Name Kalyan Gupta | Awards Padma Shri | |
Born 1923 Haryana, India Occupation Social worker, freedom fighter Died January 23, 2002, New Delhi | ||
Kalyan Singh Gupta was an Indian freedom fighter and social worker. He is the co-founder of the Lok Kalyan Samiti, a non-governmental organization based in the National Capital Region, together with Sucheta Kripalani in 1952.
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. Returning to India in 1951, he started his career as a journalist at the India News Chronicle. A year later, he founded Lok Kalyan Samiti, along with Sucheta Kripalani. He also started the Central Relief Committee (CRC India) in 1959 for providing relief aid to the Tibetan refugees. He was honoured by the Government of India in 1969, with the award of Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award.
Kalyan Singh Gupta died on 23 January 2002 at New Delhi at the age of 79.