| Swami Ramanand Tirtha | |
|---|---|
| Born | Vyenkatesh Bhavanrao Khedgikar India |
| Died | 22 Jan 1972 India |
| Cause of death | natural |
| Resting place | Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | freedom fighter |
| Employer | Initially Teacher in Ausa in Latur district. |
| Known for | Indian independence movement, Hyderabad liberation struggle activism and reorganising and leading the Hyderabad liberation struggle |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Religion | Hinduism |
Swami Ramanand Tirtha or Swami Ramanand Teerth,(Marathi: :स्वामी रामानंदतीर्थ),(Telugu: :స్వామి రామానంద తీర్థ) (1903–1972), was an Indian educator and social activist who led the Hyderabad liberation struggle, during the reign of the last Nizam. He was the main leader of the Hyderabad State Congress.
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Swami Ramanand Tirtha fought the Nizam, and created a revolutionary movement which helped Hyderabad to integrate with the Indian union in 1948. The integration was successful after Police Action.
Swamiji had communist leanings initially and later on became a Hindu sannyasi (monk). His original name was Vyenkatesh Bhavanrao Khedgikar. He was given the name "Swami Ramanand Tirtha" after taking Sanyas initiation of accepting voluntary bachelorship for rest of his life. He did work as a teacher in Ausa in Latur district.
Dr. P.V.Narasimha Rao, former Prime Minister of India started "Swami Ramananda Teerth Memorial" in Hyderabad. Swamiji's mortal remains are resting here in the premises at Brahmanvada, Begumpet, Hyderabad. Several other eminent people from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharastra were his followers. Several of them headed mostly congressional governments in their respective states. Some have served in the Central Cabinet, too.
The Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Nanded which caters for southern part of Marathwada Region of Maharashtra State, specifically to the districts of Nanded, Latur, Parbhani and Hingoli has been named after him. The University, set up in 1994, has 172 colleges affiliated to it.[1]
[[te:స్వామి రామానంద తీర్థ 1-10-342, LANE NO. 9,BRAHMANWADI, BEGUMPET, HYDERABAD. "shall break but not bend" swamiji taken sanyasam for the sake of rural upliftment and he is a great freedom fighter and fought against nizam for cause of separate state of erstwhile hyderabad.swamijis primary secretarys are shri p.v.Narasimharao Garu shree Veerendra patil and S.B.Chavan they worked with swamiji in the freedom movement.