♦️✅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