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

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The Gamit tribe (also known as Gamit, Gavit, Mavchi and Pandvi) people speak in Gamit. They are about 516 of them who are now inhabitants of Karnataka, mostly found in Koppal and scattered over several other districts.

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The Hasalaru are Hindu tribes of Karnataka. They are 24,466 in number and speak Tulu and concentrated in several districts including Chikkamangaluru, Shimoga, Udupi, and Davangere.

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The Mysore royal family gained independence from the declining Vijayanagara Empire. Raja Wodeyar I (1578-1617) captured Srirangapatna in 1610, performed the “Tulabhara” ritual, and initiated the “Navaratri” festival, marking the Wodeyar dynasty’s prominence.

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Francis Buchanan, after his visit it to Karnataka in 1800 mentioned about the city Channapatna which was a centre of production of steel wires which had a high demand all over and was also used in musical instruments.

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Karnataka’s leading commercial and industrial crop is sugarcane. Karnataka ranks fourth in sugarcane production among Indian states. Sugarcane is used extensively in sugar manufacturing and allied industries within the state.

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Seiege of Bijapur began in 1685. It ended in September 1686 and Mughals won. The siege began when the Aurangzeb dispatched his son Muhammad Azam Shah with a force of nearly 50,000 men to capture Bijapur Fort and defeat Sikandar Adil Shah, the then ruler of Bijapur who refused to be a vassal of the Mughal Empire.
The siege of Bijapur was among the longest military engagements by the Mughals. It lasted for more than 15 months.

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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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The Tunga River originates from Varaha Parvata in the Western Ghats, Karnataka. It flows through Shimoga and Chikmagalur districts. The Tunga is 147 km long and joins the Bhadra River at Koodli to form the Tungabhadra River, which later merges with the Krishna River in Andhra Pradesh.

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Micrixalus fuscus (dusky torrent frog or brown tropical frog) is a species of small frog that is found in the dense forested hill streams in the Western Ghats.

Micrixalus saxicola (Malabar tropical frog, black torrent frog, small torrent frog, Jerdon’s olive-brown frog) is a species of frog of the Micrixalidae family and is found in the forest streams in the Western Ghats.

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Magod Falls is a group of waterfalls, located in the Uttara Kannada district of the state of Karnataka, where the Bedti River falls from a height of about 200 metres (660 ft) in two steps. This falls is 17 km from the Yellapur town.