What is H. S. Doreswamy?
[[File:H. S. Doreswamy DS.jpg|right|200px]] '''Harohalli Srinivasaiah Doreswamy''' (10 April 1918 &ndash; 26 May 2021) was an Indian activist and journalist.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Boruah|first1=Maitreyee|title=INDEPENDENCE DAY SPECIAL - Free India from poverty and corruption: HS Doraiswamy|url=http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31806&articlexml=INDEPENDENCE-DAY-SPECIAL-Free-India-from-poverty-and-15082014101050|access-date=30 October 2014|publisher=The Times Group|date=15 August 2014|archive-date=30 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030101945/http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31806&articlexml=INDEPENDENCE-DAY-SPECIAL-Free-India-from-poverty-and-15082014101050|url-status=dead}}</ref> He [[centenarian|turned 100]] in April 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/pm-modi-is-behaving-like-a-dictator-doreswamy/articleshow/63687477.cms|title=PM Modi is behaving like a ‘dictator’: Freedom fighter HS Doreswamy - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref> He was known for being an important figure in the [[Indian independence movement]]. He worked alongside [[Gandhi]] during the movement. He was born in [[Harohalli]], [[Mysore State]], [[British Indian Empire]]. Doreswamy died on 26 May 2021 in [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]] from [[cardiac arrest]], aged 103.<ref>{{Cite web|date=26 May 2021|title=Freedom fighter H S Doreswamy passes away at 103|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/state/top-karnataka-stories/freedom-fighter-h-s-doreswamy-passes-away-at-103-990191.html|access-date=26 May 2021|website=Deccan Herald|language=en|archive-date=26 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526161926/https://www.deccanherald.com/state/top-karnataka-stories/karnataka-minister-seeks-covid-19-relief-package-for-teaching-non-teaching-staff-in-unaided-schools-990200.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Doreswamy, H. S.}} [[Category:1918 births]] [[Category:Indian centenarians]] [[Category:Indi