Tulu Nadu state movement

Tulu Nadu State movement is aimed at increasing Tulu Nadu's influence and political power through the formation of separate Tulu Nadu state from Karnataka and Kerala. Tulu Nadu is a region on the south-western coast of India. It consists of the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts of Karnataka and Kasargod district up to the Chandragiri river in Kerala.^[1] The Chandragiri River has traditionally been considered a boundary between Tulu Nadu and Kerala from the fourth century AD onwards.^[2][3] The first call for a separate Tulu Nadu state was made just after the Quit India Movement in 1942 by Srinivas Updhyaya Paniyadi, a banker and a press owner from Udupi.^[4] Mangalore is the largest and the chief city of Tulu Nadu. Tulu activists have been demanding a separate Tulu Nadu state since the late 2000s, considering language and culture as the basis for their demand.^{[1][5][6][7][8]}

Several major powers ruled Tulu Nadu, including the Kadambas, Alupas, Vijayanagara dynasty, and the Keladi Nayakas.^[9] The region was unified with the state of Mysore (now called Karnataka) in 1956.^[10] The region encompassing Tulu Nadu formerly comprised the district of South Canara.^[11] Tulu Nadu is demographically and linguistically diverse, with several languages commonly spoken and understood, including Tulu, Kundagannada, Konkani, and Beary.^[12][13][14]