Kanaginahal

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Kanaginahal
Kanaginahala
Village
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Kanaginahal
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Kanaginahal
Coordinates: 15°27′25″N75°43′40″E / 15.456832°N 75.727833°E / 15.456832; 75.727833
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Karnataka
District Gadag district
Languages
  Official Kannada
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
582102
Vehicle registration KA-26

Kanaginahal is a village in the Gadag district of Karnataka State in India. The first co-operative society of India was registered in 1905 at Kanaginahal village.

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Sri Narayana Temple

Gadag is famous for the Sri Narayana Temple built during the Chalukyan Empire. And also there is Sharanabasweshwar temple, which is also known as 2nd Kalaburgi.

Co-operative movement

The first co-operative movement in Asia began here in Kanaginahal. [1] Under the leadership of Sri Siddanagouda SannaRamanagouda Patil (1843–1933) The Agricultural Credit Cooperative Society of Kanaginahal was launched in Kanaginahal on 8 July 1905 with the initial sum of two thousand rupees. It was the first of its kind in Asia. Initial work taken up by the Credit Cooperative Society was building Railway Station in the village and providing safe drinking water facility to the villagers.

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References

  1. "The Hindu : Karnataka News : Co-op. Movement took its birth here". www.hindu.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2022.