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{{family name hatnote|Kaloji|lang=Telugu}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Kaloji Narayana Rao
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1914|9|09}}
| birth_place = [[Ratthalli (India)|Ratthalli]], [[Bijapur]]
<br>( [[Karnataka]]), [[India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2002|11|13|1914|9|09}}
| death_place = [[Warangal (India)|Warangal]], [[Andhra Pradesh]],
<br>(now [[Telangana]]), [[India]]
| death_cause =
| other_names = Kalanna, Praja Kavi<ref name="othernames" />
| known_for = Political activist, poet
}}

'''Kaloji Narayana Rao'''<ref name="othernames">{{cite news | url=https://www.telanganastateofficial.com/kaloji-narayana-rao-life-history-telugu-english/ | location=Hyderabad | work=TSO | title=Telangana Poet: Kaloji Narayana Rao History | date=8 September 2017 | access-date=8 September 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910072745/https://www.telanganastateofficial.com/kaloji-narayana-rao-life-history-telugu-english/ | archive-date=10 September 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> (9 September 1914 – 13 November 2002) was an Indian poet, freedom fighter, anti-fascist and political activist of [[Telangana]]. He was awarded the [[Padma Vibhushan]] in 1992. The [[Telangana]] government honored Kaloji's birthday as [[Telangana Language Day]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telanganastateofficial.com/telangana-language-day-on-september-9th/ | location=Hyderabad, India| work=TSO | title=Telangana Language Day Declared by CM Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao | date=8 September 2017}}</ref>

==Education and activism==
Kaloji was born on 9 September 1914 in Rattihalli village in Bijapur district, Karnataka. His mother Ramabayamma hailing from Karnataka. Father Kaloji Rangarao is from Maharashtra,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-09-09|title=Kaloji Narayana Rao: Remembering the poet’s birthday on Sep 9 as "Telangana Language Day"|url=https://inspiretelangana.org/kaloji-narayana-rao-remembering-poets-birthday-sep-9-telangana-language-day/|access-date=2021-09-09|website=Inspire Telangana|language=en-US}}</ref> his elder brother, Kaloji Rameshwar Rao, an Urdu poet, played a vital role in shaping his personality.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Rao|first=K. Damodar|date=2010-03-12|title=Remembering Kaloji|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/Remembering-Kaloji/article16566630.ece|access-date=2021-09-09|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Kaloji completed his primary education from [[Madikonda]] and higher education in [[Warangal]] and [[Hyderabad]].Kaloji is a polyglot. Although he studied Telugu from an early age, he also wrote poetry in Marathi, Kannada, Hindi and Urdu.Kaloji married Rukmini Bai in 1940.

During his student days, he was deeply influenced by and participated in popular movements of the time. like the [[Arya Samaj]] Movement, especially in the domain of civil rights. He has also involved in [[Andhra Maha Sabha]] activities since its formation in 1934, and part of the [[Satyagraha]], [[Osmania University]] Vandemataram, State Congress, [[Andhra Mahasabha]] (Telangana) and Library movements. Considered by many to be a [[freedom fighter]],{{according to whom|date=June 2017}} he was part of the freedom movement of [[Hyderabad State]] and underwent imprisonment under the [[Nizam]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rao|first=Vanam Jwala Narasimha|date=2021-05-30|title=Brahmins as reformers|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/editors-desk/brahmins-as-reformers-688425|access-date=2021-09-09|website=thehansindia.com|language=en}}</ref>

His commitment to [[human rights]]{{citation needed|date=June 2017}} made him an active member of the Tarkunde Committee. Although opposed to power and the trapping of office Kaloji looked upon elections as a democratic exercise. He contested thrice and got elected once as a member of the [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council]]. His most significant dispute was against [[Jalagam Vengal Rao]], then [[Chief Minister]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]], in 1977.

==Honour==
In September 2014, the [[Government of Telangana]] in his honour, named the Medical University, [[Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences]] after him.

==Literary works==
Kaloji wrote poetry in [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Urdu]], [[Hindi]] and [[Marathi language|Marathi]] languages.<ref>{{cite news |date=14 November 2002 |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2002/11/14/stories/2002111403680400.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103201312/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2002/11/14/stories/2002111403680400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 November 2012 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |title=Governor, CM condole death |access-date=6 May 2013}}</ref> In 1992, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by [[Kakatiya University]].<ref name="Chandrakanth">{{cite news |newspaper=The Hindu |date=14 November 2002 |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/11/14/stories/2002111403740400.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030102090216/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/11/14/stories/2002111403740400.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=2 January 2003 |title=Kaloji won't cry any more! |first=W. |last=Chandrakanth |access-date=6 May 2013}}</ref>

===Published writings===
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* ''Anakathalu'' (1941)
* ''Naa Bharatadesha Yatra'' (1941, translation of Brail Ford's ''Rebel India'')
* ''Kaloji Kathalu'' (1943)
* ''Parthiva vijayam'' (1946)
* ''Naa Godava'' (1953, 1st edition)
* ''Tudi Vijayam Manadi Nijam'' (1962)
* ''Naa Godava Parashiva Hemantham'' (1966)
* ''Naa Godava Parabhava Shishiram'' (1967)
* ''Naa Godava Parabhava'' (1967, 1st edition, third print)
* ''Jeevana Geetha'' (1968, translation of Khalil Zibran's ''The Prophet'')
* ''Telangana Udyama Kavithalu'' (1969-70)
* ''Naa Godava (Yuva Bharathi)'' (1974)
* ''Naa Godava'' (1975-77)
* ''Idi Naa Godava'' (1995, [[autobiography|autobiographical]])
* ''Bapu! Bapu!! Bapu!!!'' (1995)
* ''Kaloji Kathalu'' (2000)
}}

==Death==
Kaloji died on 13 November 2002. He donated his body for research to [[Kakatiya Medical College]] in Warangal.<ref>{{url|http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-11-14/hyderabad/27320200_1_freedom-fighter-telangana-region-telangana-rashtra-samithi-president}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930070349/http://soyi.discover-telangana.org/mags/old/Kaloji_Telangana_Bhasha_Bathuku.pdf Kaloji's essay about Telangana and its dialect]
*[http://etelangana.org/Kaloji_Bio.asp etelangana.org/Kaloji_Bio.asp]

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[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Vibhushan in arts]]
[[Category:People from Telangana]]
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[[Category:People from Warangal]]
[[Category:Telangana Rebellion]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian poets]]
[[Category:Indian male poets]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male writers]]

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