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Dakshina Kannada District
Dakshina Kannada district is located in the state of Karnataka in India, with its headquarters in the coastal city of Mangaluru. The district covers an area nestled in between the Western Ghats to its east and the Arabian Sea to its west. Dakshina Kannada receives abundant rainfall during the Indian monsoon. It is bordered by Udupi district (formerly a part of this district) to the north, Chikmagalur district to the northeast, Hassan district to the east, Kodagu to the southeast and Kasaragod district of Kerala to the south. According to the 2011 census of India, Dakshina Kannada district had a population of 2,089,649. It is the only district in Karnataka state to have all modes of transport like road, rail, water and air due to the presence of a major hub, Mangaluru. This financial district is also known as the Cradle of Indian banking. Geography File:Sullia. Karnataka (3).jpg, Hilly region – Sullia Town File:Tannirubhavi beach 02.JPG, Coastal plain – Tannirbhavi Beach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Districts Of Karnataka
The South India, southern Indian States and union territories of India, state of Karnataka consists of 31 districts grouped into 4 administrative divisions, ''viz''., Belagavi division, Belagavi, Bengaluru division, Bengaluru , Kalaburagi division, Gulbarga, and Mysore division, Mysore. Geographically, the state has three principal variants: the western Kanara, coastal stretch, the Malenadu, hilly belt comprising the Western Ghats, and the Bayaluseeme, plains, comprising the plains of the Deccan plateau. History Karnataka took its present shape in 1956, when the former states of Mysore State, Mysore and Coorg State, Coorg were Unification of Karnataka, unified into a linguistically homogenous Kannada-speaking state along with agglomeration of districts of the former states of Bombay State, Bombay, Hyderabad State, Hyderabad, and Madras State, Madras as part of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Reorganisation Act of 1956. The unified Mysore State was made up of ten di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sullia
Sullia (also known as Sulya) is a town in the Dakshina Kannada district of the state of Karnataka, India. It is the headquarters of the Sullia taluk. Sullia is located 300 kilometres west of the state capital Bengaluru. History A historical revolution took place during 1837, when a majority of the Gowdas, Bunts, Kudiyas, Adidravidas and other castes from Amara Sullia, Madikeri, Siddapura, Bhagamandala, Shanivarasanthe, Bellare, Puttur and Nandavara went and fought for freedom against the British. Members of the Legislative Assembly Demographics According to the 2011 census report, Hindus form the largest religious group in Sullia taluk (1,23,507 that is 85.04% of the Taluk population). The number of Muslims is 19,556 (13.47% of the Taluk population) and the number of Christians in the Taluk is 2,076 (1.43%). Religions in Sullia taluk Languages in Sullia Taluk Climate Connectivity Air The nearest airport to Sullia is Mangalore International Airport whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umanatha Kotian
Umanatha Kotian is a Bharatiya Janata Party political activist and member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from the Moodabidri constituency. He was re-elected from Moodabidri Moodubidire (''Mūḍubidire''; also called Mudbidri, Moodbidri and Bedra) is a town and taluk in Dakshina Kannada district. It lies 34 km northeast of the district headquarters, Mangalore, in Karnataka, India. Because of widely grown b ... Constituency in the May 2023 state election. Filmography References External links Umanatha Kotian affidavit Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Karnataka Karnataka MLAs 2018–2023 Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Karnataka MLAs 2023–2028 {{Karnataka-BJP-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belthangady Assembly Constituency
Belthangady Assembly constituency is one of the 224 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Karnataka in southwestern India. Overview Belthangady (constituency number 200) is one of the eight Assembly constituencies located in Dakshina Kannada district. It covers the same area as the Belthangady Taluk. Belthangady is part of Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency, along with seven other Vidhan Sabha constituencies, namely: 201. Moodabidri, 202. Mangalore City North, 203. Mangalore City South, 204. Mangalore Mangaluru (), formerly called Mangalore ( ), is a major industrial port city in the Indian state of Karnataka and on the west coast of India. It is located between the Laccadive Sea and the Western Ghats about west of Bengaluru, the st ..., 205. Bantval, 206. Puttur and 207. Sullia (SC). Members of the Legislative Assembly The contest for the Belthangady legislative seat has been a thirty year contest between the Gowda family and the Ban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harish Poonja
Harish Poonja () is an Indian politician and member of the legislative assembly from Bharatiya Janata Party representing Belthangady constituency in Dakshina Kannada. Controversies Former MLA Vasanth Bangera and congress party workers organized a protest outside his office demanding to reveal the accounts for a flood relief fund setup under Harish Poonja's leadership. A team of local villagers from Dharmasthala, met with Poonja requesting that he not issue any permissions for construction of hotels and guest houses in the temple town since it will lead to desecration of the place. On 7th February, 2024 (Wednesday), Mr. Poonja wrote on the X (Twitter) that using the tax paid by Hindus for the welfare of other religious people is an injustice to Hindus. “Hindus’ tax, Hindus’ right”. He justified his controversial remark that “from the current financial year, the tax paid by Hindus should be used only for the welfare of Hindus.” Political Career In the 15th Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karnataka Legislative Assembly
The Karnataka Legislative Assembly (formerly the Mysore Legislative Assembly) is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the southern Indian state of Karnataka. Karnataka is one of the six states in India where the state legislature is bicameral, comprising two houses: the '' Vidhan Sabha'' (lower house) and the '' Vidhan Parishad'' (upper house). There are 224 Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) and are directly elected by people through adult franchise. Karnataka is thus divided into 224 constituencies to elect members to the Assembly, each constituency electing one member. The assembly is elected using the simple plurality or "first past the post" electoral system. The elections are conducted by the Election Commission of India. History Mysore Representative Assembly was constituted in 1881 by Maharaja Chamaraja Wadiyar X, the first of its kind in princely India. It formed the Kingdom's sole unicameral legislature until when, in 1907, an upper house ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Brijesh Chowta
