Peddapuram Kings
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The town of Peddapuram was founded by Maharaja Pedda Pathru and for 300 years it was ruled by the Vatsavai family, a Kshatriya (Raju) family.[1] The dynasty was started by Raja Vatsavai Chathur Bhuja Thimma Jagapathi Bahadhur. The fort of Peddapuram was built by him and He ruled the estate from 1555-1607. After his demise, his son Raya Jagapthi ruled, followed by his children Timma Jagapathi and Balabhadra Jagapathi.
By 1785 Peddapuram extended from Thotapalli to Nagaram encompassing 585 villages and towns. From 1791-1804 it was ruled by Sri Vatsavai Raya Jagapathi, who the British chose to take over in 1802. Raya Jagapathi's widow Buchi Sitamma, ruled from 1828-1835. She founded two trusts for the poor, one in Peddapuram and another in Kathipudi. Even today the poor are fed for free twice a day.
The Vatsavai Maharaja’s patronized poets such as Enugula Lakshmana Kavi and Sri Vedula Satyanarayana Sastry. With no heir, the estate was briefly ruled by Sri Suryanarayan Jagapathi Bahadhur until 1847, when it was taken over completely by the British East India Company who made the town a revenue division and built The Munsif court and a Lutheran High School.
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