Basavakalyan's a town in Bidar District of the state of Karnataka, India, and was historically known as Kalyani. History Before India's independence, Basavakalyan was called Kalyan. After independence and division of states on linguistic basis in 1956, Kalyana was renamed as BasavaKalyana in memory of Vishwaguru Basavanna, a great revolutionary who established Anubhava Mantapa (spiritual democracy) in 12th Century in India. Basavakalyana was ruled by Western Chalukyas, Kalachuris, Yadavas of De… (More on Basavakalyan)