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Rh The Maharajah wrote and published his Diary in Europe, 1902, together with an account of the Delhi Durbar dedicating it to H. E. Lord Ampthill, G.C.I.E.

He presented Rs.2,000 to the Madras University for a Gold Medal to be awarded annually to the candidate who passes the highest in the First Class in Telugu Literature.

He purchased Dontamuru and Rayavaram, two villages in the Godaveri District, for Rs.5, 44,328, and a portion of Arempudi Estate for Rs.41,300 and some minor Inams for Rs.5,815.

He exchanged visits with the Maharajah of Mysore and the Rajah of Cochin at Madras.

1904.

The Madras Impartible Estates Bill passed into law on the 19th January. The Madras Land-holders' Association several times petitioned the Government for such an enactment. The gratitude of the owners of the one hundred and twenty Zemindaries is certainly due to