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52 unusual facts about Karnataka


Abd Allah ibn Abbas

Al Hakim records on the authority of ibn Abbas that Mohammed advanced, carrying upon his neck Hassan ibn Ali, and a man met him and said, 'an excellent steed thou ridest, lad!'.

Alipur Sign Language

It is spoken in the town of Alipur, Karnataka, which is a self-imposed Muslim enclave with a high degree of congenital deafness in a largely Hindu region.

Anandur

Anandur, Karnataka, a village in Mysore Taluka, Mysore District, Karnataka, India

Arga

Arga, Karnataka, a village in Uttara Kannada District, Karnataka, India

Baba Budan

Baba Budan was a 17th-century Sufi, revered by both Muslims and Hindus, whose shrine is at Baba Budangiri, Karnataka, India.

Badaganadu Brahmins

The mother tongue of Badaganadu community has been Kannada, and are largely spread around the northern parts of Karnataka, Bellary and Anantapur districts, Bangalore, Shivamogga, Chikkamagaluru, Davanagere, Chitradurga, Holenarasipura, Madhugiri, Tumkur and other parts of Karnataka.

Balle Mallarada Puje

Balle Mallarada Puje is a Hindu marriage ritual performed in some parts of Karnataka.

Bangalore International Film Festival

The Bangalore International Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Bangalore, capital of Indian state Karnataka, which previews films of all genres including documentaries from around the world.

Bombay State

The southernmost, Kannada-speaking portion of the state became part of the new linguistic state of Karnataka (then, Mysore State).

BP Indian Public School, Malleswaram

It is located in a spacious building situated on 4th Main Road, Near 11th Cross, Malleswaram, Bangalore, Karnataka State, India.

Brown palm civet

The brown palm civet's distribution extends from the southern tip of Western Ghats in Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve to Castle Rock in Goa to the north.

Candor International School

Candor is ranked among top schools of Bangalore and is also constantly recognised as one of the best International Baccalaureate schools of Karnataka.

Carmel High School, Basaveshwaranagar, Bangalore

Carmel High School, Basaveshwaranagar, Bangalore is a co-educational recognized private unaided institution, located at Judges Colony, Basaveshwaranagar, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

Cascia High School

It offers high school education in both English & Kannada mediums under the Karnataka board of secondary education.

Comat Technologies

Comat has been involved in several projects that have eased people's access to essential information based services, especially in the State of Karnataka.

D. K Shivakumar

K. Shivakumar is a politician from the Indians state of Karnataka.

Fatima Nursery, Primary and High School

Fatima Nursery, Primary and High School Bangalore ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು in Bangalore, in the state of Karnataka in India was started in 1974 by Mr M. Yella Singh (an ex-Army Officer) and Mrs Caroline as President of the School, with 37 teachers and 1000+ students.

Ghaisas

Over a period of time these Ghaisas migrated to different places like Pune, Mumbai, Trimbakeshwar and in the states of Karnataka, Goa and Gujarat for livelihood.

Goans

Goans have been migrating all along the coast and across the world for the last six centuries because of many socio-religious and economic reasons, the diaspora are commonly known as the Konkani people, residing in the states of Karnataka, Maharashtra and Kerala who do not refer to themselves as Goans.

Hanuman Jayanti

In Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, Hanuman Jayanti is celebrated on Vaishaka Krishna Dashami (10th day of Krishna/Bahula Paksha in the month of Vaishaka).

Hindu priest

Traditionally, priests have come from the Brahmin class, although in various parts of India, people from other communities (such as Lingayats in parts of Karnataka) have performed the function.

Indian wine

The altitude of India's vineyards typically range from around 660 ft (200 m) in Karnataka, 984 ft (300 m) in Maharashtra, 2,600 ft (800 m) along the slopes of the Sahyadri to 3,300 ft (1000 m) in Kashmir.

INSAT-3C

All the transponders provide coverage over India.Insat-3C is controlled from the Master Control Facility at Hassan in Karnataka.

Japanese encephalitis vaccine

In 2013, an Indian firm, Bharat Biotech International, developed a vaccine by using the Indian strain of the virus collected from the Kolar district in Karnataka by the National Institute of Virology (NIV).

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Kanpur

--MAKES NO SENSE!!The school promotes national integration through migration policy from Hindi speaking areas to non Hindi speaking areas vice versa.--> The third language of the school is Kannada and migration linkage is with the JNV Bijapur Karnataka state.

Jivaraj Papriwal

Today the images can be seen in Punjab, Haryana, Bengal, Bihar, Bundelkhand, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka, installed by Jivaraja in temples of the Digambar and Shvetambar sects.

John Guthrie Tait

In 1890 he travelled to India and took up a post in the Government Education Department at Mysore, Karnataka.

Kangralkar

The surname originates from the name of a village Kangrali near the city of Belgaum in Karnataka, India.

