Agara is a village in the southern state of
Karnataka
Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...
, India.
[ , Census Village code= 2924400][ Agara (Yelandur), Chamarajanagar, Karnataka] It is located in the
Yelandur
Yelandur is a taluk and town in Chamarajanagar district in southern Karnataka, India. It has historic and cultural importance in this region. Along with three other taluks, it was officially included into Chamarajanagar district when the distri ...
taluk
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative ...
of
Chamarajanagar district
Chamarajanagar or Chamarajanagara is the southernmost district in the state of Karnataka, India. It was carved out of the original larger Mysore District in 1998. Chamarajanagar town is the headquarters of this district.
It is the third leas ...
in Karnataka.
Noted people
*
Samsa - Kannada's first historical playwright, was born as ''A. N. Swamy Venkatadri Iyer'' in Agara village.
* ''Agaram Rangaiah'' - freedom fighter and editor of ''Sadhvi'' paper for 63 years, was born in this village.
See also
*
Chamarajanagar
Chamarajanagara is a city and headquarter of eponymous Chamarajanagar district in the Karnataka state of India. It is named after Chamaraja Wodeyar IX, the erstwhile Raja of Mysore, Chamarajanagara was previously known as 'Arikottara'.
Hist ...
References
External links
* http://Chamarajanagar.nic.in/
Villages in Chamarajanagar district
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