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The British had a sizable infantry post here, having realised the military importance of its geographic location. It is one of the reasons for Belagavi's sobriquet ''The Cradle of Infantry''. Development of a rail network for movement of resources and later troops was one of the means employed by both the British East India Company and the British to exert control over India. Belagavi's railway station, the [[Mahatma Gandhi]] Railway Station was established by the British. A signboard declaring the sobriquet can be seen hung on Platform 1 at the station.

 

Belagavi district was incorporated into the newly formed [[Mysore state]] (now [[Karnataka]]) with the passage of the ''[[States Reorganisation Act]]'' (1956), which reorganised India's states along [[natural language|linguistic]] lines since majority of the people in the district spoke Kannada, although the majority in the cities in Belagavi district spoke Marathi. Because of that linguistic disparity, [[Maharashtra]] has been claiming the district and the case is now in the [[Supreme Court of India]].