Kerala: Activist K V RABIA passes away
She was 59.
She was the ambassador of the literacy movement in the Kerala State Literacy campaign in Malappuram in 1990.
She was conferred the Padma Shri for her contribution to the literacy field in 2022 and accorded National Youth Award in 1994, Kannagi Sthree Award (1999), UNDP award (2000) Joseph Mundassery award (2010) and Vanitha Rathanm award in 2014.
At the age of 15, while studying in class X, Rabiya became wheelchair-bound after contracting polio. In 2000, she was also diagnosed with cancer.
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