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| birth_date = 1923
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| death_date = 23 January 2002
| death_place = [[New Delhi]], India
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'''Kalyan Singh Gupta''' (1923–2002) was an Indian independence activist and social worker.<ref name="Tribune India">{{cite web | url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020125/nation.htm#7 | title=Tribune India | publisher=Tribune India | date=24 January 2002 | access-date=13 May 2015}}</ref> He was the co-founder of the ''Lok Kalyan Samiti'',<ref name="LKS">{{cite web | url=http://www.lokkalyansamiti.in/Default.aspx | title=LKS | publisher=Lok Kalyan Samiti | date=2015 | access-date=13 May 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212105141/http://lokkalyansamiti.in/Default.aspx | archive-date=12 February 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref> a [[non governmental organization|non-governmental organization]] based in the [[National Capital Region (India)|National Capital Region]], together with [[Sucheta Kripalani]] in 1952.<ref name="IIT Delhi Alumni Association">{{cite web | url=http://iitdalumni.com/news/lok-kalyan-samiti-headed-ms-harita-gupta-wins-national-award-2009-work-area-child-welfare | title=IIT Delhi Alumni Association | publisher=IIT Delhi Alumni Association | date=14 November 2010 | access-date=13 May 2015}}</ref><ref name="LKS About US">{{cite web | url=http://www.lokkalyansamiti.in/About.aspx | title=LKS About US | publisher=LKS | date=2015 | access-date=13 May 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212181531/http://lokkalyansamiti.in/About.aspx | archive-date=12 February 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

Born in 1923 in the Indian state of [[Haryana]], he completed his early college education in [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] and [[Delhi]], during which time he took part in the [[Indian independence movement]], and later joined the [[London School of Economics]] to secure a master's degree, studying under the tutelage of [[Harold Laski]].<ref name="Tribune India" /> Returning to India in 1951, he started his career as a journalist at the India News Chronicle.<ref name="Tribune India" /> A year later, he founded Lok Kalyan Samiti, along with [[Sucheta Kripalani]].<ref name="Tribune India" /> He also started the ''Central Relief Committee'' (CRC India) in 1959 for providing relief aid to the Tibetan refugees.<ref name="Tribune India" /> He was honoured by the [[Government of India]] in 1969 with the award of [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest Indian civilian award.<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Shri |publisher=Padma Shri |date=2015 |access-date=11 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref>

Kalyan Singh Gupta died on 23 January 2002 in New Delhi at the age of 79.<ref name="Tribune India" />

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