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Rh The sixth in succession were Rajah Venkatadri Appa Rao, and his brother, Rajah Narasimha Appa Rao alias Narayya Appa Rao. It was about this time that H. H. the Nizam of Hyderabad transferred his suzerainty over the Northern Circars to the British Government. Rajah Narayya Appa Rao had a son, Rajah Venkata Narasimha Appa Rao by his fourth wife, and also two sons Rajah Ramachandra Appa Rao and Narasimha Appa Rao by his fifth wife. The eldest of these, Rajah Venkata Narasimha Appa Rao came to the possession of the eighteen parganas.

In the year 1802 when the British Government commenced the Permanent Settlement of the Zamindaries, Rajah Ramachendra Appa Rao, brother of the said Venkata Narasimha Appa Rao, brought a suit for partition of the estate, and obtained a decree against his brother, whereby the Zemindari was divided into two shares; and he obtained the half called the new-Nuzvid Zemindari, and his brother Venkata Narasimha Appa Rao, was given the other portion called the new-Nidadavolu Zemindari. They were also granted Sunnad-i-Mil-khiet Istimerars for their respective portions.

One unfortunate slip however occurred in this connection. The existence and claims of the other brother of Venkata Narasimha Appa Rao, Rajah Narasimha Appa Rao who was then a minor were not brought to the notice of the Government, and they possibly misunderstood that both Venkata Narasimha Appa Rao, and Narasimha Appa Rao, meant the same person. But on a suit brought by the said Narasimha Appa Rao, the Government found out their mistake, and as they could not alter the decision already passed, they