Destination India: Bijapur, Karnataka

Friday, June 15, 2007

Bijapur, Karnataka

Bijapur
Originally uploaded by sacarmic.

Yusuf Adil Shah created Bijapur with great architecture during the seventeenth century. The city was established in the 10th and 11th centuries by the Chalukas of Kalyani. Bijapur came under the Kiljis of the Delhi Sultanate, during the 13th century. Bahmani Sultanate of Gulbarga conquered the state in 1347. The city was called Vijapur or Bijapur.

The rule of Adil Shah dynasty ended in 1686 when Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb conquered Bijapur. In 1724 the Nizam of Hyderabad declared his independence in the Deccan. Bijapur came under his domain. Nizam suffered a defeat by the Marathas in 1760 and ceded the region to the Maratha Peshwa. British East India Company took over Bijapur in 1818 and clubbed it with the princely state of Satara.

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India has always fascinated me for different reasons. The vastness of its culture, the diversity of people’s opinions and the limitations of its vision. Despite our diversity, we need to have a collective vision. India is not a country of four metropolis or a couple of high-tech cities. This nation of a billion people has 29 states and 6 union territories. We have 35 state and territorial capitals. How much do we know about each of these important cities?

Professionally I am a graphic designer from Bombay, India. In 1987, I co-authored a book on Corporate India, but my desire to throw a wider net and pick up much more information remains intact. I want my people from every city and every state to write and photograph details and information that would be interesting to the viewers around the world. We have so much to talk about and so much to share - this medium and this technology can help fulfill our collective dreams.