CUNNINGHAM ROAD IN BANGALORE

Many roads in Bangalore city are getting renamed deprived of their Anglican ancestry..Even Cubbon park gets the title Jayachamarajendra Park..a sign of changing times and the decline of the reminiscences of the English raj to some extent.

There was a silent benefactor and a endorser of Indian view of things or a sympathiser  of Indian demands and views in FRANCIS CUNNINGHAM who served as a deputy to Mark Cubbon and tried to restore the Mysore kingdom back to the rulers of Mysore and for many years served the military.

The Cunningham road of Bangalore has retained fully its English title largely due to the favourable disposal of this Englishman to Indian needs and aspirations.With the exit of Mark Cubbon he loses office and settles down at a villa in the present day Cunningham road before leaving for his home town in England.

The Cunningham road extends almost from the end of the Shivajinagar bus stand  to golf course and is a prestigious road by many standards.The Cantonment railway station is close by and so are hotels like Le Meridian and Windsor Manor.

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THE ABOVE IS A PHOTO TAKEN IN ONE OF THE CONFERENCES IN BANGALORE IN 1997

THE ABOVE WAS TAKEN IN WINNDSOR MANOR IN 1996..RE ENGINEERING CONFERENCE.

THE ABOVE IS FINAL YEAR DAY PROCESSION IN AUGUST 1986 PASSING THROUGH STAFF QUARTERS REC NIT CALICUT 1982 TO 86 BATCH.

THE ABOVE IS FINAL YEAR PARTY IN THE AUDITORIUM FROM LEFT TO RIGHT  SAMPATH S R , MYSELF, SRINIVAS AND DOMINIC SAVIO

AT THE SAME PARTY..THE LADY IS THE STUDENT HEMALATHA OUR CLASS MATE...I FORGET THE NAME OF THE NORTH EASTERN STUDENT..PLEASE PARDON ME..OTHERS FROM LEFT TO RIGHT S R SAMPATH, P V K MOHAN,MADHU,MYSELF,KANNAN, ASOKAN AND DR.P P GERWADIS OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.

AT THE SAME PARTY ABOVE AND BELOW IN A SKIT. MADHU DRESSED LIKE A GIRL.

THE TWO PHOTOS BELOW TAKEN AT HOTEL REGENCY CALICUT IN AUGUST 1986..SEATED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT..SRINATH SHETTY..I FORGET HIS NAME, .BADRINARAYAN WHO WAS MTECH STUDENT AND LATER HOD AT RVCE BANGALORE, S V GIRI,MYSELF, JERALD HARRY DSOUZA AND GAYATHRI BHAT.

THE PHOTO BELOW WAS TAKEN AT THE FINAL YEAR PARTY IN THE AUDITORIUM..THE ENTIRE SET OF STUDENTS CAN BE SEEN. 1982 to 1986 ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING REC NIT CALICUT.. 

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AT RE ENGINEERING CONFERENCE  WINDSOR MANOR IN 1997.I CAN BE SEEN IN A DARK SUIT.