jan 1, 1893 - Rao Bahadur Title for K.Veresalingam 1893

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Kandukuri Veeresalingam Pantulu was a social reformer and writer of Andhra Pradesh, India.
He is considered as the Father of renaissance movement in Telugu.

In 1887, he started a Brahmo Mandir at Rajahmundry.

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 is the first person to conduct a widow remarriage in Andhra Pradesh, the first to start a co-educational school.
As a writer he wrote the first autobiography in Telugu, the first to write a history on Telugu poets and the first Telugu writer to translate scientific books

He also performed the first widow remarriage in Andhra Pradesh, on December 11th, 1881. He was censured by the conservative society of that time.

In 1893, the government of India conferred the title ‘Rao Bahadur’ on him.

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