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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1953|07|27}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Guntur district]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], India<br />
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| occupation = Dalit activist; publicist and leader of the Dalit Mahasabha in Telugu-speaking land.<br />
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'''Katti Padma Rao''' (born 27 July 1953) is a [[Dalit]] poet, scholar and activist from [[Andhra Pradesh]], India. He is the founding general secretary of Dalit Mahasabha, a people's organisation that spearheaded the Dalit movement in Andhra Pradesh in the aftermath of the 1985 [[Karamchedu massacre]] in the [[Coastal Andhra|coastal region]] of that state. A scholar in both [[Telugu language|Telugu]] and [[Sanskrit]], he has published several volumes of poetry, and books on sociology, religion, philosophy, history, and [[women's studies]]. He is a regular columnist in major Telugu newspapers and magazines.<br />
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==Social and political activism==<br />
Following the Karamchedu massacre of [[Madiga]] Dalits in 1985, Rao emerged as a significant socio-political activist. He was the founder General Secretary of the Andhra Pradesh Dalit Mahasabha<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/11/13/stories/2010111365250300.htm |title=Dalit Mahasabha to launch movement |date=13 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101118082428/http://www.hindu.com/2010/11/13/stories/2010111365250300.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |archive-date=18 November 2010}}</ref> organisation, which mobilised not only the Dalits, but also the [[Adivasi]]s and the [[Backward Class]]es against [[Caste system in India|caste]]-based atrocities and oppression.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}<br />
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==Electoral politics==<br />
Rao launched the [[Peda Prajala Party]] (Poor People's Party) in the late 1980s. In the early 1990s, he was part of the [[Bahujan Samaj Party]]. In the late 2000s, he joined the [[Praja Rajyam Party]]. His forays into electoral politics were largely unsuccessful.<br />
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==Awards and honours==<br />
Rao is recognised as a Dalit ideologue,<ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HuXl77rkasoC&pg=PA276 |page=276 |title=Indian Writing In English: Critical Ruminations |volume=2 |editor1-first=Amar Nath |editor1-last=Prasad |editor2-first=S. John Peter |editor2-last=Joseph |publisher=Sarup & Sons |year=2006 |isbn=978-8-17625-725-1 |chapter=Dalit Feminism: A Psycho-Social Analysis of Indian English Literature |first=Anita |last=Ghosh}}</ref> intellectual,<ref>{{cite web |title=Events and Workshops, 2007 |url=http://www.anveshi.org.in/events-and-workshops/2007-2/ |year=2007 |publisher=Anveshi Research Centre for Women's Studies |access-date=5 April 2015}}</ref> writer and socio-political activist.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gltc.edu/index.php/projects/books/29-book-list/204-caste-and-alternative-culture |title=Caste and Alternative Culture |date=4 March 2014 |publisher=Gurukul Lutheran Theological College & Research Institute |access-date=5 April 2015}}</ref><br />
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A list of awards and honours received by Rao:<br />
* Sahitya Puraskar from the Loknayak Foundation. The award is given annually in memory of [[N. T. Rama Rao|N.T. Rama Rao]] and [[Harivansh Rai Bachchan]].<ref>{{Cite news|others=Special Correspondent|date=2020-11-24|title=Literary award for Katti Padma Rao|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/literary-award-for-katti-padma-rao/article33172455.ece|access-date=2020-12-05|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
*Boyi Bhimanna Trust Award for literature from [[Chief Minister (India)|Chief Minister]] of Andhra Pradesh, [[Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy]] in 2007<br />
* Pratibha Award from the [[Government of Andhra Pradesh]] for poetry in 2006<br />
* Sri Ramulu Telugu University Award for Poetry in 2006<br />
* Sahitya Puraskaram by Andhra Saraswatha Parishat by the [[List of Governors of Andhra Pradesh|Governor of Andhra Pradesh]], [[Sushil Kumar Shinde]], 2006<br />
* Avantsa Soma Sunder Sahiti Trust Award in 2005<br />
* Dr. C. Narayana Reddy Sahiti Award, Sri Narayana Reddy Kalapeetam, [[Hyderabad]], 2003<br />
* Ambedkar Award, 1992, Hyderabad<br />
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==Books published==<br />
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'''Titles in English'''<br />
*''Women and Caste in India'' (1983)<br />
*''Social and Philosophical Movements in India'' (1991)<br />
*''Dalit Women'' (1991)<br />
*''Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: The Visionary''<br />
*''Caste and Alternative Culture'' (1995)<br />
*''Charvaka Darshan'' (1998)<br />
*''Woman in Indian Culture'' (1999)<br />
*''Journey towards Dalit Dignity'' (1999)<br />
*''Buddhist Philosophy'' (2007)<br />
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'''Anthologies'''<br />
*''Jana Geetham'' (1979)<br />
*''Hethuvada Satyalu'' (1980)<br />
*''Jailu Gantalu'' (1986)<br />
*''Vimukthi Geetham'' (1987)<br />
*''Desam Diary'' (1987)<br />
*''Raktha Kshetram'' (1992)<br />
*''Nalla Kaluva'' (1996)<br />
*''Neelikeka''<br />
*''Mullakireetam poetry'' (2002)<br />
*''Bhoomi Basha poetry'' (2004)<br />
*''Kattela Moppu poetry'' (2007)<br />
*''Aatma gaurava swaram'' (2010)<br />
*''Ambedkar''<br />
*''Samghika Viplavamoorthy: Dr. B. R. Ambedkar'' (1990)<br />
*''Ambedkar-Gandhi'' (2001)<br />
*''Ambedkar-Marx-Phule'' (2001)<br />
*''Ambedkar-Buddha'' (2002)<br />
*''Ambedkar Thatvasastram'' (2007)<br />
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'''Sociology'''<br />
*''Kula Samgharshanalu'' (1983)<br />
*''Kulam Punadulu'' (1981)<br />
*''Reservations: Hindu Mathonmadam'' (1991)<br />
*''Kulam&nbsp;— Prathyamnaya Samskrithi'' (1993)<br />
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'''Dalit history'''<br />
*''Dalithula Charitra'' (1st Part)<br />
*''Dalithula Charitra'' (2nd Part, 1997)<br />
*''Dalithula Charitra'' (3rd Part, 1998)<br />
*''Dalithula Charitra'' (4th Part, 1999)<br />
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'''Alternative Dalit philosophy'''<br />
*''Charvaka Darshan'' (1991)<br />
*''Buddha Darshan'' (1997)<br />
*''Dalita Darshanam'' (2008)<br />
*''Mahatma Phule'' (2008)<br />
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'''Women's studies'''<br />
*''Bharatheeya Samskruthilo Sthree'' (1993)<br />
*''PitruSwamya Vyavasthalo Sthree'' (2002)<br />
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'''Dalit literature'''<br />
*''Samghika Viplava Rachayithalu'' (1983)<br />
*''Dalitha Sahitya Vudyamam&nbsp;— Joshua'' (1995)<br />
*''Joshua Samajika Thatvam'' (1995)<br />
*''Mahakavi Jasuva Samajika viplavam'' (2007)<br />
*''Santh Ravidas Bhakti kavitodhyamam'' (2008)<br />
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