SSA - Karnataka Davangere District DEEP Perspective Plan 2002-2010

Abstract

From An Introduction to Davangere District: The name ‘DAVANGERE’ is derived from the word - ‘‘DAVANE” which means a rope, in Kannada, used for tying the cattle and horses by the village sojourns on the banks of a big lake existed then. In course of time, in the year 1811 the nomenclature of the small village having about five hundred houses had been changed to DAVANGERE. It is said that Hyder Ali gave it as a Jahgir to a Maratha Chief named Appajiram who encouraged merchants to settle there. Appajiram died without heirs but the place destined to be what it is today. Fortunately, it continued to receive encouragement from Tippu sultan and the succeeding rulers.