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I am Amar and a native of the state of Karnataka, India. I am an Engineering Graduate in Computer Science and currently working in one of the IT companies in Bangalore. My main areas of interest in Wikipedia are articles related to Kannada and Karnataka.

My signature: ¿Amar៛^{Talk to me/My edits}

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Image:editor - silver ribbon - 2 pips.jpg|This editor is a Yeoman Editor, and is entitled to display this Service Badge

Image:Dyk50.png|Awarded to Amarrg for contributions to DYK, particularly Karnataka articles. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:31, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Image:Dyk25.png|I, P.K.Niyogi, hereby award you with The 25 DYK Medal, in recognition of your over 25 contributions to the Did you know? section, as featured on the Main Page. Great job, go ahead to 100! Thank you for your contributions to the project.

Image:Original_Barnstar.png| For your fine effort in Chikkamagaluru district and Shivamogga District pages.Dineshkannambadi 13:50, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Image:DYK medal.png|Presented to Amarrg for a great collection of DYKs!! Looking forward to many more. -- P.K.Niyogi 01:47, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Image:Tireless_Contributor_Barnstar.gif|The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
Amarrg, this one for your invaluable contributions to Karnataka related articles. Thank you! Sarvagnya 21:58, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Image:Tireless_Contributor_Barnstar.gif|The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
Amar, you've been awesome in articles related to Karnataka. Keep up the good work. Gnanapiti 17:47, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
I second that also. Your contribution to Karnataka is doing the state proud. Keep up the great work ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"Expecting you" Contribs} 09:31, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Image:DYK medal.png| The DYK Medal
Amar, this medal is well deserved by you and comes to you for all your DYK contributions so far. Much much appreciated, mate! Keep up the wonderful job you are doing. Thank you!!! - KNM ^Talk 16:59, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Image:SpecialBarnstar.png|The Special Barnstar
I User:DaGizza, award Amarrg with the Special Barnstar for his almost instantaneous efforts in maintaining the referencing quality of the FA Karnataka. Gizza^Discuss ^© 12:06, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

Image:Original_Barnstar.png|The Original Barnstar
Awarded to Amarrg for his long term efforts at improving Karnataka articles and coverage -particularly DYK'S and the recent FA article Mysore (sounds really painful -perhaps you could lend some Savlon?). Keep up the good work! ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^Talk? 19:04, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Image:India Barnstar.PNG|The India Star
I have decided to award you this for your contributions to India related articles especially Karnataka state . -Tinucherian (talk) 11:56, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

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* Karnataka

Mysore

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* List of international cricket centuries by Sachin Tendulkar

