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Bangalore Auto Show, 2011

Bangalore Auto Show which started as an automobile exhibition in 2009 is an annual feature now. This time the auto show took place from 25 – 28 August, 2011 at Palace ground. This time the show was sponsored by Times Group. I visited on the last day. Don’t think of this exhibition as a conventional one like Delhi Auto Show or Geneva Auto show. Here you will see cars and bikes which typically see on road or you have already seen them. The only thing which stand out in this show is the super bike section. In 2009 they had Hayabusa and Honda. This time they had BMW.

I visited there on the last day of the exhibition. Ticket cost were Rs 100 per person which also includes a style biking show by Ghost Ryderz. The style biking was quite good in terms of a local event. I have already seen Chris Pfeiffer performing in Bangalore who was then the world stunt biking champion and he was flawless. Lets get back to the auto show. They were stand for Honda which exhibited cars like Jazz, city, Civic. Toyota exhibited Altis, Prius (Hybrid car) etc. Ford had suv Endevour, Figo etc. There were others like Nissan, Yamaha, redesigner Motormind, Maruti Suzuki, BMW super bikes etc. The advantage was you can check various vehicles under one roof and the disadvantage was it was too crowded.

Food stalls were available and parking too at Rs 10 for two wheelers.

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How Kidwai Institute of Oncology, Bangalore Came into Being?

Kidwai Institute of Oncology is one of the 18 regional centers of cancer treatment in India. So how this institute is associated with Kidwai and who is he/she? Lets find out in the history.

It is named after rafi Ahmed Kidwai. When he was the governor of the then Bombay province, he donated 20 acres of land on Hosur road (now called Dr. M.H Marigowda road) and Rs 1 lakh for Radiotherapy equipment. Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology started on 26th June 1973 with bed strength of 50. But now it has 429 beds. The institute was given autonomous status in 1980. The cost of treatment and drugs here is considerably less. It receives aid from the government.

Kidwai was a native of present day Uttar Pradesh. He was born on 18/02/1894 in Masauli village of Barabanki district. He took part in Khilafat movement and then worked as private secretary to the Nehru family. He was the food and agriculture minister after the first general election of 1952 in the Jawaharlal Nehru government.

Address and contact info:

Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology
Dr. M.H Marigowda Road,
Bangalore – 560029, Karnataka , India
Phone: 091-080-26094000 , Fax: 091-080-6560723,
E-mail:kidwai@kar.nic.in

Website: http://kidwai.kar.nic.in

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