Hosur
Hosur is an industrial city located in the northwestern part of the district of Krishnagiri in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the bank of the river River Ponnaiyar, 35 kilometres southeast of Bengaluru and 306 kilometres west of Chennai, the state capital. Hosur is also considered as the satellite city of Bengaluru and it is the home to major manufacturing industries including Ashok Leyland, Titan, TVS Motors, Caterpillar, Sundaram... Show more Fasteners, Schaffler, and many others. Statesman C. Rajagopalachari hailed from a small village near Hosur, who eventually rose to the highest position in the nation as the first Governor General of independent India, leader of the Congress Party, and as the erstwhile Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. The city is nicknamed "The Little England of India".