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{{Infobox writer <br />
| name = Pydimarri Venkata Subba Rao<br />
| birth_place = Anneparthy, India<br />
| birth_date = 10 June 1916<br />
| death_date = 13 August 1988<br />
| genre = Writer<br />
| notableworks = Kalabhairavudu, Author of [[National Pledge (India)|National Pledge of India]] <br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| citizenship = India<br />
}}<br />
'''Pydimarri Venkata Subba Rao''' (10 June 1916 – 1988) was an Indian [[Telugu literature|Telugu]] author who is best remembered as the composer of the [[Indian National Pledge|National Pledge of India]].<br />
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== Writer and polyglot ==<br />
Subba Rao was a native of Anneparthy village in the [[Nalgonda District]] of [[Telangana]]. He was a [[polyglot]], having mastered [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Sanskrit]], [[English language|English]] and [[Arabic language|Arabic]]. He was also a [[naturopathy]] doctor and a bureaucrat who wrote several books in Telugu, the most famous of which is the novel ''Kalabhairavudu''.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes">{{cite news|title=Visakhapatnam remembers 'pledge' composer|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Visakhapatnam-remembers-pledge-composer/articleshow/16390278.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121203092628/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-14/hyderabad/33843239_1_original-pledge-visakhapatnam-due-recognition|url-status=live|archive-date=3 December 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=14 September 2012}}</ref><br />
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== Composer of the National Pledge ==<br />
Subba Rao composed the [[National Pledge (India)|National Pledge]] in Telugu in 1962 while he was serving as the District Treasury Officer of [[Vishakhapatnam District]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. He was a close associate of the nationalist leader [[Tenneti Viswanadham]], who forwarded the pledge to the then Education Minister of Andhra Pradesh, [[Pusapati Vijayarama Gajapati Raju|P.V.G. Raju]] who was also known as the Raja Garu of Vizianagaram.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes" /> Raju directed all the schools in the district to have the students take the pledge and it was subsequently taken up at the national level. The Advisory Committee of the Department of Education, Government of India at its meeting in Bangalore in 1964 decided to introduce the pledge in all schools nationally from 26 January 1965. The Government of India had it translated into seven languages and directed that it be taken in schools every day.<ref name="thehindu">{{cite news|title=The 'Pledge', now 50, is the pride of Telugus!|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/the-pledge-now-50-is-the-pride-of-telugus/article3896153.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|date=14 September 2012|accessdate=22 February 2020}}</ref> <br />
Curiously, Subba Rao himself remained unaware of the status of this pledge as the National Pledge. It was only when, after his retirement, he happened to hear his granddaughter read the pledge from a textbook that he and his family realised this. The records with the [[Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)|Union Human Resources Development Ministry]] also record him as the author of the Pledge although his family's letters to the central and state governments remained unanswered until his death in 1988.<ref name="thehindu" /><ref name="bare_url">{{cite web|title=Vizag gears up for golden jubilee fete of The Pledge|url=http://www.thehansindia.info/News/Article.asp?category=1&subCategory=2&ContentId=86703|publisher=The Hans India}} {{dead link|date=February 2020}}</ref><br />
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== Golden Jubilee Celebrations ==<br />
2012 marks the [[golden jubilee|golden jubilee year]] of the National Pledge and there are plans afoot to commemorate it and the author as part of the celebrations.<ref name="bare_url" /><br />
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