terror ruing that the state dubbed by kuvempu as sarva janangada shantiya tota the peaceful garden of all peoples was seeing terror strikes and social conflicts kumaraswamy said resolving these problems would be his primary concern classical language he said kannada has a very ancient history and has to get the classical language status as its right the 55000capacity stadium overflowed as people stood cheered clapped whistled hooted sang and danced marking karnatakas 50th birthday to the dhamaka of crackers lighting of thousands of lamps patriotic songs and folk dancing the revenue department sent a formal proposal to the union home ministry on october 17 seeking to rename all these cities i am only doing this to assure that our village children do not suffer from an inferiority complex in line with the history and culture woven into the fabric of the event chief minister h d kumaraswamy quoted kannada poets and leaders extensively even as he made coursealtering announcements for the state and the language bengalooru using the platform nearly a year after his predecessor n dharam singh said bangalore would be renamed as bengalooru he said i am formally stating that 10 cities including bangalore will use their kannada names in english also but i assure everyone that english will not override kannada kumaraswamy said the crowning of a new state poet was to acknowledge the eminence and richness of kannada literature bangalore even a cricket match would not attract the kind of crowd that the chinnaswamy stadium saw here on wednesday name changeit will take another 45 days for bangalore to be called bengalooru along with nine other cities be it the 70plus ekikarna unification award winners or the young schoolchildren who had come to dance to the kannada songs the rain drenched everyone to the skin but dimmed nothing of the occasions exuberance or colour the 10 cities are bengalooru bangalore mysooru mysore mangalooru mangalore chikmagalooru chikmagalur shivamogga shimoga belagaavi belgaum kalburgi gulbarga hubballi hubli hosapete hospet and tumakooru tumkur goonda act keeping his film background in mind he is a film producer kumaraswamy announced that the goonda act will be imposed very strictly on those who pirate movies in the state kumaraswamy said from today we have taken this decision to teach english from class i after kuvempu the next state poet who will hold the prestigious title equal to the english poet laureate for as long as he lives will be seniormost kannada poet g s shivarudrappa the enthusiasm was boundless despite jostling crowds occasional crackers in the stands and pouring rain the geological survey of india has to be informed by the union home ministry and all maps must change to the new names english from class i hitting back at those who criticised the decision to introduce english as a subject kumaraswamy quoted a poem by eminent poet k s narasimhaswamy learning of english and sanskrit will not cause any problems for kannada as kannadabhimana love for kannada overflows and kannada is