T. Ramaswamy Choudary
Tripuraneni Ramaswamy | |
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Tripuraneni Ramaswamy on a 1987 stamp of India | |
| Born | 15 January 1887 Angaluru, Krishna district |
| Died | 16 January 1943 Tenali |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Citizenship | India |
| Education | Bar at Law |
| Alma mater | Noble College, Machilipatnam; Dublin University, Ireland |
| Genre | Lawyer, Playwright, Poet, Avadhanam |
| Notable works | Kurukshetra Sangramam |
| Spouse | Punnamma |
| Children | Tripuraneni Gopichand, Tripuraneni Gokul Chand, Chouda Rani |
| Relatives | Pitcheswara Rao Atluri |
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Tripuraneni Ramaswamy (1887–1943), also known as 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.
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.