Gajanur is a village in the Erode district of Tamil Nadu, India. The place is famous as the birthplace of Kannada actor and icon Dr. Rajkumar. Erode district location in Tamil Nadu Erode District is one of the districts of northern part ofTamil Nadu State, South India, and Erode is the district headquarters. ... Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ... Kannada - aptly described as sirigannada (known to few as Kanarese) is one of the oldest Dravidian languages and is spoken in its various dialects by roughly 45 million people. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Gajanur is located 4km from the Tamil Nadu - Karnataka border. It borders Chamarajanagar district of Karnataka. 90% of the population of Gajanur and the neighbouring Thalavadi villages are Kannada-speaking people. There have been protest marches in these villages urging the Tamil Nadu government to hand over these villages to Karnataka. It has been suggested that Divisions of Karnataka be merged into this article or section. ... Chamarajanagar is a district in southern Karnataka, India, bordering the modern Mysore District, as well as Erode District of Tamil Nadu and Wayanad, in Kerala. ...

Gajanur is part of the Satyamangalam forest-belt that was terrorized by forest brigand Veerappan. On July 30, 2000 Veerappan abducted Dr. Rajkumar from his ancestral home in Gajanur, where he had gone for the house-warming ceremony of his new house. This event put the Karnataka government in a political dilemma of whether or not to call in the army. The decision was reached that to do so would set a poor precedent. Rajkumar was released without harm on November 15, 2000, after 109 days in captivity. Sathyamangalam or Satyamangalam is a town in Tamil Nadu state of southern India. ... India Today Cover Koose Muniswamy Veerappan (c. ... July 30 is the 211th day (212th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 154 days remaining. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

External links

• Report in rediff.com : Gajanur prays for their 'hero'