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Davangere
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Davangere (dä`vəng–gĕrĕ), city (1991 pop. 287,233), Karnataka state, SW India. It is on the Bangalore-Pune railroad. Davanagere is a market for grain and cotton and is home to a major textile industry. There is a machine-tool factory in the suburbs. In the late 18th cent., Haidar Ali, ruler of Karnataka (Mysore), gave Davanagere to the Maratha leader Apoji Ram, who encouraged merchants to settle there.


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This is followed by Tumkur with 6, former PM H D Deve Gowda's Hassan district with 5, Belgaum with 5, Chikmagalur, Bijapur and Davanagere with 3 each, Chitradurga and Dakshina Kannada with two each and Mysore with 1.
22 independent candidates are contesting from Davanagere Parliamentary constituency.
22 independent candidates are contesting from Davanagere Parliamentary constituency.
 
 
 
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