S. N. Subba Rao (7 February 1929 – 27 October 2021) was a fellow of the Gandhi Peace Foundation and founder of National Youth Project. Rao died from

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during the

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Early life

Salem Nanjundaiah Subba Rao was born in Bangalore, Karnataka, on 7 February 1929. He attended the Ramakrishna Vedanta College in Malleshwaram. He was arrested when aged 13 for daubing slogans in support of the

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Activism

In 1969, he became director of the "Gandhi Darshan Train", which toured the country for a year with materials relating to celebrations of the birth centenary of Gandhi. Subba Rao set up the Mahatma Gandhi Sewa Ashram in the Chambal valley of the Indian state of

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to rehabilitate

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, surrendered to him between 1960 and 1976. Awards and Honours *National Youth Award to National Youth Project- 1995 *D.Lit. Honoured Degree by Kashi Vidhya Peeth- 1995 *Bhartiya Ekta Puruskar *Vishva Manvadhikar Protsahan Puruskar-2002 *Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award-2003 *Rashtirya Sampradayik Sadbhavna Puruskar-2003 *Jamanalal Bajaj Puraskar-2006 *Mahatma Gandhi Purskar-2008 *Anuvart Ahimsa Award-2010 *Life Time Achievement Award-2014 by Bharitya Sathi Sangthan Delhi *Mahatma Gandhi Prerna Seva Puraskar-2014 by Karnataka Government *Rashtriya Sadbhawna Ekta Prusaskar-2014 Nagpur,Maharashtra

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*https://web.archive.org/web/20120826123712/http://nypindia.org/ourdirector.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Rao, Salem Nanjundaiah Subba 1929 births 2021 deaths Social workers from Karnataka Scholars from Bangalore Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in India