Indian
Writer, journalist and social activist
Ma Ramamurthy (1918–1967) also known as Kannadada Veera Senani, was an Indian writer, journalist and Kannada activist.[1] He is often considered as a commander of Kannada movement in 1960s. Ramamurthy is known for designing the red-and-yellow arishina-kumkuma (turmeric-vermilion) Kannada flag. Ramamurthy Nagar, a locality in East Bengaluru in Karnataka, was named after him.[2][3] He was nicknamed 'Kannadada Veera Senani'. Ramamurthy led the Kannada movement from the front in the 1950s and 1960s under the leadership of A. N. Krishna Rao and others.[4]
He was born born on 11 March 1918 at Nanjangud in a Brahmin family. His father Veerakesari Seetharama Shastri was a noted freedom fighter and litterateur.[5]
Commemoration
A locality in Bangalore called Ramamurthy Nagar was named after him.[2]
Notes
- Kannada veera senani M. Ramamurthy's centenary memoir volume{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Kannaḍa Sāhitya Pariṣattu(2018)
References
- ↑ Contributions of Ma Ramamurthy immense: Chand Bhasha(March 12, 2018).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wife of Kannada flag creator lives in destitute home(July 21, 2017).
- ↑ Who created Karnataka flag first? Check interesting facts about Kannada flag(October 31, 2020).
- ↑ Ma. Ramamurthy, Kannada’s forgotten flag-bearer(July 19, 2017).
- ↑ Ma.Ramamurthy, the Creator of Kannada flag, Karnataka History