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Ramaswamy Choudary
Tripuraneni Ramaswamy[1][2] (1887–1943), also known as
Tripuraneni Ramaswamy
Tripuraneni Ramaswamy, was a lawyer, poet, playwright and
reformer active among the Telugu-speaking people. He was popularly
known as Kaviraju (the "king of poets"), a title given to him by the
Andhra Mahasabha in 1929.[3]

Ramaswamy was part of a growing movement in India to reassess the

culture of India. This movement included such people as Ram Mohan
Roy, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Ranade, Dayananda Saraswati,
Kandukuri Veeresalingam and Gurazada Apparao.

Contents
Childhood and early years
Literary career and public life
Children
References
Tripuraneni Ramaswamy on a 1987
Bibliography
stamp of India
Born 15 January 1887
Childhood and early years Angaluru, Krishna
district
Ramaswamy was born in the village of Angaluru in the Krishna Died 16 January 1943
District (present-day Andhra Pradesh) into a family of farmers. At the Tenali
age of 23, he passed his Matriculation Examination. In the same year Nationality Indian
Ramaswamy wrote two plays: Karempudi Kadanam, based on the Citizenship India
Palanadu battle, and Kurukshetra Sangramam, based on the
Education Bar at Law
Mahabharata war. In 1911, Ramaswamy joined the Noble College at
Bandar to study for the Intermediate Course. In those years he Alma mater Noble College,
displayed his literary skills and prodigious memory in his Avadhanam. Machilipatnam;
Dublin University,
In 1914, Ramaswamy went to Britain and studied law as well as Ireland
English Literature and modern European culture in Dublin. During Genre Lawyer, Playwright,
this time, Ramaswamy wrote to Krishna Patrika, a Telugu weekly Poet, Avadhanam
appealing to Indians to support the Home Rule movement started by
Notable Kurukshetra
Annie Besant. He pleaded for India's independence. Ramaswamy works Sangramam
wrote many patriotic songs during the independence movement.
Spouse Punnamma
After returning to India, Ramaswamy practiced law for some years, Children Tripuraneni
mostly in Tenali town. However, his main activity was directed Gopichand,
towards social reforms. He launched a full-scale attack on casteism Tripuraneni Gokul
and the social injustices resulting from it. Chand, Chouda Rani
Relatives Pitcheswara Rao
 Atluri
Literary career and public life
Website
Ramaswamy chose literary writing as the vehicle for expressing his blog.anilatluri.com/2005/12/85 (htt
rationalist thoughts, and he worked with his close friend Unnava p://blog.anilatluri.com/2005/12/85)
Lakshminarayana, who was a renowned Telugu Brahmin Brahmo
leader.[4]

His poetic work Kuppuswamy Satakam reveals the theme of social revolution and talks about social evils,
blind faith and indignity to man. In his other works such as Sambhukavadha, Suthashrama geethaalu,
Dhoortha maanava, Khooni, Bhagavadgita, Rana Pratap and Kondaveeti pathanam, Ramaswamy made a
rational analysis of dogmas prescribed by ancient classics and the injustice these dogmas did to people
belonging to the lower social orders. Moreover, Ramaswamy attacked discriminatory practices and fought
against the idea of untouchability.

Ramaswamy was against the traditional Hindu marriage ceremony which resulted in burdensome expenditure,
especially among the poor. He prepared a simple procedure in Telugu called Vivaha Vidhi. He officiated at
many marriages.

Ramaswamy was a patriot even when he was a student. He wrote a patriotic play Rana Pratap, which was
proscribed by the British government. He was an ardent lover of the Telugu language and culture and was
proud of their history. He was an educationist and was a member of the senate of the Andhra University for
three terms. Ramaswamy was awarded many honors and was popularly known as 'Kaviraju', a title conferred
on him.

The Indian government issued a commemorative postage stamp with his picture in 1987, his centenary year.

Children
Among his children were Tripuraneni Gopichand, who left his own mark on the Telugu literature.

References
1. Ramaswamy, The Belief System of the Non-Brahmin Movement in India 1978, p. 292.
2. Remembering ‘Kaviraju' (https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/Remembering-
lsquoKaviraju/article14686986.ece), The Hindu, 17 April 2011.
3. Roy, Manabendra Nath, ed. (1987). The Radical Humanist (https://books.google.com/books?id
=Wy4KAQAAIAAJ&newbks=0&hl=en). 51. Maniben Kara. p. 7.
4. Ramaswamy, Uma (1978). "The Belief System of the Non-Brahmin Movement in India: The
Andhra Case". Asian Survey. 18: 294.

Bibliography
Ramaswamy Tripuraneni (1887–1943), Luminaries of 20th Century, Part 2, Potti Sreeramulu
Telugu University, Hyderabad, 2005, pp: 552–3.
Ramaswamy, Uma (March 1978), "The Belief System of the Non-Brahmin Movement in India:
The Andhra Case", Asian Survey, 18 (3): 290–300, doi:10.1525/as.1978.18.3.01p0398i (https://
doi.org/10.1525%2Fas.1978.18.3.01p0398i), JSTOR 2643221 (https://www.jstor.org/stable/264
3221)
Keiko, Yamada (2008), "Politics and representation of caste identity in regional historiography:
A case study of Kammas in Andhra", The Indian Economic and Social History Review, 45 (3):
 353–380, doi:10.1177/001946460804500302 (https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0019464608045003
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