Jayaprakash Narayan Nagara popularly known as JP Nagar is one of the prominent residential and commercial areas in south Bengaluru. JP Nagar is spread across 2500 acres with 9 phases. As we go back to history, JP Nagar is named after Jayaprakash Narayan, who is remembered for raising his voice against Indira Gandhi in the year 1970 and who gave a call for a peaceful revolution.

Ramakrishna Hegde was the chief minister at the time when J P Nagar was founded. Initially, this locality was mostly a prime residential area, with bungalows and small houses covering the landscape. However, it evolved into a semi-commercial area during the city’s IT-boom in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

It is one of the most popular business Centers as well as a popular residential area. Many people want to make their home here. If you’re new to Bengaluru, don’t worry about it, just take a look at the highlights of the locality and you’ll fall in love with it right away. Jp Nagar predominantly has some of the best residential areas. The commercial development at Jp Nagar is also not less. In the post below you will get to see some of the popular happening places in and around the locality.