Gudleppa Hallikeri (1906–1972) was an Indian freedom fighter who is a native of Hosaritti in

Haveri Haveri or Hāvēri is a city and headquarters of Haveri district of Karnataka State in India. Haveri is famous for its cardamom garlands, Byadagi red chillies and Hukkeri Math. Around 25 km away, there is a place called Bada, which is the b ...

district of Karnataka state. He started a residential school Gandhi Grameena Gurukul in Hosaritti. Hallikeri worked with many other freedom fighters such as

Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2October 186930January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalism, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethics, political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful Indian ...

, Mailara Mahadevappa and Sanikoppa, using peace protests and

non-violence Nonviolence is the personal practice of not causing harm to others under any condition. It may come from the belief that hurting people, animals and/or the environment is unnecessary to achieve an outcome and it may refer to a general philosoph ...

. There is a larger than life iron wrought statue of Hallikeri in his final hometown, Hubli. Hallikeri actively worked with

Aluru Venkata Rao Aluru Venkata Rao (also sometimes referred as Aluru Venkata Raya) (12 July 1880 – 25 February 1964) was an Indian historian, writer and journalist. He is revered as Karnataka Kulapurohita (''High priest of the Kannada family'') in the Karn ...

in the unification of Karnataka. Karnatak Lingayat Education Society's Gudleppa Hallikeri Arts, Science & Commerce College in

, is one of the colleges in

North Karnataka North Karnataka (kannada: ಉತ್ತರ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ''Transliteration: Uttara Karnataka'') is a geographical region in Deccan plateau from elevation that constitutes the region of the Karnataka state in India and the region consi ...

, named after him.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hallikeri, Gudleppa 1906 births 1972 deaths People from Haveri district Kannada people Indian independence activists from Karnataka