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{{Infobox person
| name = Salem Nanjundaiah Subba Rao
| image = File:Dr. S. N. Subba Rao, New Delhi, India.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1929|02|07}}
| birth_place = [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2021|10|27|1929|02|07}}
| death_place = [[Jaipur]], [[Rajasthan]]
| nationality = Indian
| other_names = Bhai Ji
| known_for = surrender of dacoits
| occupation = Social worker
}}

'''S. N. Subba Rao''' (7 February 1929 – 27 October 2021) was a fellow of the Gandhi Peace Foundation and founder of National Youth Project.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-11-04|title=Remembering Salem Nanjudaiah Subba Rao|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/remembering-salem-nanjudaiah-subba-rao-7604965/|access-date=2021-11-09|work=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>

==Early life==

Salem Nanjundaiah Subba Rao was born in Bangalore, Karnataka, on 7 February 1929. He attended the Ramakrishna Vedanta College in Malleshwaram. He was arrested when aged 13 for daubing slogans in support of the [[Quit India movement]].

==Activism==
In 1969, he became director of the "Gandhi Darshan Train", which toured the country for a year with materials relating to celebrations of the birth centenary of Gandhi.

Subba Rao set up the Mahatma Gandhi Sewa Ashram in the [[Chambal Division|Chambal]] valley of the Indian state of [[Madhya Pradesh]] to rehabilitate [[dacoit]]s that infested the region. By his calculations, as many as 654 dacoits, many of them contemporaries of [[Man Singh (dacoit)|Man Singh]], surrendered to him between 1960 to 1976.<ref name=tribune>{{cite news|last=Sethi|first=Chitleen K.|title=The man who transformed dacoits|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031110/cth1.htm|accessdate=10 October 2012|newspaper=The Tribune, Chandigarh|date=9 November 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=March to Delhi for land rights begins|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/MadhyaPradesh/March-to-Delhi-for-land-rights-begins/Article1-939734.aspx|accessdate=10 October 2012|newspaper=Hindustan Times|date=4 October 2012}}</ref>

Awards and Honours
*National Youth Award to National Youth Project- 1995
*D.Lit. Honoured Degree by Kashi Vidhya Peeth- 1995
*Bhartiya Ekta Puruskar
*Vishva Manvadhikar Protsahan Puruskar-2002
*Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award-2003
*Rashtirya Sampradayik Sadbhavna Puruskar-2003
*Jamanalal Bajaj Puraskar-2006
*Mahatma Gandhi Purskar-2008
*Anuvart Ahimsa Award-2010
*Life Time Achievement Award-2014 by Bharitya Sathi Sangthan Delhi
*Mahatma Gandhi Prerna Seva Puraskar-2014 by Karnataka Government
*Rashtriya Sadbhawna Ekta Prusaskar-2014 Nagpur,Maharashtra

== References ==
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== External links ==
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*https://web.archive.org/web/20120826123712/http://nypindia.org/ourdirector.html

{{Jamnalal Bajaj Award winners}}

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