Cooke Town

Cooke Town is a neighbourhood in , in Bangalore Central, India. Built as a suburb before Indian Independence, it is one of Bangalore's oldest neighbourhoods, established when the Bangalore Civil and Military Station was governed by the Madras Government.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Banaswadi railway station and Bengaluru East railway station.

Railway station
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is an Indian Railways train station located in , Bangalore, in the Indian state of , which is about 12 km away from the Bangalore City railway station and serves the Banaswadi and Baiyyappanahalli areas.

Railway station
, also known as Bangalore East railway station, is an old British-era railway station surrounded by Pottery Road, Kumaraswamy Naidu Road, Murgesha Mudaliar Road and Kenchappa Road.

Church
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St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangalore in . Initially, Bangalore was the seat of the diocese of Mysore from 1886 to 1940 and during this time, St.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cox Town and Fraser Town, Bengaluru.

Quarter
, Bengaluru is a neighborhood of the , located in the central part of the city and named after the last Collector and District Magistrate of the Bangalore Civil and Military Station, Alexander Ranken Cox, Indian Civil Services.

Suburb
, is an elite locality of , located in the Central part of the City spread over 4 km2. It was established in 1906 and is named after Stuart Mitford Fraser, who was the tutor and guardian of Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV, Maharaja of Mysore.

Neighborhood
or Knoxpete, is a suburb located near , . It is one of the oldest planned suburbs of the Cantonment, and was earlier known as Knoxpete, and was later changed to Hoysala Nagar. is situated 2½ km south of Cooke Town.

Cooke Town

Latitude
13.0022° or 13° 0′ 8″ north
Longitude
77.62518° or 77° 37′ 31″ east
Open location code
7J5V2J2G+V3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 514409999
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­quarter
Wiki­data ID
Q23018874
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Kannada—“Cooke Town” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Cooke Town”
  • Kannada: “ಕುಕ್ ಟೌನ್”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Balaji Layout and D’Costa Square.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ascencion Church and The Practice Room.

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