<p>The birth centenary of lexicographer Prof G Venkatasubbaiah will be celebrated from August 2012.<br /><br />Director of the Department of Kannada and Culture Manu Baligar said the department would spend Rs 50 lakh on the celebration. <br /><br />He was speaking at an event organised jointly by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and Koravanji Aparanji Trust in Bangalore on Sunday. <br /><br />The CD version of ‘Koravanji’, the first humour magazine in Kannada published from 1942 to 1967, was released.</p>
<p>The birth centenary of lexicographer Prof G Venkatasubbaiah will be celebrated from August 2012.<br /><br />Director of the Department of Kannada and Culture Manu Baligar said the department would spend Rs 50 lakh on the celebration. <br /><br />He was speaking at an event organised jointly by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and Koravanji Aparanji Trust in Bangalore on Sunday. <br /><br />The CD version of ‘Koravanji’, the first humour magazine in Kannada published from 1942 to 1967, was released.</p>
