Kalyan Singh Gupta

Kalyan Singh Gupta
Born 1923
Haryana, India
Died 23 January 2002
New Delhi, India
Occupation Social worker, freedom fighter
Awards Padma Shri

Kalyan Singh Gupta was an Indian freedom fighter and social worker.[1] He is the co-founder of the Lok Kalyan Samiti,[2] a non-governmental organization based in the National Capital Region, together with Sucheta Kripalani in 1952.[3][4]

Born in 1923 in the Indian state of Haryana, he completed his early college education in Punjab and Delhi during which he took part in the Indian freedom struggle and later, joined the London School of Economics to secure a master's degree studying under the tutelage of Harold Laski.[1] Returning to India in 1951, he started his career as a journalist at the India News Chronicle.[1] A year later, he founded Lok Kalyan Samiti, along with Sucheta Kripalani.[1] He also started the Central Relief Committee (CRC India) in 1959 for providing relief aid to the Tibetan refugees.[1] He was honoured by the Government of India in 1969, with the award of Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award.[5]

Kalyan Singh Gupta died on 23 January 2002 at New Delhi at the age of 79.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Tribune India". Tribune India. 24 January 2002. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
  2. ↑ "LKS". Lok Kalyan Samiti. 2015. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
  3. ↑ "IIT Delhi Alumni Association". IIT Delhi Alumni Association. 14 November 2010. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
  4. ↑ "LKS About US". LKS. 2015. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Padma Shri" (PDF). Padma Shri. 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2014.


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