Paper I · 3 History of India & AP · 3.6.3 Social reform in Andhra

3.6.3.2 Kandukuri Veeresalingam: widow remarriage, journals and institutions

Kandukuri Veeresalingam (1848–1919) of Rajahmundry, the father of the Andhra renaissance, fought for widow remarriage and women's education through journals, schools, a reform society and the first modern Telugu prose, and is called Gadya Tikkana.

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Key terms

  • Kandukuri Veeresalingam
  • 1848-1919
  • Rajahmundry
  • Gadya Tikkana
  • Vidyasagar of South India
  • M.G. Ranade
  • Vivekavardhini 1874
  • Satihitabodhini 1883
  • Hasya Sanjeevani
  • Prarthana Samaj 1878
  • widow remarriage 11 December 1881
  • Rao Bahadur 1893
  • Hitakarini Samajam
  • Dhavaleswaram
  • anti-nautch
  • Kokkonda Venkataratnam
  • Andhra Bhasha Sanjeevani
  • Rajasekhara Charitramu
  • Andhra Kavula Charitra
  • Sweeya Charitra

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