Kallur Subba Rao

Kallur Subba Rao
Kallur Subba Rao
Member of Constituent Assembly of India
Personal details
Born	25 May 1897; Kallur, Anantapur district
Died	20 December 1973
Political party	Indian National Congress

Kallur Subba Rao was an Indian freedom activist and politician. He was a scholar in Kannada and Telugu and a teacher by profession.^[1]^[2]

He was born in Kallur near Hindupur Taluk, Anantapur District. His Father’s name was Sri Surappa and his mother's name was Smt Puttamma. Kallur Subba Rao was born on 25 May 1897, and was the first person to start the Congress Movement in Rayalaseema. He studied up to 12th standard. When Subba Rao was 17-year-old, he attended a meeting hosted by Annie Besant. Thereafter, he started participating in other such meetings and became an active member of Indian Freedom Struggle. He was imprisoned for 7 years as a freedom fighter. After Indian independence, he was elected as a Member of Constituent Assembly of India from Madras Presidency. Afterwards, he was awarded Padma Shri in 1967.

He was a great poet and a very good orator. Rutherford, the then collector of Anantapur District, used to call him the "Lion of Congress". Dr. Rajendra Prasad used to call him the "Prison Graduate" because Subba Rao was a great reader of Bhagavad Gita, Ramayana and Bhagavatha.

He was elected as a Member of Legislative Assembly three times. He was an Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) General Secretary.

He died on 20 December 1973.

References[edit]

↑ N, Mallikarjuna. "Profile of a patriot, a study of Padmashri Kalluru Subba Rao 1897-1973". ShodhGanga. hdl:10603/67350. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
↑ Yanadi Raju, P. (1 January 2003). Rayalaseema During Colonial Times: A Study in Indian Nationalism. Northern Book Centre, 2003. ISBN 9788172111397.

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[1] N, Mallikarjuna. "Profile of a patriot, a study of Padmashri Kalluru Subba Rao 1897-1973". ShodhGanga. hdl:10603/67350. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[2] Yanadi Raju, P. (1 January 2003). Rayalaseema During Colonial Times: A Study in Indian Nationalism. Northern Book Centre, 2003. ISBN 9788172111397.

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