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 he also gave during his life-time five villages as Endowments to temples and eleven as agraharams to Brahmins besides those mentioned already. In 1876 at the time of great famine at Venkatagiri he spent nearly one-and-a-half lakhs on famine relief works and tank improvements in his taluk and thus supported the poor.

The following are some of the important suits filed by the Rajah successfully. No. 10 of 1865, No. 24 of 1872 and Nos. 103 and 104 of 1873 are four disputes with the Zemindar of Kalahasti, in the first three of which the Rajah was a defendant and in the fourth the plaintiff. They are cases relating to boundary and choultry building disputes in which able lawyers like Mr. Maine and Mr. Norton appeared on opposite sides. The cases went through all courts of appeal.

A few more points from the Modern History of Indian Chiefs, etc.. Part II, by Loke Nath Ghose, are intended to supplement.