Ma Ramamurthy (1918–1967) also known as Kannadada Veera Senani, was an Indian writer, journalist and Kannada activist. He is often considered as a commander of Kannada movement in 1960s. Ramamurthy is known for designing the red-and-yellow ''arishina-kumkuma'' (turmeric-vermilion)

Kannada flag The Kannada flag, a strip of yellow and red, symbolises both Kannada and Karnataka. Although it doesn't have any official status. Based on ancient Kannada, people believe the yellow and red colours in the flag stand for Arashina (Turmeric) and ...

Ramamurthy Nagar Ramamurthy Nagar () is an area in Bangalore in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located in the north-eastern part of Bangalore and comes under the E3 subdivision

, a locality in East Bengaluru in

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, was named after him. He was nicknamed 'Kannadada Veera Senani'. Ramamurthy led the Kannada movement from the front in the 1950s and 1960s under the leadership of A. N. Krishna Rao and others. He was born on 11 March 1918 at

Nanjangud Nanjangud, officially known as Nanjanagudu, is a town in the Mysuru district of Indian state of Karnataka. Nanjangud lies on the banks of the river Kapila (also called Kabini), 23 km from the city of Mysore. Nanjangud is famous for the S ...

in a

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family. His father Veerakesari Seetharama Shastri was a noted freedom fighter and litterateur.Ma.Ramamurthy, the Creator of Kannada flag, Karnataka History

Commemoration

A locality in

Bangalore Bangalore (), List of renamed places in India, officially Bengaluru (), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan area, metropolitan population of a ...

called

Ramamurthy Nagar Ramamurthy Nagar () is an area in Bangalore in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located in the north-eastern part of Bangalore and comes under the E3 subdivision

was named after him.

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1918 births 1967 deaths Kannada people Kannada-language writers People from Karnataka {{India-activist-stub