Hubballi-Dharwad

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Also known as: Hubli-Dharwad
Hubballi also spelled:
Hubli

Hubballi-Dharwad, city, western Karnataka state, southwestern India. It is situated in an upland region east of the Western Ghats.

Hubballi (Hubli), or Pubballi (“Old Village”), developed around the 11th-century stone temple of Aharanishankar. Notable buildings include the Mahadi Mosque, the Bhavani Shankar Temple, and the city hall. Hubballi is a trading centre with cotton mills, ginning and pressing factories, and a large newspaper industry. A divisional headquarters of the Southern Railway, it has railway workshops and is also a major road junction. Its colleges of commerce, law, medicine, and engineering and technology are affiliated with Karnatak University in Dharwad.

Fortified from the 16th century, Dharwad was originally called Daravada (“Gateway Town”). It is an educational and trading (cotton) centre lying along the Southern Railway and a national highway. The city is the seat of several institutions, including Karnatak University (1949), many colleges (notably those for engineering and agricultural teachers’ training), a detention home for juveniles, and a mental hospital.

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In 1961 Dharwad was incorporated administratively with industrial Hubballi, 13 miles (21 km) southeast, to form one of the state’s most-populous urban areas. Pop. (2001) 786,195; (2011) 943,788.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Kenneth Pletcher.