Huilgol Narayana Rao (4 October 1884 - 4 July 1971) was a popular Indian

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in the modern

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. Narayana Rao is best known as the poet who composed the then

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of the

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''Udayavagali Namma Cheluva Kannada Nadu'' which heralded the birth of Karnataka . The popular song was sung by Huilgol Narayan Rao and Gangubai Hanagal at Karnataka Unification Conference held in 1924, which was also the venue which hosted the 1924

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rao, Huilgol Narayana Indian male dramatists and playwrights 1884 births People from Gadag district 1971 deaths 20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights Dramatists and playwrights from Karnataka 20th-century Indian male writers