department), March 1999
  • "Plea to protect fort in Sira" (Deccan Herald, Bangalore, 19 May 2008)

References

  1. (November 2014). "Bangalore is now Bengaluru".
  2. [Mysore: A Gazetteer Compiled for the Government, Volume I, Mysore in General]
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