Kandukuri Veeresalingam Pantulu (1848-1919) was a prominent social reformer and writer from Andhra Pradesh. He is considered the "father of the renaissance movement in Telugu". He actively campaigned for widow remarriage and established the first widow home in India at Rajahmundry. The Rajamundri Social Reform Association was instrumental in promoting this cause.
The Rajamundri Social Reform Association to encourage widow re-marriage was founded in 1871 by -
Asked in RPSC RAS Prelims 2021 · Topic: Social Religious Movement (Women's Issues: Abolition of Sati, Widow Remarriage, Child Marriage, Women's Education)
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