1848 - 1919
Kandukuri Veeresalingam Indian Poet
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| First Name |
Kandukuri
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| Last Name |
Veeresalingam
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| Birthday |
16th April, 1848
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| Birthplace |
Rajahmundry, Madras Presidency, British India (now in Andhra Pradesh, India)
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| Died |
27th May, 1919
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| Place of Death |
Madras, British India (now Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India)
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| Zodiac Sign |
Aries
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| Nationality |
Indian
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| Occupation Text |
Social reformer, writer
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| Occupation |
Poet
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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 known 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.
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