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Rh right to use a white flag, Dhanka, Nowbat, and other insignia of royalty. After everything was settled in the Circars, he returned to his ancestral Raj of Venkatagiri, leaving the newly-obtained Raj to his son Lingappa.

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Rajah Lingappa selected the site of the old Bobbili Fort as his head-quarters, on account of the frequent disturbances along the foot of the hills, in which his services were constantly called for by the then Government. There he built a fort and town which he named Bebbooly, after the name of his patron, Sher Mahammad Khan (Sher means tiger; Bebbooly, a royal tiger), and resided there, as all the ancient Prabandhams say without the slightest difference amongst them. He also rendered important services in connection with the disturbances, then of frequent occurrence, in Bastar and other hill tracts. He obtained 