Gudleppa Hallikeri (1906–1972) was an Indian freedom fighter who is a native of Hosaritti in

Haveri Haveri is a city in Karnataka, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Haveri district. Haveri is famous for its cardamom garlands and Byadagi red chillies. Around 25 km away, there is a place called Bada, which is the birthplace o ...

district of Karnataka state. He started a residential school Gandhi Grameena Gurukul in Hosaritti. Hallikeri worked with many other freedom fighters such as

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, Mailara Mahadevappa and Sanikoppa, using peace protests and

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. There is a larger than life iron wrought statue of Hallikeri in his final hometown, Hubli. Hallikeri actively worked with

Aluru Venkata Rao Aluru Venkata Rao (also sometimes referred as Aluru Venkata Raya) (12 July 1880 – 25 February 1964) was an Indian historian, writer and journalist. He is revered as Karnataka Kulapurohita (''High priest of the Kannada family'') in the Karn ...

in the

unification of Karnataka The Unification of Karnataka refers to the formation of the Indian state of Karnataka (then named Mysore State) in 1956 when several Indian states were created by redrawing borders based on linguistic demographics. Decades earlier, during Brit ...

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's Gudleppa Hallikeri Arts, Science & Commerce College in

, is one of the colleges in

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, named after him.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hallikeri, Gudleppa 1906 births 1972 deaths People from Haveri district Kannada people Indian independence activists from Karnataka