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Apr 16, 1848 Rajamahendravaram, Andhra Pradesh, India Died on 27 May 1919 (aged 71)
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About Kandukuri Veeresalingam
- Rao Bahadur Kandukuri Veeresalingam Pantulu (16 April 1848 – 27 May 1919) was a social reformer and writer of Madras Presidency, British India.
- He is considered as the father of renaissance movement in Telugu.
- He was one of the early social reformers who encouraged women education, remarriage of widows which was not supported by the society during his time and fought against dowry system.
- He also started a school in Dowlaiswaram in 1874. He constructed a temple as 'Brahmo Mandir' in 1887 and the 'Hithakarini School' in 1908 in Andhra Pradesh.
- His novel Rajasekhara Charitramu is considered to be the first novel in Telugu literature.He often considered as Raja Rammohan Roy of Andhra.
- He was also known by the title Gadya Tikkana, meaning 'Tikkana of Prose'.
