Venkatagiri estate

Venkatagiri State వేంకటగిరి
Princely Estate of British India
1600–1949 →
Coat of arms
History
•	Established	1600
•	Abolition of the estate	7 September 1949
Area
•	1901	4,103.34 km2 (1,584 sq mi)
Population
•	1901	60,861
	Density	14.8 /km2  (38.4 /sq mi)
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The estate of Venkatagiri was an estate in the erstwhile Madras Presidency. It was located in the Nellore district of the present-day Andhra Pradesh. The town of Venkatagiri was the administrative headquarters.

History

Founded by Velugoti Rayudappa Nayani in 1600. The State endured until it was notified and taken over by the State on 7 September 1949, under the Madras Estates (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act, 1948 (Act 26 of 1948).

Sri Raja Velugoti SARVAGNA KUMARA YACHENDRA NAIDU Bahadur Garu C.S.I., 27th Raja of Venkatagiri 1848/1878 (retired, handing over the estate to his eldest son on 28 October 1878 in order to spend the rest of his life in religious piety and meditation), installed 18 February 1848, C.S.I., born 3 January 1832, married and had issue, seven sons (three were given in adoption to other families). He died 1892.

• Hon. Raja Sir Velugoti Shri Raja Gopala Krishna Yachendra Lavaru Bahadur
• Sri Raja Muddu Krishna Yachendralu Garu, died sp 1921.
• Sri Raja Venkata Krishna Yachendralu Garu [Sri Raja Venkata Krishna Rao Bahadur Garu, Zamindar of Gollaprolu], married 1stly, 1865, Sri Rani Rao Ramayamma Rao Bahadur Garu, died 24 October 1923, daughter of Sri Venkayya Garu of the Chelikani family, married 2ndly, Sri Rani Rao Venkayamma Rao Bahadur Garu, died 1889, and had adoptive issue. He died 1916.

(A) Sri Raja Velugoti Kumara Krishna Yachendra, married and had issue. Raja Velugoti Venkata Krishna Yachendra Raja Velugoti Rama Krishna Yachendra Raja Venkata Rajagopala Krishna Yachendra Raja Muvva Gopala Krishna Yachendra Sri Raja Raju Sri Krishnayya Rao @ Sri Raja Raju Venkata Kumara Mahipati Krishna Surya Rao Bahadur Garu, Zamindar of Gollaprolu fl.1941.

• Sri Raja Venugopala Krishna Yachendralu Garu, unmarried, but had issue, two illegitimate sons by Saraswathamma, a dasi of the Balija community (#4). He died spl 20 June 1920 (#5).

Sri Raja V. Rajeswara Rao, born 24 September 1907, married Sri Rani Sridevamma, and had issue. He died after 1939. Sri Raja V. Madanagopala Krishna Sri Raja V. Maheswara Rao fl.1939

• Sri Raja Rao Venkata Surya Mahipati Rama Krishnarao Bahadur, adopted by the Raja of Pithapuram.
• Sri Raja Venkata Lakshmana Rao [Raja Venugopala Bahadur of Jetprole], adopted into the Jetprole family, born 12 February 1873, awarded the Gold Kaiser-i-Hind Medal, married 1887 at Venkatagiri, and had issue, two daughters. He died 1929.
• The Honourable Maharaja Sri Sir Venkata Swetha Chalapati Ranga Row Bahadur Garu, adopted by the Rani of Bobbili.

Lt.-Col. HH Sri Sri Sri Raja Velugoti Mushfiq Meherban Karamfarmage Mukhsari Umdu-i-Raja Sir GOVINDA KRISHNA YACHENDRULU VARU Bahadur Panchhazari Mansubhdar K.C.I.E., 29th Maharaja Sahib of Venkatagiri 1916/1937, K.C.I.E. [cr.1.1.1922], married and had issue, four sons sons. He died 1937 (#3).

• Maharaja Sahib Mushfiq Meherban Karamfarmage Mukhsari Umdu-i-Raja Raja Velugoti Sri Sarvagna Kumara Krishna Bahadur Panchhazari Mansubhdar (qv)(30th Raja of Venkatagiri)
• Velugoti Venkata Sesha Raja Gopala Krishna Yachendra, born 14 November 1924 in Venkatagiri, married and had issue.
• Velugoti Sri Raja Gopala Krishna Yachendra, born 1929, cricketer. He died 1971.
• HH Raja saheb Sri Sri Sri Rajah Rao Praduymna Krishna Mahipathi Surya Rao Bahadur Garu, Raja of Kolanka, he was adopted by Maharani Ramaiamma Rao Garu (see Pithapuram) and succeeded by adoption to the State of Kolanka; married and had issue.(He also got the Kolanka Cup made)

Raja V.V.V.R.K.Yachendra, 31st Raja of Venkatagiri, died July 2010 aged 86, married and had issue, two sons.Also served as a MLA for two terms is the son of Maharaja Sahib Mushfiq Meherban Karamfarmage Mukhsari Umdu-i-Raja Raja Velugoti Sri Sarvagna Kumara Krishna Bahadur Panchhazari Mansubhdar(30th Raja of Venkatagiri)

See also

• List of zamindari estates in Madras Presidency

References

[1] https://books.google.co.in/books/about/A_family_history_of_Venkatagiri_Rajas.html?id=8wW1AAAAIAAJ