MY VIEW: These Are North Karnataka’s Incredible Contributions to Karnataka and India
In this post, originally published as an answer to a Quora question, Aditya Kulkarni lists all the things that are part of and have come from North Karnataka, which have made both the state of Karnataka and the whole of India immeasurably richer.
I am so happy that someone has asked about the contributions of North Karnataka to Karnataka and India. Now brace yourselves — this is going to be a long answer!
Karnataka Ekikarana Movement
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Food
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History/Culture
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Apart from these, the Deccan Sultanate and the Bahmani Sultanate also left their mark on the North. Some architecture from this time includes the Gol Gumbaz of Bijapur, the Jama Masjid of Gulbarga, and the Bidar Fort.
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Music
Literature
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Huilgol Narayana Rao from Gadag was a playwright and freedom fighter who composed the original state anthem of Karnataka: Udayavagali Namma Cheluva Kannada Nadu.
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Technology
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Gururaj Deshpande, popularly called “Desh”, is the brother-in-law of N. R. Narayana Murthy. Desh founded Tejas Networks and is also a life member of the MIT Corporation and MIT board of trustees.
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Cinema
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Sunil Kumar Desai, the director of movies such as Nishkarsha, Nammoora Mandara Hoove, Marma, Beladingala Baale, and Sparsha is from Bijapur.
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Yashwant Sardeshpande is a famous theater artist and playwright; his plays have had more than 500 shows across Karnataka. He wrote all the dialogue for Kamal Hassan in Rama Shama Bhama. Radhika Pandit is also from Uttara Kannada district. Atul Kulkarni is from Belagavi.
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Others
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Kittur Rani Chennamma and Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna are two famous freedom fighters from Karnataka. Lieutenant General Ramesh Halagali from Bagalkot is the Deputy Chief of the Army Staff and a recipient of the Param Vishisht Seva medal.
These are just some of the contributions of North Karnataka to Karnataka and India. If you asked me the biggest contribution, I would have to say the state of Karnataka itself — the North was the backbone for the Karnataka Ekikarana Movement, and Aluru Venkata Rao was the undisputed leader of the movement.
– Aditya Kulkarni
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