Key facts
- Born
- 29 January 1962, Shimoga district
- Died
- 5 September 2017, Rajarajeshwari Nagar
- State of birth
- Shimoga district, Karnataka
- Sector
- Journalism & media
- Profession
- Indian journalist and activist
- Gender
- Female
Biography
Gauri Lankesh was an Indian activist and journalist from Bangalore, Karnataka. She worked as an editor in Lankesh Patrike, a Kannada weekly started by her father P. Lankesh, and ran her own weekly called Gauri Lankesh Patrike. She was murdered outside her home in Rajarajeshwari Nagar on 5 September 2017. At the time of her death, Gauri was known for being a critic of right-wing Hindu extremism. She was honoured with the Anna Politkovskaya Award for speaking against right-wing Hindu extremism, campaigning for women's rights and opposing caste-based discrimination.
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Timeline
- 1962Born in Shimoga district
- 2017Awarded the Anna Politkovskaya Award
- 2017Dies in Rajarajeshwari Nagar
Sources & licences
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- हिंदी विकिपीडिया (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- Wikidata (CC0) · 3/5