Bellary, officially Ballari, in the eponymous Bellary district, is a major city in the state of Karnataka, India. It is 311 km from the state capital of Bangalore and 358 km from Hyderabad. Bellary has an urban population of 410,445 and metro population of 770,929 making it one of the most populous cities of Karnataka. Bellary was a part of the first Indian commercial flight from Karachi to Madras on 15 October 1932 by JRD Tata.