Chief Minister Siddaramaiah unveiled the emblem of Karnataka Sambhrama-50 to mark the golden jubilee of renaming the Mysore State as Karnataka on November 1, 1973.
Former chief minister late D. Devaraj Urs is credited with renaming Mysore State as Karnataka. With the inclusion of the districts from erstwhile Nizam’s Hyderabad State and Bombay presidency, many people, including politicians, then felt the need to change the State’s name since districts from Mysuru region were just a part of the State. In a ceremony conducted under the leadership of Devaraj Urs, the new name was announced.
