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'''Kallur Subba Rao''' was an Indian freedom activist and politician. He was a scholar in [[Kannada]] and [[Telugu language|Telugu]] and a teacher by profession.<ref>{{Cite document|title = Profile of a patriot, a study of Padmashri Kalluru Subba Rao 1897-1973|last = N|first = Mallikarjuna|publisher = ShodhGanga|hdl = 10603/67350}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=I3C11beCHF0C&q=gooty+kannadigas&pg=PA281|title = Rayalaseema During Colonial Times: A Study in Indian Nationalism|last = Yanadi Raju|first = P.|date = 1 January 2003|publisher = Northern Book Centre, 2003|isbn = 9788172111397}}</ref><br />
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He was born in [[Kallur, Chittoor|Kallur]] near Hindupur Taluk, [[Anantapur district|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 independence movement|Indian Freedom Struggle]]. He was imprisoned for 7 years as a freedom fighter. After [[Indian independence movement|Indian independence]], he was elected as a Member of [[Constituent Assembly of India]] from [[Chennai|Madras]] Presidency. Afterwards, he was awarded [[Padma Shri]] in 1967.<br />
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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". [[Rajendra Prasad|Dr. Rajendra Prasad]] used to call him the "Prison Graduate" because Subba Rao was a great reader of [[Bhagavad Gita]], [[Ramayana]] and [[Bhagavata Purana|Bhagavatha]].<br />
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He was elected as a Member of [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] three times. He was an [[Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee|Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC)]] General Secretary.<br />
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He died on 20 December 1973.<br />
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