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Endowed with those splendid talents and energy that characterize the representatives of aristocracy, the Zemindar of Kurupam, Sri Rajah V. Veerabhadra Raju Bahadur Garu, possesses all the private and domestic virtues, and from the careful training he received when young, and from the ability and skill he has already displayed in the conduct of business, merits a prominent place m the modern history of Southern India.

The Kurupam Zemindari is situated in the north-eastern part of the Vizagapatam district, and lies partly in the jurisdiction of the Deputy Tahsildar of Parvatipur, and partly in that of the Gunupur Deputy Tahsildar, in the division of the Senior Assistant Collector of Parvatipur. Its area is nearly 700 square miles, of which about 450 square miles are agency tracts, and 250 square miles are plains. The total number of villages in the Kurupam Zemindari (including the lately purchased estate of Chemudu) is 274, of which about 200 are agency villages, while the rest are situated in the plains.

The area of the forests belonging to the estate is not less than 400 square miles. The country, being situated partly in the agency tracts and partly in the plains, presents a beautiful variety of hills and dales interspersed with extensive plains and cultivated lands. The forests of the estate contain excellent timber, and abundant game of all kinds.