Swami Ramanand Tirth

Swami Ramanand Tirtha
Born	Vyenkatesh Bhagvanrao Khedgikar 3 October 1903 Sindagi, British Indian Empire (present day karnataka)
Died	22 January 1972 (aged 69) India
Resting place	Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (now Telangana)
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Sanyasi, educator, freedom fighter
Employer	Initially as an educator in Ausa in Latur district.
Known for	Indian Independence Movement, Hyderabad Liberation Struggle activism, reorganising and leading the Hyderabad Liberation Struggle
Political party	Hyderabad State Congress Indian National Congress

Swami Ramanand Tirtha (also spelt Swami Ramanand Teerth) (IAST: Svāmi Rāmanand Tīrta) (1903–1972), was an Indian freedom fighter, educator and social activist who led the Hyderabad liberation struggle during the reign of Osman Ali Khan, the last Nizam of Hyderabad State. Swami Ramanand Tirtha was the principal leader of the Hyderabad State Congress.

Swami Ramanand Tirtha fought the Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII, the Nizam of Hyderabad, after the Hyderabad State Congress was established in 1938. He participated in Satyagrahas ("non-violent resistance" campaigns) and was imprisoned for 111 days by Osman Ali Khan. Swami Ramanand Tirtha is credited for having created a revolutionary movement to integrate Hyderabad State with the Indian Union in 1948. Swami Ramanand Tirtha ability to galvanize the people in concert with the decisive military victory of the Hyderabad Police Action are credited with the states successful integration into the India Union.

Swamiji had communist leanings initially, but would later take the renunciant vows of the Hindu sannyasi ("ascetic", "monk") tradition. His original name was Vyenkatesh Bhagvanrao Khedgikar. He was given the name "Swami Ramanand Tirtha" after taking the sanyas initiation of voluntary bachelorship for the remainder of his life. Swami Ramanand Tirtha is said to have taken sanyas at the villages of Hipparge Rava, Taluka- Lohara and the District of Osmanabad.

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