17 March - Devanahalli Venkataramanaiah Gundappa was born 1887

 

Devanahalli Venkataramanaiah Gundappa, was a Kannada writer and philosopher. His most notable work is the Mankuthimmana Kagga ("Dull Thimma's Rigmarole", 1943), which is similar to the wisdom poems of the late medieval poet Sarvajna. He was born on 17 March 1887.