The state of Mysore was created taking into fold various parts of the region, which were ruled by kings. Several districts in, now called North Karnataka and Hyderabad Karnataka were dissolved in the new state. The new state was named after Mysore, which by itself was a princely state. After prolonged debate the name of the state was changed to Karnataka on November 1, 1973.
Officially the new state was born on Nov. 1 and on this day every year birthday of the state is celebrated. This is popularly called as Kannada Rajyotsava or Karnataka Rajyotsava. Rajyotsava means “birth of a state”.
Bangalore, State capital, has people from all over India, coming and settling down with the result, it has less than 35% people speaking Kannada. Tamil, Teugu, Malayalam,Marathi, Hindi are spoken and kannadiga is a kind hearted person, who will learn the other language rather than teach Kannada. In the process Kannada is not getting importance.
People is power and position talk about encouraging kannada but send their children to English medium schools and other tha kannada films are thriving in the city.
Kannadigas continue to say....
ಕನ್ನಡ ಉಳಿಸಿ, ಕನ್ನಡ ಬಳಸಿ, ಕನ್ನಡ ಬೆಳೆಸಿ.....
ಎಲ್ಲಾದರು ಇರು, ಎಂತಾದರು ಇರು, ನೀ ಕನ್ನಡವಾಗಿರು....
Monday, November 4, 2013
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