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Rh Rai Bahadur A. V. Narasinga Rao Garu loved, cultivated, and encouraged arts and sciences, and held men of learning in the highest esteem and confidence. He was fond of society, and his course of life was sober and regular. Lively in conversation, he kept up the dignity of his station by the most amiable and condescending behaviour. He left Rupees 1,15,000, as an endowment for a College to be called after his wife. The College is managed by a small committee of which the Collector of the District is the Chairman, and Sri Rajah A. V. Jugga Rao Garu is the Vice-chairman. The strength of the College is 450 with Mr. P. T. Srinivasa Iyengar, a teacher of tried abilities, as Principal, who has a good staff of assistants, consisting chiefly of graduates. There is a library and reading room attached to the College for the use of the students and teachers. There is also a hostel of which the Principal is the Warden.

Sri Rajah A. V. Jugga Rao Bahadur Garu was born on the 4th February 1866, at Vizagapatam. He received his elementary education in the London Mission High School there. As for scientific education it was chiefly conducted by his father, who took a special interest in training him in astronomical and meteorological work. He made rapid progress in the study of scientific subjects by his steady application. He evinced great interest in amateur dramatic performances while young, and started an association called, "Jaganmitra Dramatic Company," which is still in existence. He succeeded to the management of the estate in October 1898. Till then he was engaged in scientific pursuits. Besides maintaining an Astronomical Observatory opened by his father and the Celestial