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          April 16, – Kandukuri Veeresalingam Pantulu born, Indian social reformer and author; he campaigned for women's education, the.

          Veeresalingam Pantulu lived his whole life with determination to eradicate social injustice against women; he truly made an ever-lasting impact....

          Kandukuri Veeresalingam

          Indian social reformer (1848–1919)

          In this Telugu name, the surname is Kandukuri.

          Kandukuri Veeresalingam (16 April 1848 – 27 May 1919) is a social reformer and writer from the Madras Presidency, British India, current Andhra Pradesh .

          He is considered as the Father of the Telugu Renaissance movement. He was one of the early social reformers who encouraged the education of women and the remarriage of widows (which was not supported by society during his time).

          Kṣētrayya is the attributed author of Telugu padams (short lyrical poems) dedicated to Muvva Gōpāla, a form of the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa.

        1. Ross, NANCY WILSON.
        2. Veeresalingam Pantulu lived his whole life with determination to eradicate social injustice against women; he truly made an ever-lasting impact.
        3. Madras Christian College traces its origin to the General Assembly School founded by Rev. John Anderson, a Missionary from the Church of Scotland, on April 3.
        4. Veeresalingam; 20th century poets and writers like Sri Sri, Gurram Joshua and and Peter Connor and Jean-Luc Nancy Cadava.

          5. He also fought against child marriage and the dowry system. He started a school in Dowlaiswaram in 1874,[2] constructed the 'Brahmo Mandir' in 1887 and built the 'Hithakarini School' in 1908 in Andhra Pradesh.

          His novelRajasekhara Charitramu is considered to be the first novel in Telugu literature.[3]

          He is often considered Raja Ram Mohan Roy of Andhra. He was known by the title Gadya Tikkana, or ‘the Tikkana of Prose'.[4]

          Early life

          Kandukuri veeresalingam