Whitefield, Bengaluru
Whitefield, Bangalore | |
|---|---|
Suburb | |
(L-R from top) Prestige Shantiniketan, a building in ITPL, Mercedes-Benz R&D centre, The Den, Whitefield Road, Sathya Sai Hospital | |
| Coordinates: 12°58′12″N 77°42′54″E / 12.97°N 77.715°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Karnataka |
| Metro | Bangalore |
| Government | |
| • Body | BBMP |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Abdul Ahad |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kannada |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Postal Index Number | 560066,560067,560087 |
| Vehicle registration | KA-53- XX-XXXX |
Whitefield is a neighborhood of Bangalore in the state of Karnataka, India. Established in 1882 as a settlement for the Eurasians and Anglo Indians of Bangalore, Whitefield remained a quaint little settlement at the eastern periphery of Bangalore city till the late 1990s when the local IT boom turned it into a major suburb. It is now a major part of Greater Bangalore. Whitefield is Bengaluru's first tech corridor to be connected by Namma Metro. Namma Metro Purple Line passes through Whitefield.
The locality is named after David Emmanuel Starkenburgh White, founder of the European and Anglo Indian Association which received 4,000 acres of land from Mysore Maharaja Chamaraja Wodeyar in the 19th century.