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bgcolor="#44AA44" \| ...that the pen-name of the Kannada poet, Karnataka Ratna and Jnanpith Award winner Kuvempu, was derived from his full name "Kuppalli Venkatappa Puttappa", Kuppalli being his native place? -- 19 March 2007 Image:Murudeshwar_shiva.JPG...that the world's tallest statue of Hindu God Lord Shiva (pictured) is located in Murudeshwara, a coastal town in Karnataka, India? -- 29 March 2007 ...that the city of Mysore, in the Indian state of Karnataka, has been called the "Cultural Capital of Karnataka"? -- 9 April 2007 ...that Ninasam, a cultural organization in Karnataka, India, had a project sponsored by the Ford Foundation of the United States? -- 18 April 2007 ...that Dr. H. Sudarshan was honored with the Right Livelihood Award, also known as alternative Nobel Prize, for showing how tribal culture can help secure the basic rights and needs of indigenous people? -- 21 April 2007 ...that Kannada poet and Indian political activist Kayyara Kinyanna Rai published his first journal, Susheela, at the age of 12? -- 22 April 2007 ...that the 1934 film *Sati Sulochana* was the first ever talkie produced in the Kannada language? -- 25 April 2007 ...that the women courtiers in the erstwhile Mysore Kingdom were expected to be adept in 64 arts, with Kasuti embroidery being one of them? -- 26 April 2007 ...that the town of Channapatna in India is known as the "toy-town of Karnataka" due to the popularity of the wooden toys manufactured there? -- 26 April 2007 ...that Chitrakala Parishat, an art institution and a cultural organization in Bangalore, was the brainchild of famous Russian painter Svetoslav Roerich who used to reside in that city? -- 29 April 2007 ...that in 1843 the German missionary Hermann Mögling published the first ever newspaper in the Kannada language? -- 6 May 2007 ...that flora and fauna of the Indian state of Karnataka include a species of ant newly discovered on the campus of the Indian Institute of Science? -- 11 May 2007 ...that in the Indian Gaarudi Gombe ceremonial dance, dancers are required to wear full-body doll-suits made of bamboo sticks? -- 18 May 2007 ...that the biggest walk-through aviary in India is located on the shore of the Karanji Lake in Mysore? -- 20 May 2007 Image:Philomena_Church_Mysore.JPG...that the St. Philomena's Church (pictured) in the city of Mysore in India was built in Neo Gothic style drawing inspiration from the Cologne Cathedral in Germany? -- 27 May 2007 ...that Saalumarada Thimmakka was awarded the National Citizen's award for planting and nurturing 284 banyan trees along an Indian highway? -- 28 May 2007 ...that Trivikrama Mahadeva has organized the funerals of over 42,000 people? -- 3 June 2007 ...that Handigodu Syndrome is an osteoarthritic disorder endemic to the Malnad region in Karnataka, India? -- 4 June 2007 ...that in a few of the international cricket matches played by India in the 1990s, more than half of the players in the Indian team belonged to the state of Karnataka? -- 9 June 2007 ...that the first private radio station in India was Akashvani which was set up in 1935 in Mysore, Karnataka? -- 12 June 2007 ..that Narayana Hrudayalaya, located in Bangalore, India and one of the largest pediatric heart hospitals in the world, offers a telemedicine service for free? -- 17 June 2007 ...that Vishvakannada.com was the first Internet magazine in Kannada and also the first website in an Indian language to use dynamic fonts? -- 19 June 2007 ...that the Bangalore based SELCO company, which promotes solar power in rural India, has twice won an Ashden Award? -- 28 June 2007 ...that one of the largest rainwater harvesting projects in the world is being implemented in the rural areas of the state of Karnataka, India? -- 30 June 2007 ...that the Kannada film *Shanti* is one of just a few narrative films with only a single actor? -- 4 July 2007 ...that the poet Dinakara Desai is known as Chutuka Brahma (creator of chutukas) because he invented a four-line limerick form of Kannada poetry known as chutuka? -- 4 July 2007 ...that Y. G. Parameshwara was the first blind Indian to qualify as a doctor? -- 9 July 2007 ...that the Narasinganavar family residing in the Indian state of Karnataka is one of the largest undivided families in the world? -- 14 July 2007 ...that oleoresin extracted from Byadgi chilli is used in making nail polish and lipstick? -- 29 July 2007 ...that Nalvadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar, king of Mysore, set up a factory to manufacture Mysore Sandal Soap because World War I prevented any export of sandalwood? -- 6 August 2007 ...that Hutti Gold Mines Limited, located in the state of Karnataka, is the only company in India that produces gold by mining and extracting it from its ore? -- 6 August 2007 ...that the motorcycle racing couple of Jagat and Anita Nanjappa once completed a rally in which Anita sat on the bike's petrol tank to reduce the weight on the flat rear tyre? -- 10 August 2007 ...that the Kannada film Samskara, initially banned by the censor board, won the President's Gold Medal for the Best Indian Film of 1971? -- 12 August 2007 ...that Karnataka Khadi Gramodyoga Samyukta Sangha, in the city of Hubli, is the only unit in India authorised