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494:. Kalburgi's life work has been to provide insights and raise new perspectives into the Lingayat history and community, which have many times led to controversy and opposition from other members of the powerful Lingayat community that he was a member of. K. M. Marulsidappa states "Kalburgi’s murder is less likely to implicate conventional Hindutva groups, and more likely to involve the fine rivalries and high political stakes within Lingayat caste politics." Writer H.S Anupama says "His research work on the Lingayat community, the Vachanas and the Shaiva-Vaishnava clash had created ideological enemies to him within the community." 372:. In the first, Kalburgi examined several vachanas (poems) written by Basaveshwara's second wife Neelambike and concluded that her relationship with her husband may have been only platonic. In the other article, he pointed out the obfuscation by historians of the birth of Channabasava, another Lingayath poet. Kalburgi, relying on historical records, argued that Channabasava could be the product of Basava's sister Nagalambike's marriage to Dohara Kakkaya, the cobbler-poet. After recanting his views, Kalburgi had said, "I did it to save the lives of my family. But I also committed intellectual suicide on that day." . 649: 510:, was formed by the Hubli–Dharwad Police. Initial investigations revealed that there were no eyewitnesses to the incident. A CCTV footage retrieved from the area found "two youths aged between 24 and 28, wearing black clothes and riding a motorcycle". The police retrieved two empty cartridges from the crime scene and said an 264:
in Kannada as a gold medalist, Kalburgi joined Karnataka University as a Kannada lecturer for post-graduate students. In 1966, he was promoted to Professor in the Kannada Department. In 1982, he became the Head of the department. He then became the chairperson of the Basaveshwara Peetha. He received
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also returned Sahitya Akademi Award citing his murder among other incidents with people being "killed for not agreeing with the ruling ideology." Shashi Deshpande, K. Satchidanandan, P.K. Parakkadvu, and Aravind Malagatti resigned from the Akademi office. A number of Kannada writers also returned
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reacted to the murder calling Kalburgi a "progressive thinker" and said that the government had treated the incident "very seriously", and that culprits would be traced soon and "strictest punishment" would be meted out in accordance to law. Protests by a group of writers following the murder took
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range, striking Kalburgi's chest and forehead, while the other waited outside keeping the motorcycle running. Immediately following the shooting the assassins fled the scene on the motorcycle. An ambulance was called and attempts were made to resuscitate Kalburgi. He was first taken to a private
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On 30 August 2015, two men on a motorcycle came to the residence of Kalburgi in the Kalyan Nagar locality of Dharwad and knocked on his door. Kalburgi's wife Umadevi answered the door, and the two men posed as students of Kalburgi. She went inside to fetch coffee for them, but at 8:40 a.m.
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community. Kalburgi's life work has been to provide insights and raise new perspectives into the Lingayat history and community, which have many times led to controversy and opposition from other members of the Lingayat community that he was member of.
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their Karnataka Sahitya Akademy Awards in October 2015. About forty national Akademi awardees returned their awards, upon which the Akademi requested the recipients to keep their awards.
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released sketches of the two suspects to the press, based on accounts by Umadevi, Kalburgi's wife, and "another person who had a glimpse of them." The sketches as published in
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hospital and then to the District Civil Hospital of Dharwad, where the doctors declared that he had died en route. His body was cremated in Dharwad on 31 August.
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literature, ancient poets, and lesser known royal families. His research also focused on the 12th century Sharana movement. For his research on
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In 1989, Kalburgi was forced by the Lingayat temple chiefs to recant the allegedly derogatory references to the founder of
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bullets was used in the murder. Having not found any leads, the police, on 31 August, decided to hand over the case to
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Kalburgi's assassination was condemned by many political leaders and social activists. The Karnataka Chief Minister
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Republic of Reason: Words They Could Not Kill – Selected Writings of Dabholkar, Pansare and Kalburgi.
