Gudleppa Hallikeri was an Indian freedom fighter who is a native of Hosaritti in Haveri

Haveri

Haveriis a town in Karnataka. It is the administrative headquarters of Haveri District. The name Haveri is derived from the Kannada words havu and keri, which means place of snakes. Haveri is famous for its cardamom garlands. It is said that Haveri had around 1000 maths in ancient days. One of...

 district of Karnataka state. He started a residential school Gandhi Grameena Gurukul in Hosaritti

Hosaritti

Hosaritti is a village in the southern state of Karnataka, India. It is located in the Haveri taluk of Haveri district in Karnataka.Hosaritti is a hometown of the Great freedom fighter Gudleppa Hallikeri. who has started a residencial school named Gandhi Grameena Gurukul in Hosaritti...

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Hallikeri worked with many other freedom fighters such as Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi , pronounced . 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement...

, Mailar Mahadevappa and Sanikoppa, using peace protests and keep far way from violence. There is a larger than life iron wrought statue of Gudleppa Hallikeri in his final hometown, Hubli.

Hallikeri actively worked with Aluru Venkata Rao

Aluru Venkata Rao

Aluru Venkata Rao was one of the most eminent leaders of the Karnataka Ekikarana movement. He had a very strong impact on the Ekikarana movement which was fighting for a separate state encompassing all Kannada speaking areas of Mysore, Bombay Presidency and Nizam's Hyderabad...

 in the unification of Karnataka

Unification of Karnataka

The Unification of Karnataka refers to the formation of the Indian state of Karnataka, then called as Mysore State, in 1956 when several Indian states were created by redrawing borders based on linguistic demographics...

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The iron monument has gained him the nickname "The Iron Man Of Karnataka".

KLE Society's Gudleppa Hallikeri Arts, Science & Commerce College in Haveri

Haveri

Haveriis a town in Karnataka. It is the administrative headquarters of Haveri District. The name Haveri is derived from the Kannada words havu and keri, which means place of snakes. Haveri is famous for its cardamom garlands. It is said that Haveri had around 1000 maths in ancient days. One of...

, is One of the famous Colleges in north Karnataka

North Karnataka

North Karnataka is an arid plateau from elevation in the Karnataka state of southwest India. It is drained by the Krishna River and its tributaries the Bhima, Ghataprabha, Malaprabha, and Tungabhadra...

, named after him.