to manufacture and supply the national flag? -- 14 August 2007 ...that Prabhat Kalavidaru, a theatre group based in Bangalore has performed the fairytale, Cinderella over 1000 times since 1977 and that few artists have acted in each of those performances? -- 16 August 2007 ...that Vasanta Habba, an annual cultural event organised by Nrityagram in Bangalore, is considered to be the classical Woodstock of India? -- 17 August 2007 ...that St. Mary's Basilica is the oldest church in Bangalore and the only basilica in the Indian state of Karnataka? -- 21 August 2007 ...that 62 people died in a fire on the sets of the TV serial *The Sword of Tipu Sultan* in Mysore, India? -- 21 August 2007 ...that while Sanskrit is the liturgical language for many Indian religions, only one daily newspaper, the *Sudharma, uses it? -- 21 August 2007 ...the oldest stud farm in India, Kunigal stud farm, was used by Tipu Sultan for breeding horses for cavalry regiments to fight the British? -- 26 August 2007 ...that the Markonahalli Dam across the River Shimsha* in India had to be partly demolished in order to prevent excess water from flooding the villages? -- 30 August 2007 ...that though the Indian rivers, Tunga and Bhadra originate at Gangamoola, they flow separately for more than 145 km. (90 mi.), before joining at Koodli to form the River Tungabhadra? -- 1 September 2007 ...that centenarian Nittoor Srinivasa Rau, was the first chief of the Central Vigilance Commission of India and also the first to translate Mahatama Gandhi's autobiography to Kannada? -- 6 September 2007 ...that Keremane Shivarama Heggade, the founder of folk-art troupe Idagunji Mahaganapathi Yakshagana Mandali was the first Yakshagana artist in India to receive the Rashtrapati Award? -- 11 September 2007 ...that the Plaza film theatre in Bangalore, India was modeled after the Piccadilly Circus in London? -- 16 September 2007 ...that Mysore Paints and Varnish Limited is the only firm in India authorised to manufacture the indelible ink used to prevent fraudulent voting? -- 21 September 2007 ...that the photographer duo of Krupakar-Senani were kidnapped by the bandit Veerappan, while filming the movie Wild Dog Diaries in India? -- 25 September 2007 ...that Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar, the king of the Mysore kingdom in India, was also a collector and an inventor of board games? -- 13 October 2007 ...that one of the first discoveries of atmospheric neutrinos was made at India's Kolar Gold Fields? -- 16 October 2007 ...that before the launch of a satellite, a group of scientists from ISRO's Master Control Facility at Hassan offer prayers to a miniature model of the satellite and donate it to a temple in Dharmasthala? -- 21 October 2007 ...that nine workers died at India's Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Limited due to a blast that occurred when leaking water was accidentally mixed with molten steel? -- 26 October 2007 ...that the Indian novelist M. K. Indira started writing novels only after the age of forty-five? -- 1 December 2007 ...that K. Chidananda Gowda, the former Vice-chancellor of the Kuvempu University in India, is the son-in-law of the Kannada playwright Kuvempu, the university's namesake? -- 3 December 2007 ...that Deepak Chougule, a cricketer from the Indian state of Karnataka, created a junior world record for maximum runs scored in a single day of a cricket match when he scored 400 runs in a day? -- 28 January 2008 ...that the United Breweries' chairman Vijay Mallya, named his Bangalore Royal Challengers, an Indian Premier League cricket team, after his liquor brand? -- 25 February 2008 ...that the railcar that ran on the Shimoga-Talaguppa railway in India had to be reversed on a turntable, so that it could start its return journey? -- 25 February 2008 ...that the Kannada writer Kirtinath Kurtakoti died of cardiac arrest just hours after his wife's death? -- 10 March 2008 ...that Nalknad Palace in the Indian state of Karnataka was the final refuge of Chikka Veerarajendra, the last king of Kodagu? -- 12 March 2008 ...that *Epigraphia Carnatica, compiled by Benjamin L. Rice, contains a study of about 9000 inscriptions found in the Old Mysore region of India? -- 12 March 2008 ...that excavations at Chandravalli* in the Indian state of Karnataka have unearthed coins of Roman emperor Augustus and Chinese Han emperor Wu Ti? -- 16 March 2008 ...that rock edicts of Emperor Ashoka, found at Brahmagiri in the present-day Karnataka state of India, indicated the southernmost extent of the Mauryan Empire? -- 19 March 2008 ...that the discovery of horse bones at the archaeological site of Hallur in south India refuted the theory that horses were introduced to this region as part of the Indo-Aryan migration? -- 21 March 2008 ...that a rock edict of Emperor Ashoka found at Maski in the Indian State of Karnataka in 1915, was the first one to refer him by the name Asoka? -- 25 March 2008 ...that the discovery of antennae swords at Kallur in the Indian state of Karnataka, was the first instance of the Copper Hoard culture being found in South India? -- 25 March 2008 ... that inscriptions found on a stone pillar in the village of Talagunda in India describe the rise of the Kadamba dynasty? -- 7 May 2008

