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On this day in 1918, at Bangalore’s Varthur was born B. N. Sundara Rao, an eminent historian whose magnum opus is “BENGALURINA ITIHASA” which is considered as an authority even to this day.
Belagere Narasimhamurthy Sundara Rao after finishing his higher education at National
College joined army before leaving it for Mysore Electricity Board as Tax Inspector.
Ba.Na. Sundar Rao used his pen name #VANAVIHARI.
A prolific writer, he authored 25 Kannada books including "Bengalurina Itihasa", one of the few authentic sources on the
history of Bengaluru from founding till Indian independence.

He also wrote and published biographies of notable people of Karnataka, several travelogues, short stories, poems and many articles in various periodicals. He was a great orator and gave lectures on history,
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