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{{short description|Indian historian}}
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'''Krishna Kolhar Kulkarni''' (born 1939) is a Kannada historian from [[Vijayapura]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2010-09-29 |title='Protect historical monuments' |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubballi/protect-historical-monuments/articleshow/6653773.cms |access-date=2024-05-23 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> He is also a research scholar who works include extensive research on [[Dasa sahitya|Dasa Sahitya]].<ref>{{Cite AV media |title='Nanna Kathe' With Krishna Kolhar Kulkarni Unhappy With Today's Politics |publisher=Tv9 Kannada |via=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBzbX5JVOJU |access-date=2024-01-24 |language=en}}</ref> He wrote more than 50 books. At least 14 of them were on Dasa Sahitya. He received the Kanakashree award, in recognition of his research on Dasa Sahitya.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=November 22, 2013 |author=Prathibha Nandakumar |title=Tryst with Adil Shahi |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/lounge/prof-krishna-kolhar-kulkarni-dasa-sahitya-karnataka-gamaka-kala-parishat/articleshow/26223422.cms |access-date=2024-01-24 |newspaper=Bangalore Mirror |language=en}}</ref> He is the president of the Karnataka Gamaka Kala Parishat.<ref name=":0" /> He worked and used [[Gamaka (storytelling)|gamaka]] to popularise literature.<ref name=":0" /> He also served as the director of Dr. P. G. Halakatti Research Centre in Bijapur.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victory City |url=https://fiftytwo.in/story/victory-city/ |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=Fifty Two (52)}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=DHNS |title=In the service of Kannada |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/in-service-kannada-2032571 |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref>

He hails from [[Kolhar, Bijapur|Kolhar village, Bijapur]], which is on the banks of river Krishna, in the erstwhile Bijapur district.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-08-15 |title=They saw India gain freedom at the stroke of midnight hour |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2021/Aug/15/they-saw-india-gain-freedom-at-the-stroke-of-midnight-hour-2344909.html |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

Kulkarni heads the [[Adil Shahi dynasty|Adil Shahi]] Literature Translation Project. Under the project seven volumes were commissioned to be translated by January 2024.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Kanakashree award for Prof Kulkarni |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/kanakashree-award-prof-kulkarni-2295128 |access-date=2024-01-24 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> The project started by [[M. M. Kalburgi|M. M. Kalaburgi]] was completed in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-08 |title=Making history accessible |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/article27550436.ece |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=Frontline |language=en}}</ref> Kulkarni inaugurated the first Dasa Sahitya Sammelan in [[Bidar]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-01-10 |title=Meet focusses on expanding reach of Dasa literature |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/meet-focusses-on-expanding-reach-of-dasa-literature/article4291176.ece |access-date=2024-01-24 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> The professor also translated, the ancient history of the dynasty that ruled [[Bijapur]] from [[Persian language|Persian]] to [[Kannada]].<ref name=":0" /> One of his books is ''Kannadalli Seriruva Arabbi Persia bhasha padagalu'', published by Samanvita.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kannadalli Seriruva Arabbi Persia bhasha padagalu ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಸೇರಿರುವ ಅರಬ್ಬೀ-ಪರ್ಷಿಯಾ ಭಾಷಾ ಪದಗಳು – ಕನ್ನಡ ಪುಸ್ತಕ, ನಮ್ಮಲ್ಲಿ ಯಾವಾಗ್ಲೂ ಅಂಚೆ ವೆಚ್ಚ ಉಚಿತ |url=https://www.kannadapustaka.net/product/kannadalli-seriruva-arabbi-persia-bhasha-padagalu/ |access-date=2024-05-23 |language=en-US}}</ref>

He is also an irrigation activist and welcomed the final award of the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal with former Supreme Court judge Brijesh Kumar as its head in 2014.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-01-06 |title=Opposition to Krishna tribunal award unwarranted, says irrigation activist |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/opposition-to-krishna-tribunal-award-unwarranted-says-irrigation-activist/article5542204.ece |access-date=2024-05-23 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> He also opposed changing the name of the district.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mirza |first=Firoz |date=2023-10-25 |title=Congress govt in state now wants to rename Vijayapura after Basaveshwara |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2023/Oct/25/congress-govt-in-state-now-wants-torename-vijayapura-afterbasaveshwara-2626758.html |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

== Awards ==

* Kulkarni received the Kanakashree award in 2013. The Karnataka government's annual award is given to him in recognition of his work on Dasa Sahitya.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" />
* In 2021, he was also given the Rajyotsava award in literature category.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-10-31 |title=Water expert in Rajyotsava award list |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/66-personalities-chosen-for-rajyotsava-award/article37275932.ece |access-date=2024-05-23 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-31 |title=ಬಸವನಾಡಿನ ನಡೆದಾಡುವ ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯ ಡಾ.ಕೃಷ್ಣ ಕೊಲ್ಹಾರ ಕುಲಕರ್ಣಿಗೆ ರಾಜ್ಯೋತ್ಸವ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ {{!}} Udayavani - Latest Kannada News, Udayavani Newspaper |url=https://www.udayavani.com/homepage-karnataka-edition/breaking-news/prof-krishna-kolhar-kulkarni-rajyotsava-award |access-date=2025-12-19 |website=Udayavani |language=kn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Karnataka Government |url=https://karnataka.gov.in/page/Awards/State+Awards/Rajyotsava+Awards/en |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=karnataka.gov.in}}</ref>

== References ==
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