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About Kallur Subba Rao
- Kallur Subba Rao was an Indian freedom activist and politician.
- He was a scholar in Kannada and Telugu and a teacher by profession.He was born in Kallur near Hindupur Taluk, 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 Freedom Struggle.
- He was imprisoned for 7 years as a freedom fighter.
- After Indian independence, he was elected as a Member of Constituent Assembly of India from Madras Presidency.
- Afterwards, he was awarded Padma Shri in 1967. 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".
- Dr.
- Rajendra Prasad used to call him the "Prison Graduate" because Subba Rao was a great reader of Bhagavad Gita, Ramayana and Bhagavatha. He was elected as a Member of Legislative Assembly three times.
- He was an Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) General Secretary. He died on 20 December 1973.
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