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Frazer Town or Pulikeshi Nagar is one of the prominent locales of Central Bangalore. Established as a colonial neighbourhood in 1906 during the pre-independence era, it was named after Stuart Mitford Fraser, one of the reputed ICS officers of British Origin. He was also the personal tutor of Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV, one of the greatest rulers of the Kingdom of Mysore.

It is both a residential and commercial region and one of the most renowned in Bangalore city. Before naming it Fraser Town, the region was called Mootocherry, and in 1998 Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Pallike or BBMP, the civic regulatory body of Bangalore changed the name again to Pulikeshi Nagar. However, Frazer Town is still used by the populace. Fraser Town is also a prime example of Bangalore's Cosmopolitan culture, where the populace from different castes, creeds and religions, live in harmony and fraternity.

The major roadways which run through Fraser Town are Netaji Road, Wheeler Road, Mosque Road, Spencer Road etc., thus becoming a prominent roadway nexus of Central Bangalore, connecting to all the four zones of Bangalore. Initially, the locale was built up to reduce the British populace's heavy dependency on Bangalore's Cantonment region but slowly grew in size to become one of the most vibrant regions of the city.

The major public amenities and social infrastructure of the locale is as follows. The major medical care centres are PrimeCare Hospital, Mediscope Hospital, Meridian Medical Centre, Cox Town Hospital etc. The major schools in Frazer Town are St. Germains Public School, Clarence High School, Holy Angels, St. Johns High School etc. Major colleges in Frazer Town are Bangalore. As it is very near to the city centre and Central Business District(CBD), commercial and shopping centres are at a hand's reach. So are the best pubs and restaurants in Bangalore.

The major landmarks of Fazer Town are Haji Sir Ismail Sait Mosque, Albert School, Coles Park, and Bangalore Eastern Railway Station etc. Thus Fraser Town is one of the most sought after real estate hotspots in Bangalore, where many premium developers have built up classy residential complexes.