Cooke Town
| Cooke Town | |
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 Cooke Town
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| Coordinates: 13°00′09″N 77°37′07″E / 13.002557°N 77.6186101°ECoordinates: 13°00′09″N 77°37′07″E / 13.002557°N 77.6186101°E | |
| Country | India |
| City | Bangalore Cantonment |
| Government | |
| • Body | BBMP |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kannada |
| • Spoken | Kannada, English, Tamil |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 560005 |
| Lok Sabha Constituency | Bangalore Central |
| Vidhan Sabha Constituency | Jayamahal |
| Original Planning Agency | Bangalore Civil & Military Station Municipal Commission |
| Established | 1900 |
Cooke Town is a neighborhood in Bangalore Cantonment, in Bangalore North-East, India. Built as a suburb before Indian Independence, it is one of Bangalore's oldest neighborhoods, established when the Bangalore Civil and Military Station was governed by the Madras Government. Cooke Town is named after G H Cooke, President of the Bangalore Civil and Military Station Municipality between 1928 and 1934, with the Mayo Hall being constructed during his tenure. The suburb, along with other suburbs of the Bangalore Cantonment such as Fraser Town, Cox Town, Richmond Town, and Langford Town, has seen dynamic changes over last few years with large British Raj era bungalows being demolished to build luxury apartments. These developments have resulted in large scale tree-felling. However, Cooke Town still manages to retain some of its colonial charm, and is called the nicest place in the Cantonment by Bangalore historian Peter Colaco. Cooke Town is a posh neighborhood with plenty of greenery, parks, educational institutions, hospitals and is at close proximity to the Bangalore East Railway Station and the Bangalore CBD. According to Colliers International, Cooke Town is one of Bangalore's most costliest neighborhoods, with the cost of property being in the range to INR 30000-35000 per sq.ft (in October 2016), just slightly lesser than the Bangalore CBD.
G H Cooke, Esq., MC, ICS served as the Collector and President of the Bangalore Civil and Military Station Municipal Commission from 1928 to 1934. He was also the president of the Bangalore Club between 1931-1933. Cooke was also among the 'Fellowship of Baldwins', who supported the Baldwin Boys' High School. In 1933, G H Cooke served as the Inspector of Schools, for Bangalore and Coorg.
Cooke Town is surrounded by the neighborhoods of Fraser Town, Cox Town, Pottery Town, Richards Town, and Benson Town, which are similar in that they were all pre-independence parts of the erstwhile Bangalore Civil and Military Station of the Madras Presidency. The townscape being easily distinguishable from that of the Bangalore Pete and South and West Bangalore, which was under the erstwhile Mysore State.
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