Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Kandukuri Veeresalingam

Indian writer

Date of Birth: 16-Apr-1848

Place of Birth: Rajamahendravaram, Andhra Pradesh, India

Date of Death: 27-May-1919

Profession: playwright, author, social reformer

Zodiac Sign: Aries

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'.