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Indian social reformer (–)

In this Telugu name, the surname is Kandukuri.

Kandukuri Veeresalingam (16 April – 27 May ) 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).

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He also fought against child marriage and the dowry system. He started a school in Dowlaiswaram in ,^[2] constructed the 'Brahmo Mandir' in and built the 'Hithakarini School' in 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 was born into a Telugu-speakin