KARNATAKA

♦️✅Karnataka Static GK✅♦️

✅Karnataka was formed on 1st November,1956 with the name Mysore State. On 1stNovember,1973 the Name was changed to Karnataka.

♦️Some Important Facts About Karnataka♦️

✅Karnataka is the largest Producer of Coffee

✅Bengaluru is Known as Silicon Valley of India

✅Karnataka Khadi Gramodyoga samyukta singh in the engeri area in hubli, is the only unit in India authorised to manufacture and supply the flag of India.

✅Oriental Library, Mysore built in 1891 and known as the Oriental Research Institute, is the oldest library in India.

✅The 58 feet tall Gomateshwara statue at Shravanabelagola is the world’s largest monolith Statue.

✅Mattur or Mathur village in Karnataka is known for the usage of Sanskrit for Day-to-Day communication instead of Kannad.

✅Mysore city was the first one to publish weekly newspapers in Kannada in 1859.

✅It is in Karnataka the first ever private Radio station was set up in 1935 by Professor MV Gopalaswamy.

♦️✅✅Karnataka✅✅♦️

👉Statehood - 1st November, 1956
👉Capital - Bangalore
👉Largest City - Bangalore
👉Chief Minister - H D Kumaraswamy
👉Governor - Vajubhai Vala
👉Official Language - Kannada

✅State Animal - Asian Elephant
✅State Bird - Indian Roller
✅State Flower - Lotus
✅State Tree - Sandalwood

♦️Cabinet Ministers and their constituency

👉D V Sadananda Gowda – Bangalore NorthShri
👉Ananthkumar – Bangalore South
👉Nirmala Sitharaman – Rajya Sabha MP

♦️National Parks/WLS♦️

👉Bandipur National Park
👉Nagarhole National Park
👉Bannerghatta National Park
👉Kudremukh National Park

♦️Folk Dances♦️

👉Dollu Kunitha
👉Yakshangana

♦️Major Ports♦️

👉Panambur Port

♦️Famous Airports

👉Kempegowda International Airport ( Bangalore )

♦️Famous Stadiums

👉M Chinnaswamy Stadium ( Bangalore )

♦️Thermal Power Plants

👉Kudgi Super Thermal Power Station

♦️Famous Temple

👉Gomateshwara Temple,

♦️Cities with nickname

👉Coorg – Scotland of India
👉Mangalore – Rome of East

♦️Famous Monuments/Places

👉Hampi
👉Mysore Palace
👉Jog Falls