Nadaprabhu Hiriya Kempe Gowda, known as Kempe Gowda was a chieftain under the Vijayanagara Empire.
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12 Facts About Kempe Gowda
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Kempe Gowda was one of the most well-educated and successful rulers of his time.
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Kempe Gowda later left Yelankanadu and was successful in planning and building Bengaluru Fort and Bengaluru Pete, the foundation of the current city of Bengaluru.
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Kempe Gowda is noted for his societal reforms and contribution to building temples and water reservoirs in Bengaluru.
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Kempe Gowda, who is reputed to have shown leadership skills during his childhood, was educated at Gurukula in Aivarukandapura, a village near Hesaraghatta, for nine years.
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Kempe Gowda envisioned the city to have a fort, a cantonment, tanks, temples and people of all trades and professions to live in it.
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Kempe Gowda conquered Sivaganga principality, 48 kilometres from Bangalore on Bangalore-Pune highway.
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Kempe Gowda built a red fort with eight gates and a moat surrounding it.
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Kempe Gowda got skilled artisans and craftsmen from the neighboring as well as far off places and got them settled so that they could pursue their vocations.
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Kempe Gowda I encouraged the construction of temples and lakes and planned residential layouts, or agraharams, around each temple.
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Kempe Gowda was later released after being imprisoned for five years.
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Lineage of Kempe Gowda lasted for a century in Magadi, where they built many temples, forts and tanks.
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