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#Kempegowda the founder of Bengaluru after whom the international airport is named, and whose statue will be inaugurated by the Prime Minister today.
Thread on a great hero.
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Hiriye Kempe Gowda, was a chieftain under the Vijayanagara Empire, born on June 27, 1510 at Yelahanka, belonging to the Morasu Gowda clan, also called as the Yelahanka Prabhus. He was the fourth in succession after the dynasty's founder Rana Bhairave Gowda.
Kempe Gowda was the son of Kempananje Gowda, his ancestors belonged to Kanchi and had moved to Karnataka in early 15th century to serve under the Vijayanagara Empire then. Though predominantly Kannada speaking, they knew Telugu also.
