- Gajanur
:"This page is about the village in Tamil Nadu. There is another Gajanur in the
Shimoga district of Karnataka"Infobox Indian Jurisdiction
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native_name = Gajanur
state_name = Tamil Nadu
district = Erode
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footnotes =Gajanur is a village in the
Erode district ofTamil Nadu ,India .George Iype. " [http://www.rediff.com/news/2000/aug/07veer1.htm Gajanur prays for their 'hero'] ", rediff.com (August 7 2000 ).] The place is famous as the birthplace ofKannada actor and icon Dr.Rajkumar .Gajanur is located 4 km from the Tamil Nadu -
Karnataka border. It bordersChamarajanagar 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.Gajanur is part of the
Satyamangalam forest-belt that was terrorized by forest brigandVeerappan . OnJuly 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 onNovember 15 ,2000 , after 108 days in captivity.References
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* [http://www.rediff.com/news/2000/aug/07veer1.htm Report in rediff.com : Gajanur prays for their 'hero']
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