Captain Brijesh Chowta is an Indian politician and the Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency. He is a Member of Parliament from Bharatiya Janata Party assumed office on 4 June 2024. He has been serving as the secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Karnataka since December 2023. Born and raised in Mangaluru, Chowta graduated from St.Aloysius College, Mangaluru in 2002 with a Bachelor of Science. After passing out from the Officer Training Academy, he was commissioned into the 7th Battalion of 8th Gorkha Rifles. And served in the Indian army from 2003 to 2010. During this stint, Chowta served in the counter-insurgency operations in Manipur and Assam respectively. He then returned to Mangaluru and began his entrepreneurial and political journey joining the BJP in 2013. Early life and education Captain Brijesh Chowta was born to Sesanna Chowta, now a retired agriculturist and Pushpa Chowta, a homemaker in Mangaluru. He completed his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dakshina Kannada (Lok Sabha Constituency)
Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency formerly Mangalore Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 28 Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian parliament) constituencies in Karnataka, a state in southern India.This constituency is closer to Kerala. This constituency was created as a part of the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies in 2008. It first held elections in 2009 and its first member of parliament (MP) was Nalin Kumar Kateel of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). As of the latest elections in 2024, Captain Brijesh Chowta represents this constituency. It comprises whole area of Dakshina Kannada district only. Assembly segments Before delimitation in 2008, Belthangady Assembly segment was under Chikmagalur Lok Sabha constituency, Chikmagalur constituency and the Bantwal, Moodabidri Assembly segments, along with former Surathkal Assembly segment (now renamed as Mangalore City North) were under the Udupi Lok Sabha constituency, Udupi constituency. In addition, the enti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deputy Commissioner
A deputy commissioner is a police, income tax or administrative official in many countries. The rank is commonplace in police forces of Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth countries, usually ranking below the Commissioner. Australia In all Australian police forces, deputy commissioner is the rank directly below that of commissioner and senior to the rank of Assistant commissioner (police), assistant commissioner. In all forces, excepting the New South Wales Police Force where the insignia is crossed and wreathed tipstaves surmounted by a crown, the same insignia as that of a lieutenant-general in the army, the insignia is a diamond (or a star, in the case of the Victoria Police), the same as that of a major-general in the army. Bangladesh The Deputy Commissioner (popularly abbreviated to "DC") or Deputy Commissioner (Bangladesh), District Magistrate is the executive head of the districts of Bangladesh, district, an administrative sub-unit of a divisions of Bangladesh, division. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadaba
Kadaba is a taluk in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka, India. It is located 82 km towards East from District headquarters Mangalore, 31 km from Puttur, 38 km from Sullia and 272 km from State capital Bangalore. Etymology As per the locals, Kadaba was ruled by 'Kadamba' dynasty hence the name 'Kadaba'. However, there are no valid evidence proving the same. As per the Historians Kadaba had been called Kadamma (Kadave, a male deer) since the animals were found in large number here in the past. The main languages are Tulu, Kannada and Malayalam. Kadaba taluk is the place where all religions are free to practice their rituals. During the festivals all religion people gather in the temples, churches and mosques and worship and show harmony. History The demand for Taluk status for Kadaba was first raised by President C PHILIP and Vice President Naryana gowda Kaikure formed 'Kadaba Taluk Rachana Horata Samiti' along with Mira shaib, CC Chacko, Nira ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ullal
Ullal or ''Uḷḷāla'' is a City in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka state in India. Ullal City Municipal Council along with the Mangaluru City Corporation forms the continuous Mangaluru urban agglomeration area which is currently the fourth biggest in Karnataka after Bengaluru, Mysore and Hubli-Dharwad. There is also a plan to merge Ullal City Municipality & some gram panchayats along with Mangaluru City Corporation to form the Greater Mangalore region. Ullal is one of the oldest towns in India. In the 15th century it came under the rule of the Portuguese. Still the remains of its glorious history can be seen in the beaches and other parts of Ullal. It is very famous for historic locations like Sri Cheerumba Bagavathi Temple, Someshwara Temple, Someshwar Beach, Summer Sands Beach Resort, Queen Abbakka Chowta's Fort at Ranipura, K Pandyarajah Ballal Institutes and college of nursing, St. Sebastian Church Permannur, Fish Meal & Oil Plant, and Queen Abbakka's Jain t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mulki, Karnataka
Mulki, also anglicized as Moolki, is a panchayat town located in Mangalore taluk in Dakshina Kannada district in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is on the banks of Shambhavi River, and was originally referred to as Moolikapur, which, sometime later, evolved into its current name. A small town with people of diverse religions, it is 10 km north of Suratkal. Karnad is a locality within Mulki. Geography It has an average elevation of 7 metres. It is in the Karavalli region of Karnataka, which is suitable for agriculture and building factories. It is next to the River Shambhavi, which originates from Kudremukh and ends at Sasthithlu Beach with the Arabian Sea. Etymology Historians say that the name is derived from the word 'herb'. 'Herb' means medicine. The word 'herb' is found in both Kannada and Tulu. The name 'Mulike' is derived from the presence of many herb plants in this village. The same name became 'Mulke' and gradually became 'Mulki'. One of the most specia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
