New Delhi, Nov 1 (ANI): large number of Kannada writers, artists, professors, and academicians celebrated Karnataka Rajyotsava here today.
The Kannada monthly, "Dehali Kannadiga" organized the celebration.
Inaugurating the celebration, M.B Samaga, the editor of the monthly, urged Central Government to clear all pending projects of Karnataka, immediate implementation of Hubli-Ankola Railway line project, introduction of passenger ship between Mumbai and Mangalore, to give Constitutional recognition to Kodava and Tulu languages.
Samaga suggested that the Karnataka Government should establish a Karnataka Cultural Museum, a common guest house, working women hostel in Delhi and a separate department for the development of Kannada outside the State.
He also urged Delhi Government to name some of prominent roads and parks of Delhi after great personalities of Karnataka, to start a South Indian cultural academy in Delhi.
The former chief librarian of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), B.N. Rao, who had presided over the celebration, called upon Kannadigas to develop Kannada land, literature and cultural and urged Delhi Government to support Kannada cultural activities in Delhi. (ANI)
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