Harohalli Srinivasaiah Doreswamy (born 10 April 1918) was an Indian activist and journalist. He was a freedom fighter in the Indian independence movement who became a centenarian in April 2018. He ran the publication house of Sahitya Mandira and the Indian nationalist newspaper Pauravani during the British Raj and the period afterwards. The historian Ramachandra Guha describes him as the "conscience of the state (Karnataka)" due to his activism.
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10 April 1918 Harohalli, Mysore State, British Indian Empire
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Died |
26 May 2021 (aged 103) Bengaluru, Karnataka
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Zodiac | Aries |
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