States PCS: Karnataka GK for KPSC and other Karnataka State Exams

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The Upparas was the caste who were engaged in salt production. After the British made salt production a state monopoly, this traditional industry which supported thousands came to be ruined and the Upparas mostly shifted to agriculture.

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Haft Gumbaz is located in Gulbarga. Gulbarga is a city in Karnataka. It is officially known as Kalaburagi. It is the administrative headquarters of Gulbarga district. It is the largest city in the Hyderabad-Karnataka region of North Karnataka.
Haft Gumbaz are a group of tombs of the rulers and military commanders of the Bahmani Kingdom. The tombs were built during the 14th and 15th centuries. It is an example of Indo-Islamic architecture. There are seven tombs in total.  The tomb complex is maintained by the Archeological Survey of India. The tomb complex is part of the “Monuments and Forts of the Deccan Sultanate”, which is an ensemble of various structures added to the tentative list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

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Kempe Gowda I was the architect of the Bangalore Fort. He was a vassal of the Vijaynagar Empire and the founder of Bangalore. Kempegowda’s birth anniversary celebrations are organized by the state government every year across Karnataka from 27 June 2017, and is seen as Kempegowda day or ‘Kempegowda Jayanthi’.
The construction of Bangalore Fort began in 1537 as a mud fort. It was renovated in 1751 with granite stones by Hyder Ali and  it was further improved by his son Tipu Sultan in the late 18th century.

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Shivanasamudra Falls is a waterfall located in Chamarajanagar district, Karnataka. It is situated along the river Kaveri. Set up in the year 1902, Shivanasamudra Falls along with Barachukki Falls in Chamarajanagar district and Gaganachukki Falls Mandya district is the location of one of the first hydro-electric power stations in Asia. Diwan Sheshadri Iyer, Diwan Sir M Vishveshwaraya designed the project.

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The Lingambudhi Lake is situated the city of Mysore, Karnataka. The Lingambudhi Park is located on the eastern and northern sides of the Lingambudhi Lake.

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Karnataka  is the first Indian state to launch “Universal Health Coverage” (UHC). By this program, Karnataka assures health for its population of over 60 million under the Arogya Bhagya scheme by merging existing health schemes under a single umbrella.
Universal Health Coverage is the primary health-related objective defined under the Sustainable development goals (SDG). According to the World Health Organization, UHC is the desired outcome of health system performance whereby all people who need health services receive them, without undue financial hardship.

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In the budget it has been mentioned about the commencement of ‘Vanitha Sangathi’ programme under which BMTC bus pass at concessional rate will be provided to the women labourers of garment sector in Bengaluru. The expenditure towards this programme will be Rs.30 crore.

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On Roads and bridges, for the year 2021-22, Karnataka has allocated 4.8% of its total expenditure, which is higher than the average of 4.3% allocation by all the states.

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He received Padma Shri in 2008.

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Dr. K Sudhakar, minister of Karnataka has inaugurated India’s first Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT- PCR) COVID-19 mobile Lab.
The mobile lab is called the Mobile Infection Testing and Reporting lab (MITR). It is developed by the Indian Institute of Science (IISC) in Bengaluru.