Fraser Town, Bengaluru or Mootocherry, is a locality of Bangalore Cantonment, located in the central part of the city spread over 4 km2.

It was established in 1906 and is named after Stuart Mitford Fraser (1864–1963), who was the tutor and guardian of Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV, Maharaja of Mysore.

[4] In 1988, the BBMP renamed Fraser Town as Pulakeshi Nagara, after Pulakeshin II who ruled the Deccan in the 7th century.

They trace their ancestry to the large number of Tamil soldiers, suppliers and workers who were brought into the Bangalore Civil and Military Station, by the British Army, after the fall of Tippu Sultan.

Pulakeshi Nagara along with other suburbs of the Bangalore Cantonment was directly under the administration of the British Madras Presidency till 1949, when it was handed over to the Mysore State.

[2][10][11][12][13][14] Fraser Town is home to a large Christian population, dating back to the days of the British Raj.

[1] Hindus and Christians do not play loud music or cause disturbance during the time of breaking the Roza (fast) during the Muslim Holy month of Ramzan.

J. H. Stephens, the Municipal Engineer to the Corporation of Civil and Military Station of Bangalore till 1912, wrote a book called Plague-proof Town Planning, detailing how Pulakeshi Nagara was designed and built.

[35][36] Albert Bakery initially operated from a godown and was located in Sangam Lane, off Kamraj Road, and moved to the present Mosque Rd.

[37] Haji Sir Ismail Sait Mosque (named after Haji Sir Ismail Sait, a prominent Gujarati-speaking Kutchi Memon merchant of Bangalore Cantonment who built the mosque), is located in the posh locality of Pulakeshi Nagara.

[9] Hajee Sir Ismail Sait and Mr. Mudaliar together were leading industrialists who developed Fraser Town.

Their for-profit and non-profit institutions set up in Fraser Town still stand as testament to their work toward the development of modern Bengaluru.