Sira Taluk

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Sira Taluk
Sira
City and Taluk
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Sira Taluk
Location in Karnataka, India
Coordinates: 13°44′42″N76°54′32″E / 13.745°N 76.909°E / 13.745; 76.909
CountryFlag of India.svg India
State Karnataka
District Tumakuru [1]
Population
 (2024)
 • Total
420,436
Languages
 • Official Kannada
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
572 137
Vehicle registration KA-06, 64.

Sira is a taluk of Tumkur district in the state of Karnataka, India. Its headquarters, Sira city lies on the NH 48 (earlier NH 4). It is the largest taluk in the district by area, and second largest in population and economy. It is the most developed region in the district after the headquarters.

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History

Sira was politically and militarily an important region of south India prior to the British Raj. Sira Province was ruled by the Bijapur Kings from 1638 to 1687. The "Suba" or Province of Sira of the Mughal Empire with its capital at Sira town lasted from 1687 to 1757. The Marathas wrested the province from Mughals and held it from 1757 to 1759, when the Mughals regained it. In 1761, Haidar Ali whose father Sheikh Fateh Mohammed occupied an important position in the local Mughal Army declared his independence from the Mughal Empire and declared himself the 'Nawab' of the province. He called himself 'Nawab Haider Ali Bahadur' but lost the province to the Marathas from 1766 until 1774 when his son Tipu Sultan, captured it for him. [2] [ better source needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ "Bangalore is now Bengaluru". November 2014.
  2. ↑ [Mysore: A Gazetteer Compiled for the Government, Volume I, Mysore in General]
  3. ↑ "Kannada in Canadian parliament: MP Chandra Arya creates history". The New Indian Express . 21 May 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2026.

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