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M. D. Nataraj
Dr M. D. Nataraj was a politician of Karnataka state and the son-in-law of Devaraj Urs, sometime Chief Minister of Karnataka. He was also a Doctor and practiced Ayurveda. Family Nataraj was married to Nagaratna, the second daughter of Devaraj Urs. The marriage was a love marriage and inter caste marriage: Urs was from the high-ranking Arasu caste and Nataraj from the Kuruba caste. Nataraj and Nagaratna are survived by 3 children namely Suraj MN Hegde, Suhasini Satyadeep and Sudevraj MN Hegde Nagaratna died, aged 28, after falling into a 60-foot-deep well. Her slippers were found nearby, outside the well, so it was suspected that she had committed suicide. Politics Nataraj formed the "Indira Brigade". He was instrumental in establishing the iron grip of Devaraj Urs in state politics. Nataraj was a Member of the Legislative Council of Karnataka. 1. He was the President of INTUC of Karnataka State 2. Organising Secretary of All India INTUC 3. President of Karnataka Wrestl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karnataka Kranti Ranga
Karnataka Kranti Ranga (Karnataka Revolutionary Front), also known as the Kannada Kranti Ranga was a regional political party in Karnataka, India. KKR was formed by Devaraj Urs in 1979, as a split from the Indian National Congress. It subsequently became part of what was called the Congress (Urs) and finally merged with the Janata Party. In 1983, KKR was "floated" by Sarekoppa Bangarappa Sarekoppa Bangarappa (26 October 1933 – 26 December 2011) was an Indian politician who was the 12th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1990 to 1992. He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for Karnataka between 1967 and 1996, bef ..., but merged with Congress before the 1989 Karnataka Assembly elections. References {{reflist Defunct political parties in Karnataka Political parties established in 1979 1979 establishments in Karnataka Political parties disestablished in 1990 1990 disestablishments in India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa. From the late 19th century, and especially after 1920, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, the Congress became the principal leader of the Indian independence movement. The Congress led India to independence from the United Kingdom, and significantly influenced other anti-colonial nationalist movements in the British Empire. Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, along with its main rival the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is a "big tent" party whose platform is generally considered to lie in the centre to of Indian politics. After Indian independence in 1947, Congress emerged as a catch-all and secular party, dominating Indian politics for the next 20 years. The party's first prime minister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karnataka
Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnataka'' in 1973. The state corresponds to the Carnatic region. Its capital and largest city is Bengaluru. Karnataka is bordered by the Lakshadweep Sea to the west, Goa to the northwest, Maharashtra to the north, Telangana to the northeast, Andhra Pradesh to the east, Tamil Nadu to the southeast, and Kerala to the southwest. It is the only southern state to have land borders with all of the other four southern Indian sister states. The state covers an area of , or 5.83 percent of the total geographical area of India. It is the sixth-largest Indian state by area. With 61,130,704 inhabitants at the 2011 census, Karnataka is the eighth-largest state by population, comprising 31 districts. Kannada, one of the classical languages of India, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devaraj Urs
Devaraj Devaraj Urs (20 August 1915 – 6 June 1982) was an Indian politician who served two terms as the eighth Chief Minister of Karnataka (1972–77, 1978–80), a state in southern India. He is also the longest serving Chief Minister of Karnataka in terms of days of tenure in office. He entered politics in 1952 and was an MLA for 10 years. When the Indian National Congress split in 1969 as Samstha ( Congress(O)) and Indira Congress ( Congress (R)), he stood with Indira Gandhi. He became the Chief Minister of Karnataka (fifth Assembly) for the first time from 20 March 1972 to 31 December 1977 and later for the second time from 17 March 1978 to 8 June 1980 (sixth Assembly). Early life D. Devaraj Urs was born at Kallahalli Hunsur Taluk, Mysore district, the then Kingdom of Mysore. His father, also named Devaraj Urs, was a land-owner and his mother, Devira Ammanni, was a pious and traditional lady. His younger brother, Kemparaj Urs was an actor. The family belonged to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chief Minister Of Karnataka
The chief minister of Karnataka, formerly known as the chief minister of Mysore, is the chief executive officer of the government of the Indian state of Karnataka. As per the Constitution of India, the governor of Karnataka is the state's ''de jure'' head, but ''de facto'' executive authority rests with the chief minister, a template applicable to all other Indian states. Following elections to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, the governor usually invites the political party (or a coalition of political parties) with a majority of assembly seats to form the government in the state. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers is collectively responsible to the assembly. Given that he has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years, renewable, and is subject to no term limits.Durga Das Basu. ''Introduction to the Constitution of India''. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Marriage