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bgcolor="#44AA44" \| ...that the creation of Kannada Sahitya Parishat, an Indian non-profit organization to promote the Kannada language, was first initiated by Bharat Ratna Sir M. Vishweshwaraiah, the Diwan of the Mysore Kingdom? -- 4 May 2007 ...that Romulus Whitaker won the Whitley Award for establishing a rainforest research station at Agumbe in India to conserve King Cobras? -- 22 May 2007 ...that Batasio sharavatiensis, a species of bagrid catfish discovered near Jog Falls in India, is named after the Sharavathi river in which it was found? -- 26 May 2007 ...that the state of Karnataka, particularly the region belonging to the coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi, is known as the *cradle of banking* in India? -- 24 June 2007 ...that Gubbi Veeranna's theatre company was the first one in the state of Karnataka, India to employ female artists to portray female characters on the stage? -- 24 June 2007 ...that the Kodava Hockey Festival held annually in the Kodagu district of the Indian state of Karnataka is one of the largest field hockey tournaments in the world? -- 25 June 2007 ...that the Bangalore Palace in India, which was built to resemble Windsor Castle in England, has hosted music concerts of bands like Aerosmith, Rolling Stones and Deep Purple? -- 2 July 2007 Image:Bangalore_HighCourt.jpg...that the first public interest litigation case to be heard in the Karnataka High Court (pictured) in India was to prevent the demolition of the very building from which it was functioning? -- 14 September 2007 Image:Jagan_mohan_palace2.jpg...that the first session of the Legislative Council of Mysore State in India was held in the Jaganmohan Palace (pictured) in July 1907? -- 26 September 2007 ...that Prema Karanth is the first woman to direct a Kannada film? -- 04 November 2007 ...that the Raichur Thermal Power Station is the first thermal power plant to be set up in the Indian state of Karnataka and accounts for about 40% of the total power generated in the state? -- 05 November 2007 ...that the Brindavan Gardens in Karnataka is a Mughal style garden having a design similar to that of Shalimar Gardens in Kashmir? -- 02 March 2008

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bgcolor="#44AA44" \| ...that in 1985, Texas Instruments became the first multinational to set up base in Bangalore? -- 20 June 2007 ...that the world's first birth control clinic was set up in 1930 in the Mandya district of the state of Karnataka, India? -- 27 June 2007 ...that Rangayana is the only repertory in India that is sponsored by the government? -- 17 August 2007 ...that G. Venkatasubbaiah is regarded as the father of the modern Kannada dictionary? -- 27 October 2007 ...that in the year 2004, both the Tamil and Telugu language versions of the Kannada novel *Parva* won the Sahitya Akademi of India's translation award? -- 03 November 2007

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[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/Tool1/wannabe_kate?username=Amarrg&site=en.wikipedia.org A summary of my edits]

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Channapatna toys • Chitrakala Parishat • Culture of Mysore • Gaarudi Gombe • Ilkal saree • Kasuti • List of Kannada Sahitya Sammelana • Plaza theatre • Samskara • Sati Sulochana • Shanti • The Sword of Tipu Sultan • Togalu Gombeyaata • Vasanta Habba • Veeragase • Wild Dog Diaries