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| birth_date = 1894<br />
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| known for = Madras Seva Sadan<br />
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'''Andal Venkatasubba Rao''' (1894–1969), popularly known as '''Aandaalamma''', was an Indian social worker, educationist and the co-founder of ''Madras Seva Sadan'', a [[Chennai]]-based charitable organization working for the welfare of women and children.<ref name="About Sir M V Rao">{{cite web | url=http://sirmvrschool.com/index.php?page=about_sir_mvrao | title=About Sir M V Rao | publisher=SIRMVR School | date=2016 | accessdate=5 July 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160903201443/http://sirmvrschool.com/index.php?page=about_sir_mvrao | archive-date=3 September 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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Born in 1894 in Chennai, the capital city of the south Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]], she did her early schooling at [[Holy Angels Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School]] and the [[Presidency College, Chennai|Presidency Girls' High School, Madras]].<ref name="The Life of Our Founder">{{cite web | url=http://www.sirmuthamemorial.com/sirm.htm | title=The Life of Our Founder | publisher=Sir Muthu Memorial | date=2016 | accessdate=5 July 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427114511/http://www.sirmuthamemorial.com/sirm.htm | archive-date=27 April 2017 | url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1928, she married M. Venkatasubba Rao, a judge at [[Madras High Court]] who would later be knighted by the British Queen,<ref name="The boldest Judge in Madras">{{cite web | url=http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2018%20No%2015/otherstories.html | title=The boldest Judge in Madras | publisher=Madras Musings | date=16 November 2008 | accessdate=5 July 2016 | author=[[Randor Guy]]}}</ref> The couple founded ''Madras Seva Sadan'', a charitable organization, the same year.<ref name="About Lady Andal M V Rao">{{cite web | url=http://sir.ladymvrschool.com/index.php?page=about_lady_mvrao | title=About Lady Andal M V Rao | publisher=Lady MVR School | date=2016 | accessdate=5 July 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812201823/http://sir.ladymvrschool.com/index.php?page=about_lady_mvrao | archive-date=12 August 2017 | url-status=dead }}</ref> The organization was started with a capital of {{INR}}&nbsp;10,000. With the help of 8 orphan girls, the organization has grown over the years to a large welfare organization attending to the needs of around many women and children. The Sadan also run a higher secondary school, [[Lady Andal|Lady Andal Venkatasubba Rao Matriculation Higher Secondary School]], and a concert hall by name, ''Sir Mutha Venkatasubba Rao Concert Hall''.<ref name="The Lady Andal story">{{cite web | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/article548750.ece | title=The Lady Andal story | publisher=Indian Express | date=23 June 2012 | accessdate=5 July 2016}}</ref> The Government of India awarded her the third highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Bhushan]], in 1957, for her contributions to society.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2016 |accessdate=3 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archivedate=15 November 2014 }}</ref> She died in 1969, at the age of 75.<ref name="About Lady Andal M V Rao" /><br />
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* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9r-C8Lgu1g | title=Lady Andal Venkatasubba Rao Matriculation Higher Secondary School - Chennai | publisher=EI Videos | work=[[YouTube]] video | date=7 February 2012 | accessdate=5 July 2016}}<br />
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