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42 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!'.

Akkasaliga

Akkasaliga is a community of people residing in the state of Karnataka.

Anandur

Anandur, Karnataka, a village in Mysore Taluka, Mysore 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 Football Stadium

The state government in Karnataka even ordered an enquiry with the then PAC chairman Ekanthayya heading it.

Bheema Theeradalli

The film's title apparently enraged the Korma community members in Karnataka.

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.

Clarence Public School

Clarence Public School is a public school in the Bangalore South taluk of Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

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.

Govt sksjti

This institution being the first of its kind in South India with a view to provide well trained personnel for higher rungs of the organized textile industry covering various facets of the industry, is growing in its heights year after year and today it can claim to be the tallest institution and is under the control of the Department of Technical Education, Government of Karnataka.

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).

Havigannada dialect

It is spoken in the regions of Sagar, Sirsi, Yellapur Siddapur, Honnavar, Kumta, Puttur, Gokarna etc. where there is a higher density of Havyakas in relation to other places.

Hyderabad-Karnataka

The Hyderabad-Karanataka region comprises Gulbarga, Yadgir, Raichur, Koppal, Bidar and Bellary districts in the present state of Karnataka, The Hyderabad-Karanataka region is the second largest arid region in India.

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).

John Guthrie Tait

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

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 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.

Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress

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

Koti and Chennayya

Koti and Chennayya were born to the Deye Baidethi of the Billava people of Tulu Nadu in the state of Karnataka.

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.

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.

Opposition party led by Jagadish Shettar demanded for Central Bureau of Investigation probe into this matter.Victim's wife along with huge section of public staged protests for CBI probe,however Government of Karnataka ordered for Criminal Investigation Department Karnataka to conduct a detailed probe and report the same to government.

Nagarik Seva Trust

Nagarika Seva Trust is an organisation that emerged between 1972-1973 in Dakshina Kannada district 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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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.

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.

Ugramm

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

Woh Ghar

The story is set in rural Karnataka background and shows a bunch of children playing enacting adult life through a game, innocently depicting social dogmas of the prevailing era, such as child marriage, dowry and superstitions.


Adavisomapur

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

Ainapur

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

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.

Al-Hilal English School, Manki

Al-Hilal English School is a not-for-profit school in Manki, Karnataka, which was founded in 1989 by late Mr. Sawood Hajika, and is managed by the Tarbiat Education Society.

Ayas Shilpa

Ayas Shilpa is a privately held company based in Sullia, Karnataka, India, specializing in the construction of low-cost suspension bridges.

Azim Premji University

The University campus is located on Hosur Road on the outskirts of Bangalore in Karnataka, India, which is a leased premise.

Beary dialect

Beary Basse (Beary language) is an Indian language mainly spoken by the Muslim communities mainly of "Karnataka (Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts)" and some parts of Kerala ( "in some parts of Kasaragod district" ) who are known as Bearys (Byaris).

Bharatiya Gorkhali Welfare Association

#Obtaining a 2% reservation for Gorkhas under the OBC category for admission into government colleges in Karnataka after fulfilling certain criteria.

Chikungunya outbreaks

On 24 August 2006, The Hindu newspaper reported that the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Kerala had reported 1.1 million (11 lakh) cases.

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.

D. C. Pavate

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

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.

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

Dvaravati sila

This Sila is worshipped, along with or independent of Sila (murthi) or Saligrama Sila, in some parts of the country (among Vaishnavites of Saurashtra, Bengal and Maharashtra; the Madhva sect in Karnataka), particularly in the Vaishnava tradition.

Formiscurra

The holotype was collected in the campus of the University of Agricultural Sciences at Bangalore in the state of Karnataka in India.

Gattahalli

This Ashram conducts Free Eye Camp across Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh on every year and provides food and shelter for people who undergo eye operation.

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.

Gulabrao Patil

Gulabrao Patil was born on 16 September 1921 in a Maratha family in Benadi, a small village on the Maharashtra-Karnataka state border near Kolhapur.

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 Space Research Organisation Satellite Centre

Situated in Vimanapura Post of Bangalore, Karnataka, the centre has produced more than 50 satellites including the INSAT series, the IRS series, as well as the GSAT communication satellites.

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.

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.

Kalakundi

Kalakundi, India, a village in Dharwad district in the southwestern state of Karnataka, India

Kamalapuram

Kamalapura (sometimes written Kamalapuram), a town in Gulbarga district, Karnataka, India

Karnik

Ganesh Karnik, Indian politician and Member of Legislative Council at Karnataka Legislative Council

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.

Kurli

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

Kurma

There are three temples dedicated to this incarnation of Vishnu in India, Kurmai of Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh, Sri Kurmam in Andhra Pradesh, and Gavirangapur in the Chitradurg District of Karnataka.

Mallikarjuna Reddy

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

Manjula Gururaj

She was awarded by a special jury from Karnataka State Government as the Best Voice for the film Beladingala Baale, in which she lent her voice for the heroine who was heard, but not seen.

Matsyaganda Express

Shashi Tharoor demanded extension of this train to Trivandrum via Kottayam but caused a lot of protests in D.K District of Karnataka.

Matte mungaru

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

People's Biodiversity festival

The main panelist were Mr. C. Madegowda from Karnataka, Mr. Subhash Majhi from Orissa, Mr. Somaru Baiga from Chattisgarh, Mr. Venkateshwarulu from Vishakapattanam, Ms. Suman Koreti from Chattisgarh, Mr. Pablo Solon from Bolivia (exec. director, FOCUS)

Scorpion goddess

Chelamma - Hindu goddess of the Southern Karnataka region of India

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.

Srujan Lokesh

Srujan Lokesh was born in Bangalore, Karnataka for popular Kannada film actor Lokesh and Girija Lokesh.

St. Mary's Basilica, Bangalore

Mary's Basilica is a basilica located in the Archdiocese of Bangalore in the Indian state of Karnataka.

Stylidium subg. Andersonia

In 2010, Sachin A. Punekar and P. Lakshminarasimhan published the new species S. darwinii from Western Ghats of Karnataka, India.

Wroughton's free-tailed bat

In Karnataka, it is found in the Barapede Caves, located between Krishnapur and Talewadi, in Belgaum district, adjacent to the Bhimgad Wildlife Sanctuary near the state of Goa.

Y. G. Parameshwara

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