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Kalburgi's assassination is featured along with those of other progressive social reformers such as
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Having faced death threats previously, Kalburgi had demanded security from the ruling
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degree from a college in Bijapur after which he acquired a post-graduate degree in
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in Kannada for his thesis titled "Kavirājamārgada Parisaradalli Kannaḍa Sāhitya" (
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Investigations began on 30 August, the day of the murder. A special team of five
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M. M. Kalburgi was born on 28 November 1938 in Yaragal village of the erstwhile
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Kalburgi authored 103 books and over 400 articles. He is well known for his
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Kalburgi was shot dead in the morning of 30 August 2015 at his residence in
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Kalburgi was a noted Kannada epigraphist and a renowned scholar of the
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In June 2014, addressing a seminar on Anti-superstition Bill in
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Nayak, N. Dinesh; Bharadwaj, K. V. Aditya (2 September 2015).
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Nayak, N. Dinesh; Bharadwaj, K. V. Aditya (1 September 2015).
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In his later years, he served as the vice-chancellor of the
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Kalburgi is the author of over 20 publications, including:
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range by two men on a motorcycle who immediately escaped.
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The Future of Folk in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
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reveal the two faces with almost photographic clarity.
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Kannada literature in the environs of Kavirajamarga
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He had also worked as chairman of the 185:of Kannada, he was awarded the National 146:Kavirajamarga Parisarada Kannada Sahitya 1876:20th-century Indian non-fiction writers 1836:People from Bijapur district, Karnataka 1720: 1207: 936: 934: 932: 820: 818: 1813: 1579:Bureau, Karnataka (1 September 2015). 1578: 1234: 1232: 1230: 1041: 905: 903: 901: 899: 208:of Karnataka by two unidentified men. 1881:Academic staff of Karnatak University 1767:from the original on 5 December 2021. 1694: 1552: 956: 911:"An illustrious career in literature" 824: 791:"Kalburgi gets Sahitya Akademi award" 638: 444:, one of the men fired two rounds at 1318:"Kalburgi murder: protests continue" 1182:Aravind S., Kamal (31 August 2015). 1016:Rajghatta, Chidanand (15 May 1989). 929: 815: 642: 1695:Menon, Rajitha (23 December 2018). 1526: 1227: 896: 870: 658:contains text that is written in a 196:Kalburgi was a radical voice among 13: 1042:Mondal, Sudipto (30 August 2015). 988: 851:Farooqui, Sania (31 August 2015). 799:. 22 December 2006. 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Kalburgi 749: 412:against both the writers. 335:which was published by the 10: 1907: 1891:Assassinated Indian people 1861:Deaths by firearm in India 942:"Who is Prof MM Kalburgi?" 482:. In October 2015, writer 291:faced some controversies, 287:series of books. Although 1527:IAN (11 September 2015). 1137:. No. 30 August 2015 581: 255: 156: 141: 131: 126: 114: 109: 105: 97: 74: 39: 30: 23: 1856:People murdered in India 1821:Kannada-language writers 539: 422:Indian National Congress 390:Bethale Puje Yake Kuradu 376:Idol worship controversy 212:Early life and education 1841:Scholars from Karnataka 1296:Daily News and Analysis 1161:Daily News and Analysis 882:Daily News and Analysis 345:Kannada Sahitya Academy 337:Government of Karnataka 333:Samagra Vachana Samputa 1799:Understanding Kalburgi 508:Assistant commissioner 236:. 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Bombay Province
British India
Karnataka
Dharwad
Karnataka
Alma mater
Karnatak University
Vachana sahitya
Vachana sahitya
Kannada
Kannada University
Hampi
epigraphist
Sahitya Akademi Award
Lingayat
Dharwad district
Bombay Presidency
Sindagi
Bijapur district
British India
Bijapur
Bachelor of Arts
Kannada language
Karnatak University
Dharwad
M.A.
PhD
Vachana sahitya

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