Writer selected for Rajyotsava Award
The Hindu
Balasaheb Lokapur, veteran writer and Prakrut researcher, has been selected for the Karnataka Rajyotsava award.
Balasaheb Lokapur, veteran writer and researcher, has been selected for the Karnataka Rajyotsava award.
He worked extensively on Amatur Balappa, the lieutenant of queen Kittur Channamma, who shot and killed St John Thackeray, the British civil servant in Dharwad, at the battle of Kittur in 1824. His seminal work leading to the biography of Amatur Balappa helped throw light on the life of the legendary freedom fighter, who had remained mostly forgotten till then.
Prof. Lokapur, 70, hails from Shiratti near Athani in Belagavi district. He taught geological science in a college, after his masters in science from Karnataka University, Dharwad. He got a doctorate in Kannada literature from the Hampi Kannada university, for his work on ‘Jain Sensibilities in modern Kannada literature’.
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Balasaheb Lokapur, veteran writer and Prakrut researcher, has been selected for the Karnataka Rajyotsava award.