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'''H. (Hanumanthappa) Narasimhaiah''' (more popularly '''Hossur Narasimhaiah'''; 6 June 1920 – 31 January 2005) was an Indian [[physicist]], educator, writer, [[Indian freedom struggle|freedom fighter]] and [[rationalist]] from [[Karnataka]].<ref name=hindu>{{cite news|last1=Jayaram|first1=A|title=He scaled the heights of fame in education|access-date=22 March 2015|date=1 February 2005|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2005/02/01/stories/2005020102100400.htm}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Publicly known as "HN",<ref name=balaram>{{cite journal|last1=Balaram|first1=P.|title=Popularizing science: Memories of an icon|journal=Current Science|year=2005|volume=88|issue=3|pages=329–330|url=http://www.iisc.ernet.in/currsci/feb102005/329.pdf}}</ref> he was the Vice-Chancellor of [[Bangalore University]] and the president of the National Education Society. He was conferred the [[Padma Bhushan]] award by the [[Government of India]] in 1984.<ref name=nic>{{cite web|title=Padma Bhushan Awardees|url=http://archive.india.gov.in/myindia/padmabhushan_awards_list1.php?start=580|website=india.gov.in|publisher=NIC|access-date=29 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151207224024/http://archive.india.gov.in/myindia/padmabhushan_awards_list1.php?start=580|archive-date=7 December 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> | '''H. (Hanumanthappa) Narasimhaiah''' (more popularly '''Hossur Narasimhaiah'''; 6 June 1920 – 31 January 2005) was an Indian [[physicist]], educator, writer, [[Indian freedom struggle|freedom fighter]] and [[rationalist]] from [[Karnataka]].<ref name=hindu>{{cite news|last1=Jayaram|first1=A|title=He scaled the heights of fame in education|access-date=22 March 2015|date=1 February 2005|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2005/02/01/stories/2005020102100400.htm}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Publicly known as "HN",<ref name=balaram>{{cite journal|last1=Balaram|first1=P.|title=Popularizing science: Memories of an icon|journal=Current Science|year=2005|volume=88|issue=3|pages=329–330|url=http://www.iisc.ernet.in/currsci/feb102005/329.pdf}}</ref> he was the Vice-Chancellor of [[Bangalore University]] and the president of the National Education Society. He was conferred the [[Padma Bhushan]] award by the [[Government of India]] in 1984.<ref name=nic>{{cite web|title=Padma Bhushan Awardees|url=http://archive.india.gov.in/myindia/padmabhushan_awards_list1.php?start=580|website=india.gov.in|publisher=NIC|access-date=29 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151207224024/http://archive.india.gov.in/myindia/padmabhushan_awards_list1.php?start=580|archive-date=7 December 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> | ||
As there was no formal school in [[Hossur]], where he was born, he attended the Government School in [[Gauribidanur]], and continued high school at the [[National High School, Basavanagudi]] in Bangalore. He walked 85 km for two days to reach the city. A meeting with [[Mahatma Gandhi]] in 1936, in which he served as an interpreter to Gandhi, inspired him to follow [[Gandhism]] the rest of his life. While in his final year of BSc at the [[Central College of Bangalore]], he gave up his education to join Gandhi's [[Quit India Movement|Quit India movement]] in 1942. He was arrested and imprisoned for about nine months.<ref name=nh>{{cite web|last1=Narasimhaiah|first1=H|title=I love life and I want to work, work and work...|url=http://icast.org.in/news/2003/mar03/mar12ta.html|work=Times of India|access-date=29 October 2015|date=23 February 2003}}</ref> | As there was no formal school in [[Hossur]], where he was born, he attended the Government School in [[Gauribidanur]], and continued high school at the [[National High School, Basavanagudi]] in Bangalore. He walked 85 km for two days to reach the city. A meeting with [[Mahatma Gandhi]] in 1936, in which he served as an interpreter to Gandhi, inspired him to follow [[Gandhism]] the rest of his life. While in his final year of BSc at the [[Central College of Bangalore]], he gave up his education to join Gandhi's [[Quit India Movement|Quit India movement]] in 1942. He was arrested and imprisoned for about nine months.<ref name=nh>{{cite web|last1=Narasimhaiah|first1=H|title=I love life and I want to work, work and work...|url=http://icast.org.in/news/2003/mar03/mar12ta.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609181635/http://icast.org.in/news/2003/mar03/mar12ta.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=9 June 2016|work=Times of India|access-date=29 October 2015|date=23 February 2003}}</ref> | ||
He finished his bachelor's degree with physics honours in 1944, and master's degree in 1946. He was immediately recruited to the faculty of physics at the [[National College, Bangalore]], where he taught until 1957. He went for doctoral research in the [[United States]] and earned a PhD in 1960 in [[nuclear physics]] from [[Ohio State University]]. From 1961 he was Principal of the [[National College, Bangalore|National College]], Basavanagudi. He became the Vice-Chancellor of the [[Bangalore University]] in 1972, the post he held until his resignation in 1977. He went on to serve in the [[Karnataka Legislative Council]].<ref name=menon>{{cite news|last1=Menon|first1=Parvathi|title=An unconventional citizen: H. Narasimhaiah, 1920-2005|url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl2204/stories/20050225001709600.htm|access-date=29 October 2015|work=Frontline|year=2005}}</ref> | He finished his bachelor's degree with physics honours in 1944, and master's degree in 1946. He was immediately recruited to the faculty of physics at the [[National College, Bangalore]], where he taught until 1957. He went for doctoral research in the [[United States]] and earned a PhD in 1960 in [[nuclear physics]] from [[Ohio State University]]. From 1961 he was Principal of the [[National College, Bangalore|National College]], Basavanagudi. He became the Vice-Chancellor of the [[Bangalore University]] in 1972, the post he held until his resignation in 1977. He went on to serve in the [[Karnataka Legislative Council]].<ref name=menon>{{cite news|last1=Menon|first1=Parvathi|title=An unconventional citizen: H. Narasimhaiah, 1920-2005|url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl2204/stories/20050225001709600.htm|access-date=29 October 2015|work=Frontline|year=2005}}</ref> | ||