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Adi Hindu League Conferences

  • Four Adi Hindu League Conferences were held in Hyderabad under the leadership of Bhagya Reddy Varma from 1921-24.
  • 1st Adi Hindu League Conference in 1921, presided over by Papanna.
  • Kusuma Dharmanna who attended this conference has sung a song, “ Maa Koddi Nalla Dorathanam ”.
  • 2nd Adi Hindu league Conference was presided by Keshav Rao Koratkar in 1922.
  • Due to consistent efforts of Bhagya Reddy Varma, the words for tribes like “Panchama” and “Parayalu” were removed from government records and they were called Adi Dravida in Tamil regions and Adi Andhra in Andhra regions. as per G.O. issued by Madras Government on 25th March, 1922.
  • In 1925, Bhagya Reddy Varma organized an exhibition of Portraits and sculptures created by Adi-Hindus in Residency Bazar of Hyderabad state.
  • In 1925, Bhagya Reddy Varma conducted Adi Hindu Youth Gymnastic competitions (Under the leadership of Kodi Rammoorthy Nayudu) at Prem Theater Ground in Hyderabad to encourage the Adi – Hindu Youth.
  • In 1925, when Plague & Cholera were spreaded in Hyderabad, he established Volunteer Medical Camps for prevention and treatment.
  • In 1927, Bhagya Reddy Varma was a representative of South India in the All India Downtrodden Castes conference held at Allahabad.
  • Bhagya Reddy Varma was the President of Mathangi Sabha held at Mallepally in March, 1927. In this meeting, they passed a resolution for the ban of Alcohol.
  • In 1930, he was the president of the All India Adi Hindu Conference held at Lucknow.
  • In this conference, 9 crores Adi Hindus have Unanimously elected Dr. B.R. Ambedkar as their representative.
  • In 1931, November Adi Hindu Political Conference was held at Bolarum, Secunderabad which was presided by Bhagya Reddy Varma.
  • Bhagya Reddy Varma also took part in Andhra Mahasabha and passed many resolutions related to Dalits.
  • In 1931, due to the efforts of Bhagya Reddy Varma, the Nizam government named untouchables as Adi – Hindus in the 1931 census.
  • In 1913, he celebrated Buddha Jayanthi for the 1st time on Vaishaka Shudda Purnima.
  • In 1937, he celebrated the last Buddha Jayanthi under his leadership.
  • In 1937, he founded Jambavarna Seva Samithi, which fought for upliftment of Dalits.
  • Bhagya Reddy Varma was running Parallel Judicial system in Telangana. He conducted Nyaya Panchayats at village level with the support of his disciples.
  • Bhagya Reddy Varma died in February, 1939.
  • After his death, his son M.B.Goutham established the Adi Hindu Social Service organization.
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