Personalities Series (click for stamp information)
Personalities Series (click for stamp information)

Product Details
Product Name
:
Personalities Series (click for stamp information)
Issue Date
:
15 July 1974
Denomination
:
25p
Description
:

Kadukuri Veeresalingam was a born crusader against social evils. As a social reformer, he stired public conscience for the improvement of Women's status, uplift of Harijans and the removal of various social taboos. A man of action and firm determination he heralded a social revolution in Andhra. He is to Andhra what Ram Mohan Roy is to India in a larger sense. Born on April 16, 1848 Veeresalingam lost his father at a tender age and was brought up by his uncle.

Even as a pupil in the primary school, he opposed meaningless customs and religious beliefs. Later in life he was a school teacher. He fought valiantly against orthodoxy and waged a long-drawn battle for the rights of women to education, marriage of widows and the abolition of child marriage. He campaigned against the caste system and encouraged inter-caste marriages. He waged a battle against untouchability. He took up the case of the poor and the downtrodden and fought corruption in administration.

Veeresalngam was also a man of great erudition. He wrote players and essays in single Telugu, dealing with social evils. He started Telugu journalists, and through tier pages advocated various causes for social reform. He breathed his last on May 27, 1919. The Posts and Telegraphs Department is privileged to issue a stamp in honour of this great social reformer and scholar.

Source : Information Folder issued by Indian Posts & Telegraph Department, Government of India

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Single
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