Kandukuri Veeresalingam is known as the Vidyasagar of South India. he is considered as the father of the Telugu Renaissance movement.
Kanduruki Veeresalingam was one of the early social reformers who encouraged the education of women and the remarriage of widows, both of which were an alien concept in Indian society back then.
For further reading check the following articles:
- Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (26 September, 1820 – July 29, 1891)
- Hindu Widow Remarriage Act of 1856 (July 16, 1856)
- Indian Education System During British Rule
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