Rabindranath Tagore Nagar or simply R. T. Nagar is an area in Bangalore, India. It is named after Rabindranath Tagore. It is part of the Bangalore North Lok Sabha Constituency and the Hebbal Assembly Constituency. R.T Nagar has two blocks, Block I and Block II. It became popular after the construction of the new airport at Devanahalli (Kempegowda International Airport)
Originally a tiny layout built by Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) in the 1970s and was surrounded by villages like Gangenhalli on the west, the military campus on the east, Matadahalli by south and parts of Hebbal village by north. But close proximity to other high-profile areas like Sadashivnagar and Dollar's colony (SanjayNagar) led to rapid development of RT Nagar. Also setting up of a Head post office on RT Nagar main road provided further impetus to the growth of RT Nagar. It is one of the posh areas in Bangalore.
Over the last few years RT Nagar has come to commonly represent many areas like MLA Layout, Gangenhalli (Ganganagar), Dinnur, SultanPalya, Kanakanagar, Manoranpalya and even Kavalabyrasandra simply because these areas fall under the RT Nagar head post office ( with Pin code 560032) jurisdiction. Even today many businesses in these areas actually show "RT Nagar post" as an address line item.
Major commercials hubs for businesses in RT Nagar are the RT Nagar Main Road (80 Ft road), Dinnur Main Road, Sultan Palya Main Road and Ganganagar 5th Main (with a sizable number of Marwari shops). Most of the commercial activities of the area are centered on the 80 Ft Main road. There are many more commercial shops in the RT Nagar Main road which includes many food buildings and shopping buildings.
R.T.Nagar has many schools and pre-university Colleges, affiliated to CBSE/ISCE and the Karnataka State Board. Educational institutions include: