== History == Gubbi (P. 8,543) is an important trading centre, situated 13 miles west of the Tumkur town, on the Bangalore-Poona railway line and the Bangalore-Shimoga road. It is the headquarters of the Gubbi taluk and has a municipality. It is said to have been founded over 400 years ago by the Gowda of Hosahallli, two miles distant, and was for...