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{{Infobox person
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Karnad Sadashiva Rao
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| birth_date = 1881
| birth_place = [[Mangalore]],<br />[[Madras Presidency]],<br />[[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1937|1|9|1881}}
| death_place = [[Bombay]], [[Bombay Presidency]], British India
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| alma_mater = [[Presidency College, Chennai|Madras Presidency College]]
| known_for = [[Indian independence movement]]
| movement = [[Indian National Congress]]
| spouse =
| children =
| parents = Ramachandra Rao (father)<br/>Radhabai (mother)
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'''Karnad Sadashiva Rao''' <ref>{{cite web |title= Karnad Sadashiva Rao bio |url= http://pages.rediff.com/karnad-sadashiva-rao/1089803 |work= rediff.com |accessdate= 16 April 2015}}</ref> was an [[Indian independence movement|Indian freedom fighter]] from [[Karnataka, India]]. Rao was born to a wealthy south Indian family in 1881. He studied at Presidency College in [[Madras]] and also studied law in [[Mumbai]].

Rao became involved in the Indian independence movement. He founded [[Mahila Sabha]] to help widows and poor women. By 1919, he was fully involved in the Indian independence movement, being one of the first from Karnataka to volunteer for [[Mohandas Gandhi|Gandhi]]'s [[Satyagraha]] movement. He was also one of the key members of the [[Indian National Congress|Congress Party]] and was responsible for expanding the party in Karnataka.

Rao spent all of his wealth in service of the independence movement and for helping the poor. He attended the [[Faizpur]] Congress Session in December 1936. A penniless Sadashiva Rao stayed in a leaky hut, and caught cold and fever. Despite this, Rao travelled to Mumbai without telling anyone of his condition. He died shortly afterwards on 9 January 1937.{{citation needed|date=February 2015}} Rao died without a single penny, without having money to even perform his last rites.{{citation needed|date=February 2015}}

[[Sadashivanagar]] in [[Bangalore]] was named after Karnad Sadashiva Rao in 1960.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2001/03/18/stories/0418402p.htm|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20020117062746/http://thehindu.com/thehindu/2001/03/18/stories/0418402p.htm|url-status = dead|archive-date = 17 January 2002|title = Karnad Sadashiva Rao|date = 18 March 2001|accessdate = 11 September 2014|last = |website = [[The Hindu]]|first = }}</ref>

[[Karnad Sadashiva Rao Road]] or popularly known as [[K S Rao Road|KS Rao Road]] in [[Mangalore]] is named after Karnad Sadashiva Rao.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/a-road-is-all-that-remains-in-memory-of-karnad-sadashiva-rao/article7539123.ece|title=A road is all that remains in memory of Karnad Sadashiva Rao|last=Sastry|first=Anil Kumar|date=2015-08-14|newspaper=The Hindu|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|access-date=2016-11-13}}</ref>

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->John of Reading at 10:07, 25 November 2021