Interesting—It's only officially been "Bengaluru" since late 2014! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore#Etymology

On 4 November 2015 at 01:26, Victor Grigas <vgrigas@wikimedia.org> wrote:

When I was there in 2011, everyone called it Bangalore, and the page itself redirects

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore

On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 6:08 PM, Heather Walls <hwalls@wikimedia.org> wrote:

Excellent!

On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 2:50 PM, Katherine Maher <kmaher@wikimedia.org> wrote:

LGTM

mobile.

On Nov 3, 2015 5:48 PM, "Jeff Elder" <jelder@wikimedia.org> wrote:

Born on this day in 1929 in Bengaluru, India, Shakuntala Devi, known as the "human computer." In 1980, she correctly multiplied two 13-digit numbers in only 28 seconds. She also wrote what is considered the first study of homosexuality in India, a compassionate book now considered pioneering. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakuntala_Devi

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