Venkatagiri estate
Venkatagiri Estate వేంకటగిరి | |||||
Zamindari of British India | |||||
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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) | ||||
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "article name needed". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. |
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.[1]
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).
See also
References
[1] https://books.google.co.in/books/about/A_family_history_of_Venkatagiri_Rajas.html?id=8wW1AAAAIAAJ
Coordinates: 13°58′N 79°35′E / 13.967°N 79.583°E
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