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Kokkonda Venkata Ratnam Pantulu | |
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Born | Kokkonda Venkata Ratnam Vinukonda, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India |
Occupation(s) | Sanskrit and Telugu writer |
Kokkonda Venkata Ratnam Pantulu (1842–1915) was a well-known Telugu and Sanskrit writer in the nineteenth century.[1] As a respect word pantulu meaning scholar was added. He was known as Andhra Johnson and is remembered as the multifaceted Andhra genius, the pioneer of many movements in social reform, literature, publication, journalism.