Malleshappa Madivalappa Kalburgi (Template:Lang-kn; 28 November 1938 – 30 August 2015) was an Indian scholar of Vachana sahitya (Vachana literature) and academic. He was the vice-chancellor of Kannada University in Hampi. A noted epigraphist of Kannada, he was awarded the National Sahitya Akademi award in 2006 for Marga 4, a collection of his research articles.[1]
Kalburgi was shot dead in the morning of 30 August 2015 at his residence in Dharwad district of Karnataka by two unidentified men.[2]
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- ↑ Kalburgi gets Sahitya Akademi award(December 22, 2006).
- ↑ Kannada scholar and former VC of Hampi University MM Kalburgi shot dead(30 August 2015).