- First state to get the Electricity in India.
- Only state to be authorised to manufacture Indian flag.
- We hoist Yellow and Red state flag next to Indian flag.
- Our state was formerly known as the Mysore state.
- State has a maximum number of nomination and has won a total of 8 Jnanpith literary awards.
- Largest coffee exporter in the country.
- It is the home for world’s tallest monolithic statue.
- 524 is the number of tigers found in the 2019 survey(Second highest after Madhya Pradesh).
- Totally there are 13 languages being spoken in the state, Kannada being the official one.
- 85% of raw silk is produced in our state.
- Field Marshal K.M Cariappa, first Indian Commander-in-chief of Indian army was from my state.
- There used to be a time where half of the Indian cricket team was from my state(Anil Kumble, Javagal Srinath, Venkatesh Prasad, Rahul Dravid, Sunil Joshi, David Johnson).
- It is the largest Indian state in southern part of India currently by area.
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