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148 on the authority of Orme, this title was in use long before that event. It has not been personal to any isolated nobleman in the line, but has been hereditarily enjoyed by every successive Zemindar. In the same way the title of 'Rajah,' although never specially bestowed, has been enjoyed by the Zemindars of Vizianagaram and of Jeypore, and before the higher distinction of 'Maharaja' was specially conferred on the present Zemindar of Jeypore, and on the late and present Zemindars of Vizianagaram, as a personal title, that of Rajah was inherently attached to them. And in G.O., Political Department, No. 493 of 1862, Government directed that the Zemindar of Vizianagaram should be addressed by the title of Rajah, and this direction was reiterated in G.O., Revenue Department, dated 25th November, 1879, No. 2200. The cases of Bobbili and Jeypore are analogous to that of Vizianagaram, and I beg to submit that the Zemindars of Vizianagaram and Jeypore and