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{{Short description|Indian writer, journalist and Kannada activist}}
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'''Ma Ramamurthy''' (1918–1967) also known as '''Kannadada Veera Senani''', was an Indian writer, journalist and Kannada activist.<ref>{{cite news |title=Contributions of Ma Ramamurthy immense: Chand Bhasha |url=https://citytoday.news/contributions-of-ma-ramamurthy-immense-chandh-bhasha/ |publisher=Citytoday |date=March 12, 2018}}</ref> He is often considered as a commander of Kannada movement in 1960s. Ramamurthy is known for designing the red-and-yellow ''arishina-kumkuma'' (turmeric-vermilion) [[Kannada flag]]. [[Ramamurthy Nagar]], a locality in East Bengaluru in [[Karnataka]], was named after him.<ref name=newindianexpress>{{cite news |last1=Sripad |first1=Ashwini M |title=Wife of Kannada flag creator lives in destitute home |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2017/jul/21/wife-of-kannada-flag-creator-lives-in-destitute-home-1631528.html |publisher=[[New Indian Express]] |date=July 21, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Who created Karnataka flag first? Check interesting facts about Kannada flag |url=https://newsd.in/karnataka-rajyotsava-who-created-karnataka-flag-first-check-interesting-facts-about-kannada-flag/ |publisher=Newsd.in |date=October 31, 2020}}</ref> He was nicknamed 'Kannadada Veera Senani'. Ramamurthy led the Kannada movement from the front in the 1950s and 1960s under the leadership of [[A. N. Krishna Rao]] and others.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Khajane |first1=Muralidhara |title=Ma. Ramamurthy, Kannada’s forgotten flag-bearer |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/ma-ramamurthy-kannadas-forgotten-flag-bearer/article19309743.ece |publisher=[[The Hindu]] |date=July 19, 2017}}</ref>

He was born born on 11 March 1918 at [[Nanjangud]] in a [[Brahmin]] family. His father Veerakesari Seetharama Shastri was a noted freedom fighter and litterateur.<ref>Ma.Ramamurthy, the Creator of Kannada flag, Karnataka History</ref>

== Commemoration ==
A locality in [[Bangalore]] called [[Ramamurthy Nagar]] was named after him.<ref name=newindianexpress/>

== Notes ==
* {{cite book |last1=Candraśēkhara |first1=Rā. Naṃ |title=Kannada veera senani M. Ramamurthy's centenary memoir volume |date=2018 |publisher=Kannaḍa Sāhitya Pariṣattu |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Kannada_veera_senani/4yb5uQEACAAJ?hl=en}}

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