List of people from Hubli Dharwad

Hubli-Dharwad Twin city is the home of many national & international reputes. The various personalities who brought credit to the twin-city in different fields are:

Contents 1 Award winners 1.1 Jnanapeeth Award Winners 1.2 Bharat Ratna 1.3 Padma Award Winners 1.3.1 Padmabhushan 1.3.2 Padma Vibhushan 1.3.3 Padmashri Award 1.4 Academy Award 2 Famous Musicians, Poets,Artists and writers 2.1 Musicians 2.2 Poets 2.3 Prominent Freedom Fighters 2.4 Artists 2.5 Writers 3 Business people 4 People from Dharwad 5 See also 6 References

Award winners

The national level award winner from this place.

Jnanapeeth Award Winners

The Jnanpith Award is a literary award in India, it is one of the two most prestigious literary honours in the country.

• Dr. D. R. Bendre
• Prof. V. K. Gokak
• Sri Girish Karnad

Bharat Ratna

• Bhimsen Joshi

Padma Award Winners

Padmabhushan

• Sri Basavraj Rajguru
• Smt. Gangubai Hangal
• Dr. Mallikarjun Mansoor

Padma Vibhushan

• Sri Bhimsen Joshi
• Smt. Gangubai Hangal(2002)

Padmashri Award

• Dr. R. B. Patil

Academy Award

• Dr. Shankar Mukashi Punekar

Famous Musicians, Poets,Artists and writers

North Karnataka is known for the melody of Hindustani music^[1]. Dharwad district is the main place which producing national and international level musicians like Dr Mallikarjun Mansur, Dr Gangubai Hangal, Bharat Ratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Pandit Basavaraj Rajguru and Pandit Rajshekar Mansur.

Musicians

• Bharat Ratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi
• Gangubai Hangal
• Mallikarjun Mansur
• Kumar Gandharva
• Basavraj Rajguru
• Sawai Gandharva
• Sitarratna Rahimat Khan
• Ustad Bale Khan
• Pandit Madhava Gudi'
• Vasant Kanakapur
• Mrs. Anupamaa Gudi Mangalvede
• Pravin Godkhindi
• Venkatesh Godkhindi
• Pandit Mohanrao Kallianpurkar
• Ganayogi Pandith Puttaraja Gavai

Poets

• Dr. D. R. Bendre
• Dr. V. G. Gokak
• Chennaveer Kanavi
• Betgeri Krishna Sharma

Prominent Freedom Fighters

• Gudlappa Hallikeri

Artists

• Girish Karnad
• Leena Chandavarkar
• Prashant G Koti

Writers

• Shri Alur Venkatgiri Rao
• Prof. Bhusnurmath
• Shri Patil Puttappa
• Shri Shambha Joshi
• Dr. K. S. Narayanacharya
• Dr. Panchakshari Hiremath
• Dr. Shankar Mokashi Punekar
• Shri Saali Ramachandra Rayaru
• Dr. R. Y. Dharwadkar
• Dr Giraddi Govindraja
• Mr. Basavaraj Kattimani

Business people

• Gururaj Deshpande, founder Sycamore Networks^[2]
• Umesh Vaidyamath, founder and Chief Executive Officer of INSZoom

Writer Basavaraj Kattimani

People from Dharwad

• Ajaz Mukti

See also

• Hubli
• Dharwad

Sudha Murthy

References

1. ^ "School of Hindustani music to start its tune". http://www.deccanherald.com/content/May222007/spectrum200705212935.asp. Retrieved 2009-03-31. 
2. ^ Mint (newspaper), The Wall Street Journal (December 18, 2009). "Gururaj Deshpande :The serial entrepreneur". http://www.livemint.com/2009/12/18203315/Gururaj-Deshpande--The-serial.html.