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Rh After her husband's death, the management of the Zemindari devolved on her. She had, for her Dewan, Inuganti Sitaramaswamy Garu, Proprietor of Siripuram, a man of ability, who had also been Dewan during the time of her father-in-law. She began to build the new palace, the old palace being considered inauspicious. When famine was raging in Bengal in 1873, she sent there, for the relief of the sufferers, about 40,000 Bengal maunds of paddy, valued at Rs.50,000, for which the Governments of India and Madras, in their Proceedings, dated 6th December, 1873, and 5th January, 1874, were pleased to praise her greatly for her liberality. In December, 1875, when His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, now King-Emperor, visited Madras, she sent her Dewan there as her representative, and had the honour to receive a medal from His Royal Highness. The Government showed