A love marriage is one which is driven solely by the couple, with or without consent of their parents, as opposed to arranged marriage. While there is no clear definition of love marriage, the term was in common use globally during the Victorian era. It is still used in the Commonwealth countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, as well as Nepal and Egypt. In Europe According to the American historian Stephanie Coontz, marriages between Anglo-Saxons were organised to establish peace and trading relationships. She writes that in the 11th century, marriages were organised on the basis of securing economic advantages or political ties, and the wishes of the couples were not considered important. The bride was especially expected to defer to her father's wishes. Coontz has argued that while love marriages were not universal, marriages based on love and personal commitments started to emerge as early as the 14th century and really began to flower in the 1700s. In 1140 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inter Caste Marriage
Due to longstanding cultural norms, inter-caste marriages in India remains a rare occurrence, but in the modern era has been permissible in certain sections of Indian society due to modernisation and urbanisation. According to the 2011 census, only 5.8% of the marriages in India are inter-caste marriages. In India, inter-caste marriages were publicly encouraged and supported by the incumbent government under Narendra Modi by the offering of financial encouragement to those who marry people from lower castes, C. N. Annadurai, the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, and social activists such as Periyar E. V. Ramasamy,Anita Diehl. (1977). E. V. Ramaswami Periyar. ''A study of the influence of a personality in contemporary South India'', Scandinavian University Books: Sweden. . Raghupathi Venkataratnam Naidu and Manthena Venkata Raju. In the North Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, the Government offers a cash award for inter-caste couples. The Supreme Court of India has also declared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuruba
Kuruba is a Hindu caste native to the Indian state of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. They are the third-largest caste group in Karnataka. Traditionally, they were agriculturalists and cattle farmers. The origins of kuruba is linked to 11th century. The founders of Vijayanagara empire belonged to kuruba caste. Etymology The term ''kuruba'' is derived from Kannada word ''kuri'' means a goat, thus the term Kuruba is implied for sheperds'', ''Agricultural was traditionally their primary occupation and kurubas are linked to kaurava of Mahabharata period. History Oral traditions of the Kurubas or Kuruma indicate their descent from Neolithic farming villages in South India which also kept cattle. Oral traditions indicate some of these original cattle-keeping agriculturalists branched off into new habitats and quickly came to rely on sheep pastoralism, absorbing Mesolithic hunter-gatherers. Rituals associated with hunting presumably came from the integration of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raghu Mukherjee
Raghu Mukherjee is an Indian Kannada film actor and model. Career Mukherjee won the ''Grasim Mr. India'' title in February 2002 soon started receiving modelling assignments and thus pursued modelling for a while. He started his film career, after he won the Mister International title in October 2002, at the age of 20, with Kannada director Nagathihalli Chandrashekar for his film ''Paris Pranaya'' released in 2003. In 2009, Mukherjee appeared in the film '' Savaari''. Later he acted in a few more films like ''Prema Chandrama'' and '' Nee Illadhe'' (2011). His 2012 release was the gangster A gangster is a criminal who is a member of a gang. Most gangs are considered to be part of organized crime. Gangsters are also called mobsters, a term derived from '' mob'' and the suffix '' -ster''. Gangs provide a level of organization and ... drama '' Dandupalya''. He has also been a reality TV show host and has appeared in television commercials. Filmography References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Head Bush
''Head Bush'' is a 2022 Kannada-language gangster film directed by Shoonya and written by Agni Shridhar, and produced by Dhananjaya and Ramco Somanna under the banner of Daali Pictures, SD Manna Talkies and Zee Studios. The film features an ensemble cast of Dhananjaya, Payal Rajput (in her Kannada debut), Devaraj, Yogesh, V. Ravichandran, Raghu Mukherjee, Vasishta N. Simha, Sruthi Hariharan and Prakash Belawadi. ''Head Bush'' was released on 21 October 2022 where it received mixed to negative reviews from critics and became a box-office bomb. Premise In the late 1970s, in Bangalore, M. P. Jayaraj alias "Head Bush", and his friends Ganga and Samson are called by Devraj Urs's son-in-law MDN to head "Indira Brigade", which was formed to protect Indira Gandhi's reputation. With unlimited money flowing from the politicians and cops, Jayaraj takes control over Bangalore, but petty issue triggers within Jayaraj's gang, which leads into a personal rivalry between Jayaraj and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinema Express
''Cinema Express'' was an Indian Tamil-language entertainment fortnightly magazine published from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was a part of The New Indian Express Group, which also publishes ''Samakalika Malayalam Vaarika'' weekly as well as '' Dinamani'' and ''Kannada Prabha'' newspapers. The ''Cinema Express'' brand is now used for the film industry coverage of ''The New Indian Express'' regardless of language. ''Cinema Express'' also honoured artistic excellence of professionals in the Indian film industry through the Cinema Express Awards. The published version was discontinued in February 2016, in favour of an online magazine. History ''Cinema Express'' came out with their first issue on 10 January 1980 and had the last on 16 February 2016. The magazine was priced at Rs.15 when publication ceased. Afterwards, The New Indian Express Group used the name ''Cinema Express'' for the online magazine that publishes information related to cinema.https://www.facebook.com/pg/XpressCine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
