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Bangalore (proposed to be renamed Bengaluru) (; pronunciation: in Kannada and in English) is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Located on the Deccan Plateau in south-western Karnataka, Bangalore has an estimated metropolitan population of 6.5 million (65 lakh), making it fifth-largest metropolitan area. Though historical references to the city predate 900, a written history of continuous settlement exists only from 1537, when Kempe Gowda I, whom many regard as the architect of modern Bangalore, built a mud fort in the city and established it as a province of the Vijayanagara Empire.