Karnataka has decided to hold year-long celebrations from November 1 to mark the golden anniversary of its renaming from the erstwhile State of Mysore.
Announcing this at a press conference in Bengaluru on Wednesday, Kannada and Culture Minister Shivaraj Tangadagi said the nature of the year-long programmes would be finalised after holding divisional-level consultative meetings with Kannada writers and activists throughout the State. After the completion of the consultative process, a high-level meeting would be held with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to give a final shape to the year-long programmes, he said.
The State of Mysore was renamed Karnataka with effect from November 1, 1973. It was on July 30, 1973, that the Lok Sabha adopted a Bill which provided for renaming of Mysore State as Karnataka.
