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must confine its inquiry only to things belonging to the human senses, while spiritualism transcends the senses." Narasimhaiah commented this refusal as indication of fraudulence in the miracle stories. A public controversy and debate then ensued. When the committee requested to visit Sai Baba, he locked himself in. The committee was also involved in exposing a 7-year old Sai
Krishna of
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673:(CSI, formerly Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal) selected Narasimhaiah for inclusion in CSI's Pantheon of Skeptics. The Pantheon of Skeptics was created by CSI to remember the legacy of deceased fellows of CSI and their contributions to the cause of scientific skepticism.
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Bangalore Science Forum, which conducts a weekly series of public lectures on science topics. This non-profit organisation has conducted almost 2,000 popular science lectures by eminent scientists and over 500 popular science films. He was also responsible for establishing the
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studying for his B.Sc. During his final year in 1942, Gandhi launched the Quit India movement to end
British rule. He gave up his degree to join the movement, the event which he described as "the most momentous decision in my life." The consequence of his decision was his imprisonment for nearly nine
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Karnataka, India. His father was a village school teacher, and mother, a labourer. He had a younger sister. Having no formal school in his village, he attended the Government School in Gauribidanur, the nearest town. He completed his elementary education in the primary school, which had no further
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jail and in the
Central Jail in Bangalore. Comparing his Central College hostel and the Central Jail, he remarked that he found "no difference" between the two as both provided him "free boarding and lodging." After a year he completed his bachelor's degree, B.Sc. with physics honours. He earned his
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and objects out of thin air, among other reported miracles such as bi-location and healing of the sick and wounded. Narasimhaiah personally wrote three letters to Sai Baba asking him to publicly demonstrate the miracles under controlled conditions. Sai Baba refused to comply, and remarked, "Science
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from 1972, and was reappointed in 1975. He remained in office until 1977, during this time he introduced psychology, social work, drama, music and dance as new subjects. He went on to serve the
Karnataka Legislative Council. At the time of his death, he was the President of the National Education
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when the latter visited the
National High School in 1936. His teacher selected him to be the interpreter of Gandhi's Hindi speech into Kannada. From this moment on, his life was entirely influenced by Gandhi's views and lifestyle, including wearing
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In 1985, Narasimhaiah challenged a godman, Shivabalayogi, who claimed that he could let down rain by praying. To test the claim, Shivabalayogi was to specifically fill up the T.G. Halli reservoir by rain to feed
Bangalore. It never rained.
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Investigate Miracles and Other Verifiable Superstitions" in 1976. Members of the committee included scientists, academics and rationalists such as A.R. Vasudeva Murthy,
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Investigate Miracles and Other Verifiable Superstitions" that led to public challenges of the miraculous claims of
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and an alleged protégé of Sathya Sai Baba. This exposition compelled many godmen to admit that they did not have special abilities. The committee was dissolved in 1977, as he was forced to resign from the office of Vice Chancellor.
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Narasimhiah was a connoisseur of Carnatic Music and had close association with the renowned Carnatic Musician R K Padmanabha. R K Padmanabha led a 1000 people goshti in remembrance of Dr H Narasimhiah as a mark of respect.
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curse called banamathi, he disproved the existence of such claims. He was the founder of the Bangalore Science Forum. He is so far the only Indian to become elected Fellow of the
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and died on 31 January 2005 in an intensive care unit of Maiya Multi-speciality Hospital in Bangalore. His body was kept in the National High School for public viewing. He was
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the rest of his life. While in his final year of BSc at the
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944:"The Radioactive Decay of Hafnium and Thulium Isotopes"
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The Radioactive Decay of Hafnium and Thulium Isotopes
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The Radioactive Decay of Hafnium and Thulium Isotopes
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1170:. National College Gauribidanur. Archived from
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229:; 6 June 1920 – 31 January 2005) was an Indian
1168:"Dr.H.Narasimhaiah: Our Source of Inspiration"
889:"Educationist Beyond Compare – H Narasimhaiah"
669:. In April 2011 the executive council of the
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1145:. National College Jayanagar. 25 October 2010
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2565:Indian independence activists from Karnataka
1116:. National College Bagepalli. Archived from
715:"He scaled the heights of fame in education"
284:, he gave up his education to join Gandhi's
2519:Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning
823:. Archived from the original on 9 June 2016
748:"Popularizing science: Memories of an icon"
621:. In 1983, he was elected the president of
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1143:"Dr. H.N : Our Source of Inspiration"
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1246:"H. Narasimhaiah : Rationalist"
1220:"SATYA SAI BABA Retelling The Story"
1025:"H Narasimhaiah passes into history"
942:Narasimhaiah, Hanumanthappa (1960).
