FIRST VISHWA KANNADA SAMMELANA OUTSIDE INDIA

Vishwa Kannada Sammelana

The first ever world kannada congress was held in Manchester between 27 to 29th August 1988. Delegates from UK, USA, Europe, Israel, Australia and NZ and India attended with great enthusiasm!

Prominent personalities were Sri S R Bommai, Chief Minister of Karnataka, Sri M P Prakash, Sri J H Patel, DR Shivarama Karanth, G R Vishwanath, actors Shankar Nag, Geeta, Srinath and a whole host of eminent people!

August 1988

An extravagant event in the history of Kannada Balaga

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Click on the image above to open a PDF version of the commemorative souvenir on the eve of the historic event.

Click on the image below to open a PDF version of “Nenapugalu” sanchike of the event