The Kannada Sahitya Parishat was established on May 3, 1915, in Bengaluru. It was founded under the patronage of Maharaja Krishnarajendra Wodeyar IV. Sir M. Visvesvaraya, then Diwan of Mysore, played a key role in its inception. H. V. Nanjundaiah was the first president. The organization was originally named Karnataka Sahitya Parishat and organizes the Kannada Sahitya Sammelana annually.
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