816:Narasimhaiah, H (23 February 2003).
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270:National High School, Basavanagudi
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1320:"Goruru award for H Narasimhaiah"
1031:. 1 February 2005. Archived from
997:"Dr. H. Narasimhaiah (1921-2005)"
446:He was considered as champion of
260:As there was no formal school in
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474:2,000 for it), at Hossur with a
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2217:Fenner Brockway, Baron Brockway
1382:Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
1196:. 108 MEDIA LTD. Archived from
918:"Remembering Dr H Narasimhaiah"
671:Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
585:Narasimhaiah was conferred the
378:months, in different jails, in
223:H. (Hanumanthappa) Narasimhaiah
2605:20th-century Indian physicists
1433:Miracles are my visiting cards
713:Jayaram, A (1 February 2005).
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1758:Kershasp Tehmurasp Satarawala
1081:"H. Narasimhaiah passes away"
663:Karnataka Legislative Council
317:Karnataka Legislative Council
1562:award recipients (1980–1989)
609:in the USA. He received the
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299:and earned a PhD in 1960 in
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189:Southern Illinois University
123:Central College of Bangalore
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1950:Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai
1611:Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhyaya
1442:, published by Sai Towers,
1272:"Hosur Narasimhaiah quotes"
887:Madur (30 September 2011).
522:. The first challenged was
518:phenomena, specifically by
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293:National College, Bangalore
185:National College, Bangalore
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1965:Vuppuluri Ganapathi Sastry
1824:Kotha Satchidananda Murthy
1484:Tributes to H.Narasimhaiah
1452:Narasimhaiah, H. (editor)
1374:"The Pantheon of Skeptics"
639:Honorary Doctor of Letters
613:book prizes for his books
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1296:Nayak, Narendra (2007).
861:Menon, Parvathi (2005).
776:"Padma Bhushan Awardees"
433:Narasimhaiah remained a
410:in 1960. His thesis was
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2292:# Posthumous conferral
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2262:Suresh Shankar Nadkarni
1763:Subodh Chandra Sengupta
595:Indian Freedom Struggle
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1999:Pushpa Mittra Bhargava
1983:Srinivasan Varadarajan
1915:Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon
1743:Swraj Paul, Baron Paul
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2014:Nasir Aminuddin Dagar
1978:Bhalchandra Udgaonkar
1973:Gurbachan Singh Talib
1905:Eknath Vasant Chitnis
1114:"Dr. H. NARASIMHAIAH"
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637:award (equivalent to
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599:Sir M Vishweshwaraiah
538:(a tiny village near
417:He became the fourth
408:Ohio State University
305:Ohio State University
128:Ohio State University
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2447:N. Chandrababu Naidu
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1408:"School Wise Report"
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746:Balaram, P. (2005).
667:Atal Behari Vajpayee
627:Rajyotsava Prashasti
423:Bangalore University
380:Yerwada Central Jail
313:Bangalore University
247:Bangalore University
233:, educator, writer,
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2151:Kartar Singh Duggal
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2009:Manohar Lal Chibber
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1910:Virender Lal Chopra
1900:Shiba P. Chatterjee
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1652:Gottipati Brahmayya
1518:Blitz News Magazine
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952:1960PhDT........16N
651:Gulbarga University
286:Quit India movement
255:Government of India
227:Hosur Narasimhaiah)
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2100:Annada Shankar Ray
2054:Gulshan Lal Tandon
1930:Tribhuvandas Luhar
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1819:Jnan Prakash Ghosh
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1444:Prashanthi Nilayam
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1324:The Times of India
1226:on 9 November 2015
1200:on 1 February 2016
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643:Kannada University
581:Awards and honours
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