<Tr> <Th> Occupation </Th> <Td> Playwright, Poet, Lawyer </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Nationality </Th> <Td> India </Td> </Tr> <P> Huilgol Narayana Rao (Kannada: ಹುಯಿಲಗೋಳ ನಾರಾಯಣರಾಯ) (October 4, 1884 - July 1971) was a popular playwright in the modern Kannada literature and a freedom fighter . Narayana Rao is best known as the poet who composed the then national anthem of the Karnataka State Udayavagali namma cheluva kannada nadu which heralded the birth of Karnataka . The popular song was sung by Huilgol Narayan Rao at Karnataka Unification Conference held in 1924, which was also the venue which hosted Belgaum Congress meeting </P> <Ol> <Li> Jump up ^ Amaresh Datta (2006). The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature (Volume Two) (Devraj To Jyoti) (Volume 2 ed .). Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi . p. 914 . ISBN 81 - 260 - 1194 - 7 . </Li> </Ol>

Who has written the poem udayavagali cheluva kannada nadu