Mathoor Krishnamurthy was a Kannada writer and former Director of the

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan is an Indian educational trust. It was founded on 7 November 1938 by Dr K.M Munshi, with the support of Mahatma Gandhi. The trust programmes through its 119 centres in India, 7 centres abroad and 367 constituent instit ...

, Bangalore. He was also instrumental in establishing the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in London. He was a Padma Shri awardee. He died on 6 October 2011 at the age of 82.

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