2. Karnataka is a tapestry of colours, cultures, flavours, landscapes,
timelessness and heart- stopping beauty. A place where vibrant
worlds seamlessly meld into one another, every few hundred
kilometres. Sedate plains suddenly rise to dizzying mist-covered hilly
heights, and then plunge with careless abandon in a whitewater
freefall, to become languid rivers that flow past cities - cities where
time has stopped altogether, and cities where time rushes a
relentless rush to keep up with the world; cities that sometimes
escape into the deep quiet of thick forests and sometimes, stretch
their arms wide open to embrace the sea. Host to some of India's
largest and most powerful dynasties, the state has across the
centuries, carried a legacy of art and culture as varied as its
geography making it, by all means, a 191,791 square kilometre trail
of whimsy.
3. The proficiency rate was 75.36% according to the last
information records. 84% of the people were Hindu, 14%
Muslim, 1% Christian, 0.15% Buddhist and 0.05% Sikh.
Additionally, 0.27% of the people consider themselves to be not
associated with any religion.
Kannada is the official language out here and spoken by 66% of
the general public. Distinctive minorities in the state are Urdu,
Tamil, Telegu Hindi and Malayalam. In 2007 it had a birth rate
of 2.2% and a death rate of 0.2%. The aggregate fertility rate of
the state was 2.2. According to the 2011 enlistment of India, the
total population of Karnataka was 61,095,297 of which (50%)
were male and (49.3%) were female.
4. The Indian State of KARNATAKA is located
11°30' North and 18°30' North latitudes
and 74°East and 78°30' East longitude. It is
situated on a tableland where
the WESTERN and EASTERN GHATS ranges
converge into the complex, in the western part
of the Deccan Peninsular region of India.
5. The recorded history of Karnataka goes back more than two millennia.
Several great empires and dynasties have ruled over Karnataka and have
contributed greatly to the history, culture and development of Karnataka
The impact of kingdoms of Karnataka origin have been felt over other parts
of India also. The ChindakaNagas of central India, Gangas of Kalinga
(Odisha),[1]Rashtrakutas of Manyakheta Chalukyas of Vengi, Yadava Dynasty
of Devagiri were all of Kannada originwho later took to encouraging local
languages.
In the medieval and early modern periods, the Vijayanagara Empire and
the Bahmani Sultanate became the major powers in Karnataka. The latter
disintegrated to form five Deccan Sultanates The Deccan Sultanates defeated
the Vijayanagara Empire in 1565.
6. After the Anglo-Mysore Wars, where the East India
Company defeated the forces of Tipu Sultan, Company
Rule began in India. Karnataka was divided between
Bombay State, Mysore State, and Hyderabad State. Formal
rule under the British Crown began in 1858. During this
time, railways and airways, as well as modern universities
were introduced in Karnataka.
India became Independent in 1947, and the Kingdom of
Mysore and Hyderabad State were integrated into India.
According to the States Reorganization Act, 1956
the Kannada -speaking areas of Hyderabad State, Madras
State were unified with Mysore State. The state was
renamed Karnataka in 1973