Career
He was the main leader of the Hyderabad State Congress. Swami Ramanand Tirtha fought the Nizam after the Congress party established its wing in 1938. He participated in Satyagrahas and was imprisoned for 111 days by the last Nizam.
He created a revolutionary movement which helped Hyderabad to integrate with the Indian union in 1948.
The integration was successful after The Hyderabad Police Action. His original name was Vyenkatesh Bhagvanrao Khedgikar.
He was given the name "Swami Ramanand Tirtha" after taking the Sanyas initiation of accepting voluntary bachelorship for rest of his life. He took Sanyas at the villages of: Hipparge Rava, TalukaLohara, and the District of Osmanabad.
He started first the National School (Rashtriya Shala) at Hipparge Rava.
He worked as a teacher in Ausa in Latur district. Doctor P.V.Narasimha Rao, former Prime Minister of India started "Swami Ramananda Teerth " in Hyderabad. Swamiji"s mortal remains are resting here in the premises at Brahmanvada, Begumpet, Hyderabad.
Several other eminent people from Maharashtra, Telangana, Karnataka, 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, Nanded which servers the southern part of Marathwada Region of Maharashtra State, specifically to the districts of Nanded, Latur, Parbhani and Hingoli has been named after him. The, set up in 1994, has 172 colleges affiliated to lieutenant
