“Book Descriptions: Kandukuri Veereshalingam (కందుకూరి వీరేశలింగం) (16 April 1848 – 27 May 1919), also known as Veereshalingam Pantulu (వీరేశలింగం పంతులు), was a social reformer of Andhra Pradesh. He is widely considered as the man who first brought about a renaissance in Telugu people and Telugu literature. . He was influenced by the ideals of Brahmo Samaj particularly those of Keshub Chunder Sen. He got involved in the cause of social reforms. In 1876 he started a Telugu journal and wrote the first prose for women. He encouraged education for women, and started a school in Dowlaiswaram in 1874. He started a social organisation called Hitakarini (Benefactor).
The first novel written in Telugu, 'Rajasekhara Charitramu' is inspired by Oliver Goldsmith’s The Vicar of the Wakefiled” DRIVE
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