By Our Special Correspondent
Telugu Language Day was celebrated under the auspices of Telugu Language Association at AP Secretariat on Monday.
Rajat Bhargava, Special Chief Secretary, Department of Culture, who participated as the chief guest, garlanded the portrait of Gidugu Ramamurthy Pantulu and praised Ramamurthy for his efforts to make Telugu a simple language.
Gidugu Ramamurthy Panthulu was honored with the title of Rao Bahadur by the Madras government in 1913.
He recalled the efforts made by Ramamurthy Panthulu for the development of Savara language.
Rajat Bhargava stressed the need to maintain at least one Telugu file per day in the Secretariat. Secretariat employees and Telugu Language Association Joint Secretary Srinivasa Rao participated.
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