Bhagya Reddy Varma - Wikipedia Bhagya Reddy Varma This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. ( Learn how and when to remove these template messages ) This article contains wording that promotes the subject in a subjective manner without imparting real information. Please remove or replace such wording and instead of making proclamations about a subject 's importance, use facts and attribution to demonstrate that importance. ( June 2015 ) This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( June 2015 ) Bhagya Reddy ( 1888 - 05 - 22 ) 22 May 1888 Hyderabad State, India 18 February 1939 ( 1939 - 02 - 18 ) ( aged 50 ) Hyderabad, India Occupation Educational Activist Social Reformer Modern Thinker Deccan Revolution Leader Businessman Spouse ( s ) Madare Ragmamba Bhagya Reddy Varma ( 22 May 1888 -- 18 Feb 1939 ) was an Indian political leader, social reformer, activist, and businessman. He fought against untouchability in the Hyderabad State. Contents 1 Early life 1.1 Devadasi Movement 2 Honour 3 References Early life Reddy was born in the princely Hyderabad State to Madare Venkaiah and Julia Ragmamba. Inspired by Jyotirao Phule, he raised his voice against discrimination by upper castes. Eventually, he established Adi Hindu ( `` Original Hindu '' ), a social organisation, to bring awareness in the dalits. He formed a group called Jagan Mitra Mandali in 1906, which involved Harijans and Malas, and started telling stories by ' Hari Katha ' ( popular folklore ). In 1910, he started to educate dalit children from his own expense. In a short span of time he able to run 25 centres with 2000 students. 1911 Adi Hindu social services started 1912 promoted Buddhism In 1917 in a conference at Vijayawada ' Pratam Andhra - Adi Hindu ' meeting was held. In the same year Bhagya Reddy Vermas 's speech was very much attracted Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi 's attention at ' Akhila Bharata Hindu ' round table conference in Calcutta. In 1919 a meeting held with Jangamulu, Dasulu, Mulnavasi, for the Adi Hindu beneficial program. The purpose of this event is to resolve the internal issues in Dalit community ; he insisted the panchayat court system to be rebuilt. In 1925 Adi Hindu Hand skills exhibition was held to showcase the dalits skills to the world. Bhagya Reddy also campaigned on many social issues like Child Marriage, Black Magic, Women Education, Alcohol prohibition etc. His work was spread to neighboring states Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Andhra, from their as well people joined voices and followed the revolution. In 1930 in an historical speech he announced to take the dalit issues to the British notice in the upcoming All India Round Table Conference at Lucknow in the same year. He supposes to send BR Ambedkar to lead the group. The agenda was to recognize the dalits as Adi Hindu rather panchmilarnulu ( untouchables ), mala, madiga. In 1931 the Nizam government has come forward to agree the demands of Reddy, and registered the dalits as Adi Hindus in the general elections. Nizam Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII praised Reddy for his social work, and recognised it with an award. Later, the Nizam appointed him as chief adviser to his government. Adi Hindu Bhavan, at Chadarghat, Hyderabad, has been the platform for the many revolutionary meetings. Bhagya Memorial Girls High School at Esamia Bazar, Koti, Hyderabad, Telangana, which he started in 1913 is still functioning. Devadasi movement Reddy had launched a movement against devadasi pratha, forcing the Nizam to declare it a crime. During the andhra Movement in 2017the students of Telangana region renamed the G.M.C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium as Bhagya Reddy Varma Stadium. Honour Arya Samaj in 1913 organised a function to honour him with the title Varma. References Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bhagya_Reddy_Varma&oldid=806225807 '' Categories : Converts to Buddhism Dalit activists Activists from Telangana 1888 births 1950 deaths Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from September 2016 Use Indian English from September 2016 All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English Articles with peacock terms from June 2015 All articles with peacock terms Articles lacking sources from June 2015 All articles lacking sources Articles with hCards Talk Contents About Wikipedia తెలుగు Edit links This page was last edited on 20 October 2017, at 15 : 41. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who started the social reform movement in telangana for the welfare of dalit
Answer: Bhagya Reddy Vermas