Bangalore: Over five years after opening for operations, the Bangalore international airport is being named Saturday after the garden city's founder Kempe Gowda, a chieftain under the Vijayanagara empire during the 16th century.
Coinciding with the naming ceremony, the airport's expanded and upgraded terminal will be unveiled by union Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh in presence of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and other dignitaries.
"Naming the country's first greenfield airport after Kempe Gowda is a fitting tribute to the founder (Nadaprabhu) of Bangalore, which is known the word over as India's IT capital and for its weather," state Infrastructure Minister S.R. Patil told reporters here Friday.
Singh will unveil a plaque and announce that Bangalore airport will be known hereafter Kempe Gowda, who is credited to have planned and built the city in 1537.
13/12/13 IANS/New Indian Express
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Coinciding with the naming ceremony, the airport's expanded and upgraded terminal will be unveiled by union Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh in presence of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and other dignitaries.
"Naming the country's first greenfield airport after Kempe Gowda is a fitting tribute to the founder (Nadaprabhu) of Bangalore, which is known the word over as India's IT capital and for its weather," state Infrastructure Minister S.R. Patil told reporters here Friday.
Singh will unveil a plaque and announce that Bangalore airport will be known hereafter Kempe Gowda, who is credited to have planned and built the city in 1537.
13/12/13 IANS/New Indian Express