Kanteerava Studios

The state government declared a state-wide holiday on 13 April as a mark of respect to the departed soul, who was also a recipient of Karnataka Ratna (pearl of Karnataka) award.

Karnataka State Film Award for Best Children Film

Karnataka State Film Award for Best Children Film is a state film award of the Indian state of Karnataka given during the annual Karnataka State Film Awards.

Karnataka State Film Award for Best Regional film

Karnataka State Film Award for Best Regional Film is a state film award of the Indian state of Karnataka given during the annual Karnataka State Film Awards.

Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actor

Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actor is a state film award of the Indian state of Karnataka given during the annual Karnataka State Film Awards.

Kundu Special

The most popular tours on Kundu Special were their comprehensive 2-week tours of Madhya pradesh, Bombay Goa, Rajasthan, Gujrat, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, and Kashmir and their many pilgrimages to Kedar-Badri, Yamunetri-Gangotri, etc.

Kurli

Kurli, Karnataka, a village in Belgaum district, Karnataka state, India

Little Flower Public School

Little Flower Public School (or LFPS) is an unaided co-educational English medium school in Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

Mallikarjun Bande

He started his career in Karnataka police as a Constable in 1997 and went on to become a police sub-inspector and worked in different parts of northern Karnataka.

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During the treatment phase bande's family had requested the Karnataka government to shift him to Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham for further treatment.

Matte mungaru

Matte Mungaru is the real life story of an ordinary guy Narayana Mandhagadde from Shimoga district in Karnataka.

Miyar House

It tells the personal story of the director as his ancestral house gets dismantled in a remote village called Miyar in Karkala Taluk in Udupi district in Karnataka, South India.

Mysore Education Society Kishora Kendra School

MES Kishore Kendra is a school and college located in the city of Bangalore in the state of Karnataka, India.

Navodaya Vidya Samasthe

The school was founded as an English medium School in Kurboor, Chintamani taluk, Chikballapur District in 1987.

Our Lady of Victories Church, Kolar district, Karnataka

Our Lady of Victories Church is a Catholic church situated in the Kolar Gold Fields within the Kolar district, in the State of Karnataka in India.

Rama Raghoba Rane

Major Rama Raghoba Rane, PVC (Konkani: रामा राघोबा राणे), was born on 26 June 1918 at Chendia, Karwar, Karnataka, India and died July 11, 1994 at Southern command Hospital in Pune.

S. R. Bommai

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SGPTA

Shri Gururaja Parents and Teachers Association (SGPTA) is a primary and secondary school in Thygarajanagar in Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

Shri Guru Madiwaleshwara

Shri Guru Madiwaleshwara - saint whose resting place is small town called Garag near Dharwad, Karnataka state in India.

South Indian Film Artistes' Association

;Hogenakkal water dispute hunger strike: During May 2008, president R. Sarathkumar organized a one-day hunger strike opposing the Karnataka government's controversial plan of the Hogenakkal Integrated Drinking Water Project and the abuse of Tamils in the state of Karnataka.

The Sword of Tipu Sultan

A total of 52 episodes were shot, some of them in the Premier Studios in Mysore, Karnataka.

Ugramm

The other locations where the movie was shot at include Chintamani, Kolar, Mysore, Gargeshwari, Nandigrama and Bangalore.

Wadi Junction railway station

Wadi Junction railway station is located in Gulbarga district in the Indian state of Karnataka and serves Wadi.

Y. G. Parameshwara

-- dates of birth and death?? --> a medical doctor in the state of Karnataka, India.

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In 1979, he was appointed Health Officer and Assistant Surgeon in the Department of Health and Family Welfare of the Government of Karnataka.


Abbanakuppe

Abbanakuppe, Bangalore Rural, a village in Bangalore Rural district, Karnataka, India

Adavisomapur

Adavisomapur, Gadag, a village in Gadag District in the state of Karnataka

Ainapur

Ainapur, Chincholi, a village in Gulbarga district, Karnataka, India

Al-Ameen Pre University College

Al-Ameen Pre University College is one of the institution in Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

Aldhal

Aldhal, Shahapur, village in Shahapur Taluka, Yadgir District, Karnataka, India

Bangarada Jinke

Bangara Nayaka's Fort is Channarayana Durga which is atop the Channarayana Hill in the vicinity of the Madhugiri Betta near Tumkur in Karnataka.

Basaveshvara Engineering College

Basaveshwara Engineering College (Autonomous) (also known as BEC) is a private co-educational engineering college located in Bagalkot, Karnataka, India.

Bhagamandala

Bhagamandala is located about 33 km from the district headquarters Madikeri and is connected by paved roads from Madikeri, Virajpet and nearby places in Karnataka and Kerala.

Chitpavan

But in Dakshina Kannada District and Udupi Districts of Karnataka, this language is being spoken in places like Durga and Maala of Karkala taluk and also in places like Shishila and Mundaje of Belthangady Taluk.

