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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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662:(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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As a Vice-Chancellor, he constituted and chaired the "Committee to
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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in India. But he described himself as rationalist, and added,
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the rest of his life. While in his final year of BSc at the
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933:"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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1159:. National College Gauribidanur. Archived from
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218:; 6 June 1920 – 31 January 2005) was an Indian
1157:"Dr.H.Narasimhaiah: Our Source of Inspiration"
878:"Educationist Beyond Compare – H Narasimhaiah"
658:. In April 2011 the executive council of the
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1134:. National College Jayanagar. 25 October 2010
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2554:Indian independence activists from Karnataka
1105:. National College Bagepalli. Archived from
704:"He scaled the heights of fame in education"
273:, he gave up his education to join Gandhi's
2508:Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning
812:. Archived from the original on 9 June 2016
737:"Popularizing science: Memories of an icon"
610:. In 1983, he was elected the president of
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1132:"Dr. H.N : Our Source of Inspiration"
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1468:Biography at Rationalist International
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1235:"H. Narasimhaiah : Rationalist"
1209:"SATYA SAI BABA Retelling The Story"
1014:"H Narasimhaiah passes into history"
931:Narasimhaiah, Hanumanthappa (1960).
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1443:Science, Nonscience and Paranormal
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259:National High School, Basavanagudi
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1309:"Goruru award for H Narasimhaiah"
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986:"Dr. H. Narasimhaiah (1921-2005)"
435:He was considered as champion of
249:As there was no formal school in
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463:2,000 for it), at Hossur with a
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1371:Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
1185:. 108 MEDIA LTD. Archived from
907:"Remembering Dr H Narasimhaiah"
660:Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
574:Narasimhaiah was conferred the
367:months, in different jails, in
212:H. (Hanumanthappa) Narasimhaiah
2594:20th-century Indian physicists
1422:Miracles are my visiting cards
702:Jayaram, A (1 February 2005).
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1747:Kershasp Tehmurasp Satarawala
1070:"H. Narasimhaiah passes away"
652:Karnataka Legislative Council
306:Karnataka Legislative Council
1551:award recipients (1980–1989)
598:in the USA. He received the
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288:and earned a PhD in 1960 in
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178:Southern Illinois University
112:Central College of Bangalore
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1939:Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai
1600:Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhyaya
1431:, published by Sai Towers,
1261:"Hosur Narasimhaiah quotes"
876:Madur (30 September 2011).
511:. The first challenged was
507:phenomena, specifically by
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282:National College, Bangalore
174:National College, Bangalore
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1954:Vuppuluri Ganapathi Sastry
1813:Kotha Satchidananda Murthy
1473:Tributes to H.Narasimhaiah
1441:Narasimhaiah, H. (editor)
1363:"The Pantheon of Skeptics"
628:Honorary Doctor of Letters
602:book prizes for his books
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1285:Nayak, Narendra (2007).
850:Menon, Parvathi (2005).
765:"Padma Bhushan Awardees"
422:Narasimhaiah remained a
399:in 1960. His thesis was
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2281:# Posthumous conferral
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2251:Suresh Shankar Nadkarni
1752:Subodh Chandra Sengupta
584:Indian Freedom Struggle
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2170:Akkineni Nageswara Rao
1988:Pushpa Mittra Bhargava
1972:Srinivasan Varadarajan
1904:Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon
1732:Swraj Paul, Baron Paul
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2003:Nasir Aminuddin Dagar
1967:Bhalchandra Udgaonkar
1962:Gurbachan Singh Talib
1894:Eknath Vasant Chitnis
1103:"Dr. H. NARASIMHAIAH"
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614:. He was awarded the
588:Sir M Vishweshwaraiah
527:(a tiny village near
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294:Ohio State University
117:Ohio State University
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2436:N. Chandrababu Naidu
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2018:Sidney Dillon Ripley
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1615:Avabai Bomanji Wadia
1590:A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
1397:"School Wise Report"
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735:Balaram, P. (2005).
656:Atal Behari Vajpayee
616:Rajyotsava Prashasti
412:Bangalore University
369:Yerwada Central Jail
302:Bangalore University
236:Bangalore University
222:, educator, writer,
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2584:Indian rationalists
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2231:Anna Rajam Malhotra
2140:Kartar Singh Duggal
2104:Laxmi Prasad Sihare
1998:Manohar Lal Chibber
1929:Kalanidhi Narayanan
1899:Virender Lal Chopra
1889:Shiba P. Chatterjee
1651:Khadim Hussain Khan
1641:Gottipati Brahmayya
1507:Blitz News Magazine
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640:Gulbarga University
275:Quit India movement
244:Government of India
216:Hosur Narasimhaiah)
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2089:Annada Shankar Ray
2043:Gulshan Lal Tandon
1919:Tribhuvandas Luhar
1823:Sripada Pinakapani
1818:Hosur Narasimhaiah
1808:Jnan Prakash Ghosh
1712:Doraiswamy Iyengar
1661:Jal Minocher Mehta
1631:Jasbir Singh Bajaj
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1435:(1997) chapter 21
1433:Prashanthi Nilayam
1315:. 20 November 2001
1313:The Times of India
1215:on 9 November 2015
1189:on 1 February 2016
775:on 7 December 2015
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570:Awards and honours
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