Kandukuri Veeresalingam was another reformist from Andhra. Veeresalingam who first brought the Renaissance in Andhra, and considered as prophet of Modern Andhra. … Veeresalingam Pantulu fought against untruth, and championed the cause of progress with vigor. He fought for education for women, and remarriage of widows.
Who was known as Vidyasagar of South India and why?
Kandukuri Veeresalingam was known as the ‘South India Vidyasagar’. Rao Bahadur Kandukuri Veeresalingam Pantulu was a writer and social reformer for the presidency of Madras, British India. He is known as the founder of the Telugu Renaissance Movement.
Who founded Hitakarini samajam?
It was founded in 1868 by Raj Balwant Rao Kher, Diwan Biharilal Khajanchi and Shri Ambika Charan Banerjee. Hitkarini Sabha was persuaded by Seth Govind Das to take a nationalist view. The students at Hitkarini Sabha institutions participated in the swaraj movement.