Citizens High School, Hoskote

Citizens High School is a secondary school in Hoskote, Karnataka, India.

D. C. Pavate

After returning from England, Pavate was appointed as Educational Commissioner of Bombay-Karnataka.

Datta Jayanti

The temples dedicated to Dattatreya are located throughout India, the most important places of his worship are in Karnataka,Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat like Ganagapur in Karnataka near Gulbarga, Narasimha Wadi in the Kolhapur district, Pithapuram in Andhra Pradesh near Kakinada, Audumbar in Sangli district and Girnar in Saurashtra.

Dhanaji Jadhav

During 1689 – 1690, Santaji and Dhanaji were directed to prevent the Mughal army in Maharashtra to enter into Karnataka after Rajaram’s flight to Gingee.

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On 20 November 1695, Kasimkhan; Aurangzeb’s powerful General in Karnataka, was attacked, defeated and killed by Santaji and Dhanaji at Doderi near Chitradurga.

Dodda Krishnaraja I

This division, and the resulting loss of revenue from the rich maidān region of Mysore, made Sadat-ulla Khan unhappy and, in collusion with the rulers of Kadapa, Kurnool, and Savanur and the Maratha Raja of Gutti, he decided to march against Dodda Krishnaraja.

Ghatak Force

Most undergo training at the Commando Training Course in Belgaum, Karnataka.

Heronry

This heronry, in the Tumkur district of Karnataka, was first made known to the outside world in 1999 by members of the Tumkur-based NGO Wildlife Aware Nature Club.

Ingalagi

Ingalagi, Kundgol, a village in Kundgol taluk of Dharwad district of Karnataka, India

International Center For Management and Indian Studies

International Center for Management and India Studies (ICMIS) is a small educational institution, located in Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

Jasuben Shilpi

Her sculpture works have been installed in Indian states like Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Rajasthan, Bihar, Uttarakhand.

Konkani in the Roman script

Konkani is a language that is spoken by 3.6 million speakers mostly on the western coast of the Indian states of Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka and Kerala.

Legislative council

India: The Vidhan Parishad (or Legislative Council) in seven of the twenty-eight Indian states (Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh), the Vidhan Parishad serves as the upper house of a bicameral legislature

Malaya Marutha

The entire film is shot among the picturesque locales of Shringeri and Kolluru in Karnataka.

Mallikarjun Bande

Bande's hospitalization and his eventual death drew considerable public attention and sparked intense socio-political debate in Karnataka and himself being scaled up to a heroic and cult figure among the public.

Mallikarjuna Reddy

Mallikarjuna Reddy was born Changalaraya Reddy in Thoppanahalli, a village in Bangarpet, Kolar district, Karnataka, India.

Morya Gosavi

According to one version of the story, Morya was born in Bidar, Karnataka.

Muddenahalli-Sathya Sai Loka Seva School

Located in the twin towns of Muddenahalli-Kanivenarayanapura, the birthplace of legendary Indian engineer, Sri Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya in Kolar District of Karnataka State.

Nevromus austroindicus

It was formally described in 2012 on the basis of specimens from the Karnataka Western Ghats of Kottigehara with some specimens also obtained from near Sampaje.

Prajavani

Some analysts have also attributed this to the launch of Vijaya Vani, by the original owner of Vijaya Karnataka, Vijay Sankeshwar and his VRL Group.

Rattus satarae

It is native to the northern Western Ghats in India where it is split between three regions, Satara in Maharashtra, the Nilgiri mountains in Tamil Nadu and Kodagu district in Karnataka.

S. R. Bommai

He also played an active role in the unification (Ekikarana in Kannada) of Karnataka which had been divided into Mysore kingdom, Bombay Presidency and Madras Presidency, during the British rule.

Shaapa

The story is juxtaposed on the backdrop of the Cauvery river water dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu states.

Shobha Karandlaje

Hailing from Puttur in Coastal Karnataka, Shobha became associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh at a very early age, one of the few women full-time workers of the Sangh parivar.

South Zone cricket team

It is a composite team of players from six first-class Indian teams from southern India competing in the Ranji Trophy: Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Hyderabad, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

Uchila

Uchila may refer to any of the following places in Karnataka, India.

University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

The University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore was entrusted territorial jurisdiction over 15 southern districts of Karnataka comprising nearly fifty percent of the total area of the state, while the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, was given jurisdiction over the remaining area in the northern districts of the state.

Vishuva Sankranti

Maha Vishuva Sankranti is similar to the New Year festivals observed elsewhere in India such as Baisakhi (Punjab), Bihu (Assam), Juir Sheetal (Mithila), Naba Barsha (Bengal), Bisu Parba (Tulu Nadu region in Karnataka), Vishu (Kerala), and Puthandu (Tamil Nadu).