Latitude and longitude of Kushalanagar
- Nearby Kushālnagar, India
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Kushalanagar is a town located in the east of Kodagu district, near the Kaveri river, in the state of Karnataka, India. According to popular myth, the name was given by Hyder Ali who was camped there when he received news of the birth of his son Tipu and called it as Kushyal nagar (="town of gladness") But in reality, Tipu was born around 1750 while Hyder Ali entered Kodagu for the first time in the 1760s. After the British conquest of Coorg it was known as Fraserpet after Colonel James Stuart Fraser who was the Political Agent in Coorg around 1834. The town is located on Bantwal -Mysore state highway 88. Twin town Bylakuppe is situated 6 kilometers from here and is in Mysore district.
Latitude: 12° 28' 12.00" N
Longitude: 75° 58' 12.00" E
Nearest city to this article: Kushālnagar
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