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Rh families of Southern India holding a permanent sunnud from H. H. the Nizam of Hyderabad, but he has not received one for the Bhadrachalam estate from the British Government, though other Zemindars hold permanent sunnuds in accordance with Regulation 25 of 1802. He is a great lover of justice, and since the time he took possession of the estate, no one could reproach him with a single act of injustice. The high spirited nobleman has done much to ameliorate the condition of his ryots, and moving in the best of societies in Northern Circars and in Hyderabad he has become the great ornament of his court, the prime mover of wise counsels, and the helper of all useful institutions.