{"id":30895,"date":"2018-09-30T14:49:58","date_gmt":"2018-09-30T14:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/?p=30895"},"modified":"2018-09-30T14:54:12","modified_gmt":"2018-09-30T14:54:12","slug":"tracing-the-oral-history-of-erstwhile-mysuru-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/?p=30895","title":{"rendered":"Tracing the oral history of erstwhile Mysuru State"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_30898\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30898\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/?attachment_id=30898\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30898\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30898\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/MysuruBookBF30sept2018.jpg\" alt=\"The cover of the book Marethuhoda Mysurina Putagalu. | Photo Credit: By Special Arrangement\" width=\"300\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/MysuruBookBF30sept2018.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bangalorefirst.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/MysuruBookBF30sept2018-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30898\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The cover of the book Marethuhoda Mysurina Putagalu. | Photo Credit: By Special Arrangement<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Krishnaraja Wadiyar, king of erstwhile Mysuru, had held a meeting in Bengaluru in 1912 to exclusively discuss the impact of fast growing population and the ways and means to check it?<\/p>\n<p>In the meeting held with technocrat Sir M. Visvesvaraya and administrator Mirza Ismail, the king decided to promote family planning in his State besides underlining the need to increase cultivation of crops to feed the growing population.<\/p>\n<p>Such information related to history have been recorded in the Kannada book\u00a0<em>Marethuhoda Mysurina Putagalu (The forgotten pages of Mysuru)\u00a0<\/em>being released in Bengaluru on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Authored by Dharmendra Kumar Arenahalli, the book is a collection of 52 stories or instances related to the history of the then Mysuru State including Bengaluru and its kings. \u201cIt is oral history or the instances referred to in folklore. I have spent five years and spoken to about 100 persons to collect the stories,\u201d says the author.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Kumar, 50, is a civil engineer, who worked abroad for 18 years. \u201cI have been fascinated by the history of Mysuru right from my childhood. My grandfather bought the house in which we live in Mysuru from Krishnaraja Wadiyar for \u20b9two. Since the house had such a history, it also has some of the articles depicting Mysuru heritage. This started drawing my interest towards Mysuru history right from childhood,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Next thing on Mr. Kumar\u2019s mind is to write on a comprehensive history of Mysuru State and kings right from 1399 to 1947.<\/p>\n<p><em>Marethuhoda Mysurina Putagalu\u00a0<\/em>is being released at JSS College in Jayanagar 7th Block at 10 a.m. in the presence of cricketer Javagal Srinath on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>source: http:\/\/www.thehindu.com \/ The Hindu \/ Home&gt; News&gt; Cities&gt; Bengaluru \/ by Special Correspondent \/ September 29th, 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Krishnaraja Wadiyar, king of erstwhile Mysuru, had held a meeting in Bengaluru in 1912 to exclusively discuss the impact of fast growing population and the ways and means to check it? 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