Editing Hubli (section)

==History==
[[File:Bhavani_shankar_temple_old-Hubli_Karnataka_1.jpg|thumb|Bhavani Shankar Temple]]Rayara Hubli, also called 'Eleya Purvada Halli' or 'Purballi', was the old Hubli, and according to an inscription in the Bhavani Shankar Temple, the oldest temple in the city, was founded in the 11th Century.<ref name="Joshi">{{cite book|author=K. G. Joshi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JnuBAAAAMAAJ|title=Mass Marriages in Karnataka|publisher=Minerva Associates (Publications)|year=1993|isbn=9788185195520|page=53}}</ref> The impressive [[Chandramauleshwara Temple, Unkal]] is from Chalukyan times and was built in the 11th or 12th century.<ref name="GoK">{{Cite web|author=|url=https://dharwad.nic.in/en/tourist-place/chandramouleshwara-temple/|title=Chandramouleshwara Temple Unkal|publisher=Government of Karnataka}}</ref>

Under [[Vijayanagara Empire|Vijayanagara]] Rayas, Rayara Hubli grew as a commercial centre, famous for trade in cotton, saltpetre and iron. Under the rule of the Adilshahis, the British opened a factory here. The factory was looted by [[Shivaji]] in 1673.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Hubli|volume=13|page=846}}</ref> The [[Mughal Empire|Mughals]] conquered Rayara Hubli and it was then placed under the governance of the Nawab of Savanur, who built a new extension named Majidpura. In 1727, trader Basappa Shettar built the town and fort of new Hubli around the Durgadabail (fort maidan) part of Rayara Hubli.<ref name="KU">{{cite book|author=Karnataka University|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qWclAQAAMAAJ|title=The Journal of Karnatak University|publisher=Karnataka University|year=1966|isbn=|page=204}}</ref>

Hubli's famous Moorusavira Matha is claimed to have been established by a Sharana of Basaveshwara's period. Hubli was conquered by the Marathas from the Nawab of Savanur in 1755–56. In the following years, Hubli was conquered by [[Hyder Ali]], only to be recaptured by the Marathas in 1790. At this point in time, the old town was administered by a person named Phadke under the Peshwas and the new town was under the administration of the Sangli Patwardhan. The [[British Empire|British]] took Old Hubli from the Peshwas in 1817. The new town, with 47 other villages, was handed over to the British by the Sangli Patwardhan in lieu of subsidy in 1820. Later in 1880, the British started the Railway workshop and with this, Hubli came to be reckoned as an industrial centre in this part of India.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.karnataka.com/hubli/about-hubli/|title=Hubli {{!}} Sightseeing in Hubli {{!}} History of Hubli {{!}} How to Reach Hubli|date=15 January 2017|work=Karnataka.com|access-date=7 February 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>

The Sufi shrine, Sayed Fathesha Wali, located near the indipump circle of old Hubli, was visited by [[Tipu Sultan]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Azer |first1=Rahman |title=The dargahs of Hubballi |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/478299/dargahs-hubballi.html |access-date=15 November 2020 |work=Deccan Herald |date=18 May 2015 |language=en}}</ref>