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- One of the earliest modern Telugu linguists and social
visionaries.
- He championed the cause of using a language easy to the
common man (‘Vyavaharika Bhasha’) as opposed to the
scholastic language (‘Grandhika Bhasha’).
- Telugu Language Day (Telugu Bhasha Dinotsavam) is
celebrated on 29 August each year (his birth anniversary) in
Andhra Pradesh, India.
- The British Government conferred on him:
- the title of Rao Saheb not for loyalty to the Crown
but for his service to the Savaras, to pedagogy and to
Telugu.
- the title of " Kaisar-i-Hind Medal on him in the
year of 1933 for his services.
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