Before 1956 Kannada land was divided among Hyderabad province, Madras province and Mumbai Province. As a result of the Movement for Unification of Karnataka, the Fazal Ali Committee was set up by the government of India in 1954 to look into the demand. Fazal Ali Committee recommended the formation of Mysore State. So the Mysore state came into being on November 1, 1956 after the re-organization of states on languages basis. The following regions and places were integrated with the newly formed Mysore state.
From Old Mysore State: Bangalore, Mysore, Kolar, Tumkur, Mandya, Chickmagalore, Hassan, Shimoga, Chitradurga.From Madras Province: South Canara District, Kollegal Tq, Coorg and Bellary District.From Bombay: Belguam, Dharwar, Bijapur and Karwar.From Hyderabad: Raichur, Bidar and Gulbarga.Independent State: Sondur, Jamkhandi, Mudhol and Sovanur.It was in November 1, 1973 the Mysore state was renominated as Karnataka on popular demand.
Geography of Karnataka:
The total land area of Karnataka state is 1, 91,791 Sq Km. It measures about 700 km from north to south and 400 km from east to west. It is located between 11o 31' and 18o 45' north latitudes, 74o 12' and 78o 40' east altitudes. It was covers about 5.84% land area of India. Karnataka is the eighth largest state in India. As per the 2001 census it is the 9th largest populated State in the country. Karnataka is bounded by Andhra Pradesh in the east, Arabian sea (about 400Km coastal length) in the west, Maharashtra in the north, Goa in north-west, Tamil Nadu in South and South-east and Kerala state in the south-west.
Geographical Regions:
Karnataka state can be divided into four geographical regions, They are:
Soil in Karnataka:
Varieties of soils are found in Karnataka. They can be broadly divided into 4 groups, as given below.
Karnataka state is fairly rich in mineral resources. Important minerals available in the state are Gold, Iron ore, Manganese, Cromite, Bauxite, Lime stone, Granite, Mica, Magnasite, Silver etc.
Large quantity of good quality Iron ore reserve is in Karnataka. As per the estimate around 2,421 million tons of iron ore reserve is in the state. Karnataka stands third in iron ore deposits after Bihar and Orissa in the country. It also stands third in production of Iron ore in the country. Karnataka mainly exports its iron ore to Japan and Iron.
In Karnataka Manganese is available in large quantity. It is estimated that around 73.3 million tons of Manganese deposit is in the state. It stands first in the manganese reserve but stands third in its production in the country. Bellary district is the highest producer of Manganese in the state.
Bauxite deposit also found in Karnataka. Belguam district is the major producer of Bauxite.
It is estimated that about 1.5 million tons of Cromite deposit is in Karnataka. It is mainly used in iron and steel industry. The state stands second in cromite reserve in the country. It is available in Shimoga, Hassan, Chickmagalore, Mysore and CHitradurga districts.
Karnataka stands first in the production of gold in India. It produces about 78% total gold production in the country. It is available in Kolar and Raichur districts. Kolar Gold field and Hatti Gold Mines are the major gold mines of Karnataka. But in KGF production of gold is almost stopped. KGF's Champion Reaf gold mine is the deepest mine in the world.
Copper deposit is found in Ingadhalu of Chitradurga district, Kalyadi of Hassan district and Thinthini of Gulbarga district. It is estimated that about 5 million tons of copper deposit is in the state.
There are many Tourist Places in Karnataka, has Top Hill Station in Karnataka that attracts thousands of visitors and adventurers every day.
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