Telugu Language Day is observed on 29 August annually in Andhra Pradesh.
This date was chosen to coincide with birthday of Telugu poet Gidugu Venkata Ramamurthy.
He has immense contribution to Telugu language specifically Vyavaharika Bhasha or Vaaduka Bhasha (Colloquial language).
He simplified the Granthika Bhasha (Sanskrit) into Vyavaharika Bhasha (language for common man) or textbooks and literature to make it available to the people.
