# Gauri Lankesh

> 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.

*Indian Kannada-language journalist-activist (1962-2017)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/gauri-lankesh

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Journalist
- **Category:** Journalists
- **Country:** India
- **Born:** 1962-01-29
- **Died:** 2017-09-05
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

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## Fame
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- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
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- [گاوری لانکش](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9%D8%B4)
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- [ഗൗരി ലങ്കേഷ്](https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%97%E0%B5%97%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BF_%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%99%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%B7%E0%B5%8D)
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- [ਗੌਰੀ ਲੰਕੇਸ਼](https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%97%E0%A9%8C%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%80_%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BC)
- [گوری لنکیش](https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%84%D9%86%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%B4)
- [Гаури Ланкеш](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%88)
- [گوري لنڪيش](https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D9%84%D9%86%DA%AA%D9%8A%D8%B4)
- [Gauri Lankesh](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauri_Lankesh)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38711433)

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