The Ghataprabha river is an important right-bank tributary of the Krishna River and flows eastward for a distance of 283 kilometers before its confluence with the Krishna River at Chikksangam. The river basin is 8,829 square kilometers wide and stretches across Maharashtra and Karnataka states. Contents 1Bridges 2Tributaries 3References 4External links Bridges The river is crossed by a suspension bridge near the Gokak Falls. The bridge
Gangadharrao Balkrishna Deshpande (31 March 1871 – 30 July 1960) also known as Lion of Karnataka, Khadi Bhageeratha of Karnataka, was an Indian activist who was the leader of the Indian independence movement against British colonial rule from Belgaum and the right-hand man of both Lokamanya Tilak and Mahatma Gandhi in succession. Deshpande considered Lokamanya Tilak as his Guru. Deshpande served as Chairman of Karnataka branch of All-India Spinners’ Association, and the All India Village Industries
Dadappa Chintappa “D. C.” Pavate, (2 August 1899–14 January 1978) was awarded Padma Bhushan from the Government of India in 1967. He was the vice-chancellor of the Karnatak university Dharwad, and the Governor of Punjab. Pavate was a Cambridge Mathematical Tripos wrangler. Pavate was born in Mamdapur a small village next to Gokak town. His mother was Shantamma. His father was a farmer. Pavate completed primary schooling from Mamdapur and
Charan Raj is an Indian film actor, director, film producer, and writer who primarily works in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Odia and Hindi movies. Contents 1Career 2Controversy 3Partial filmography 3.1Kannada 3.2Tamil 3.3Telugu 3.4Hindi 3.5Odia 3.6Malayalam 4Awards 5References 6External links Career Charan Raj is a versatile actor who is popular for his villainy and character roles in South Indian film industry. Charan Raj is
Chandrashekhara Kambara (Kannada: ಚಂದ್ರಶೇಖರ ಕಂಬಾರ; born 2 January 1937) is a prominent Indian poet, playwright, folklorist, film director in Kannada language and the founder-vice-chancellor of Kannada University in Hampi also president of the Sahitya Akademi, country’s premier literary institution, after Vinayak Krishna Gokak (1983) and U.R. Ananthamurthy (1993). He is known for effective adaptation of the North Karnataka dialect of the Kannada language in his plays, and poems,
The Bombay Presidency, also known as Bombay and Sind from 1843 to 1936 and the Bombay Province, was an administrative subdivision (presidency) of British India headquartered in the city of Bombay. The Summer Capital of the Presidency was Mahabaleswar. The Bombay Presidency has its beginnings in the city of Bombay that was leased in fee tail to the East India Company via a Royal Charter by King Charles II of England, who
Betageri Krishnasharma (16 April 1900 – 30 October 1982), popularly known by his pen name Anandakanda was a writer, editor and journalist from Karnataka. His writings included different genres such as poetry, short stories, novels, dramas, metaphors, criticism, research, folklore and autobiographies. He called for the Unification of Karnataka. Contents 1Literary works 1.1Novels 1.2Collection of stories 1.3Review works 1.4Poems
The Belgaum border dispute is a dispute involving the Indian states of Karnataka and Maharashtra. Belgaum is a part of Karnataka and was earlier part of the British India’s Bombay Presidency. The Bombay Presidency encompassed present day Gujarat, Maharashtra as well as certain areas of Karnataka. Contents 1Background 2Boundary Commission’s decision 3Four member Committee 4Mahajan Commission 4.1Excerpts of the Mahajan Report 4.2Maharashtra’s refutations of the report 5Emergence of
Belawadi Mallamma was a warrior queen from Bailhongal, Belagavi District, Karnataka, India. Belvadi Mallamma is the first woman to form a women’s army to fight against Shivaji Maharaja. She is also credited with being the first queen in the history the Indian subcontinent who built and trained a women’s army in the 17th century. Contents 1Biography 2Conflict with Shivaji 2.1Sources 3References 4External
Basavaraj Kattimani was a progressive writer, novelist, journalist and was also a member of Karnataka Legislative Council from Karnataka. Contents 1Personal life 2Literary works 3Positions held 4Awards and honors 5Recognition 6References Personal life He was born on 5 October 1919 in Malamaradi village of Gokak taluk in Belgaum district of Karnataka. His father was Appayya who was an employee of the Police department and his