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Line 77: }} '''Belagavi district''', formerly also known as '''Belgaum district''',<ref name=indianexpress>{{cite news|title=Belgaum becomes Belagavi, as Centre clears name change plan|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/centre-clears-name-change-plan-belgaum-is-now-belagavi/ |access-date=30 August 2020|work=The Indian Express|date=18 October 2014|language=en}}</ref> is a district in the state of [[Karnataka]], India. The district is known as the sugar bowl of Karnataka with {{lakh |1.5}} hectares being used for commercial production.<ref name=kum.kar>{{cite web|title=Belagavi - foundry hub of North Karnataka|url=https://kum.karnataka.gov.in/KUM/PDFS/DistrictProfile/Belagavi.pdf|website=karnataka.gov.in|accessdate=14 March 2021|archive-date=13 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213192914/https://kum.karnataka.gov.in/KUM/PDFS/DistrictProfile/Belagavi.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> It has overtaken [[Mandya district]] in sugarcane production over the last decade.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/karnataka-elections-the-jarkiholi-brothers-belagavi-s-sugar-baron-politicians/story-r0JyjzV62OEnCxqDBSKraO.html|title=Karnataka elections: Meet the five brothers from Belagavi who are contesting against each other|date=4 May 2018|work=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=19 January 2020}}</ref> The city of [[Belgaum]] (Belagavi) is the district headquarters in Belagavi district. It houses the [[Suvarna Vidhana Soudha|Second legislative building]], where the Karnataka Legislature ==History== Line 279: * [[Kumar Gandharva]] – classical singer * [[Balappa Hukkeri]] – singer * [[Satish Jarkiholi]] - [[Indian National Congress]] politician, Minister of Public Works Department in [[Government of Karnataka]] * [[Shamba Joshi]] – writer * [[Kaka Kalelkar]] (1885–1981) – independence activist Line 294 ⟶ 295: * [[Pramod Muthalik]] – chief of [[Sri Ram Sena]], politician * [[Bandu Patil]] – hockey player * [[V. L. Patil]] - politician, industrialist, and freedom fighter * [[D. C. Pavate]] – Indian Mathematician * [[Charan Raj]] – Indian actor |