Gauri Lankesh

Gauri Lankesh
Gauri in 2012
Born	(1962-01-29)29 January 1962 Bangalore, Mysore State, India
Died	5 September 2017(2017-09-05) (aged 55) Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Cause of death	Murder (gunshot wounds)
Occupation(s)	Activist, journalist
Employer	Lankesh Patrike
Spouse	Chidanand Rajghatta
Family	P. Lankesh (father) Indrajit Lankesh (brother) Kavitha Lankesh (sister)
Awards	Anna Politkovskaya Award

Gauri Lankesh (29 January 1962 – 5 September 2017) 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 Anna Politkovskaya Award for speaking against right-wing Hindu extremism, campaigning for women's rights and opposing caste based discrimination.^[1]