Nanjanagudu Tirumalamba (1887-1982) was the earliest new age Kannada author, newspaper editor, publisher, and printer who strived for the upliftment of women.
She was born on March 25, 1887 in Nanjanagudu of the erstwhile state of Mysore under British India.
Her father, Venkatakrishna Iyengar, was a lawyer and her mother was Alamelamma.
Like the Srivaishnavas of their time, her mother tongue was Tamil.
She had a special predilection towards Kannada language which was the language of the city in which she lived.