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Karnataka was divided between the Bombay Presidency, the Kingdom of Mysore and the Nizam of Hyderabad. India became Independent in 1947, and according to the States Reorganization Act, 1956, the Kannada-speaking areas of Hyderabad State, Madras State were unified with Mysore State. The state was renamed as Karnataka in 1973.
The name Karnataka is derived from Karunadu, meaning 'lofty land' or 'high plateau', due to its location on the Deccan Plateau. The name can also mean 'land of black soil' (kari, 'black'; nadu, - 'area' or 'region') in Kannada. There are other possible roots of the name. [1] The recorded history of Karnataka goes back to the Ramayana and ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Karnataka's pre-history goes back to a paleolithic hand-axe ... English is the medium of education in many ...
Amidst all this, Aluru published his most renowned achievement, the Karnataka Gatha Vaibhava in 1912. Karnataka Gatha Vaibhava literally means The glory that was Karnataka!. It was a book that recounted in detail the history of Karnataka until the fall of Vijayanagar after which the Marathas, Nizam and the British took over. The book impacted ...
The political history of medieval Karnataka spans the 4th to the 16th centuries in Karnataka region of India.The medieval era spans several periods of time from the earliest native kingdoms and imperialism; the successful domination of the Gangetic plains in northern India and rivalry with the empires of Tamilakam over the Vengi region; and the domination of the southern Deccan and ...
Pages in category "History of Karnataka" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 217 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
[14] [13] Some sources mention that they were a Tamil-speaking community from Kanchi which moved to present-day Karnataka in the early 15th century to serve in Vijayanagara armies. [ 15 ] Kempe Gowda, who is reputed to have shown leadership skills during his childhood, [ citation needed ] was educated for nine years at a gurukula in ...
They played an important part in the history of Karnataka, [1] during a time of confusion and fragmentation that generally prevailed in South India after the fall of the Vijayanagar Empire. The Keladi rulers were of the Vokkaliga [2] [3] and Banajiga [2] castes and were Veerashaivas by faith.