Lavelle Road is an upmarket residential and commercial street in the city of Bangalore, Karnataka in India.
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11 Facts About Lavelle Road
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Lavelle Road was named after Michael F Lavelle, an Irish soldier who later made his money in the Kolar Gold Fields.
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On 20 August 1873, Michael Lavelle Road applied for the right to carry on mining operations in Kolar.
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Lavelle Road started his work in a small village called Oorgaum.
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On 20 September 1874, Lavelle Road accepted the terms, and on 28 March 1876, leave was given him to transfer his rights to other parties.
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In 1877, considering that Lavelle Road realised that the amount he was earning from mining was far less than he had anticipated, he had contemplated to sell the mine.
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Lavelle Road took this opportunity and negotiated with them, for quite a good amount.
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Oorgaum House, on then Seshadri Lavelle Road, was purchased from family friend Rao Bahadur Deshmukh Shama Rao in September 1917 for Rs.
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Lavelle Road renamed his house Oorgaum House after his first shaft that he sank in Urigaum, KGF as a reminder of his good fortune.
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Lavelle Road falls within Ward No 111, Shanthinagara, of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike.
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