Bellary, officially Ballari, in the eponymous Bellary district, is a major city in the state of Karnataka, India. It is 306 km from the state capital of Bangalore and 351 km (218 mi) from Hyderabad. Bellary has an urban population of 410,445 and metro population of 770,929 making it one of the most populous cities of Karnataka. It has 5 taluks and 104 villages. Kalyana-Karnataka composed of six districts Bellary is one among them. Bellary was a part of the first Indian commercial flight from Karachi to Madras on 15 October 1932 by JRD Tata.

The Ballari city municipal council was upgraded to a city corporation in 2004.

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of India approved a proposal to rename the city in October 2014 and Bellary was renamed to "Ballari" on 1 November 2014.

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