A REV I SED AN D EN LARGED ACCO UNT O F T H E BOBBI LI ZEIVI I N DARI , CO M PI LE D BY M A HA - RAJ AH SA H E B M E H A R BAN - I - DO STA N MAHA- RAJAH SR I RAO SI R V E N KATA SWETAC HA LA PATI K C I E . N G - RAO B H D U R . RA A A A , , B B MA HARAJ AH O F BO I L I . SECO N D ED I TI O N . M A D R AS PR I NTE D BY AD D I SO N 6: CO . P R E F A C E . ( F I R S T E D I T I O N ) . H E “ T compiler of the Bobbili Zemindari , 1 889 which was publ ished i n , made a gross mistake as to the Founder o f the Sama sth an am n t o ; and subseque t its publication , some more records and further accounts have been obtained from several sources . I t o have , therefore , undertaken write this Revised and Enlarged History o f the Zemindari , and it took m e more than a year t o identify the Founder of the Sam asth an am . R . B O B B I L I . , V S , 66 71 1 9 0 8 0 2 . 0 . This Second Edition published in 1 907 brings the History of the S am asth an am up to date . R . V . S . , B o bb i/1 . BOBBI LI ZEMI NDARI . 4 4 4 4 4 4 HI S is one o f the most ancient Zemin d aries in India . It is included in the Vizagapatam District, Madras Presidency , and h possesses a very interestin g istory . It is N to . situated in lat . , long . 83 1 0 E . to , is surrounded by the Chi u ru alli G a a atin a a British taluks of p p , j p g Pal c o n d a an d hicaco l e ram , Salur, Parvatipur, C , and consists of the Pergunnahs (Tanas) o f K av ite Bobbili , Raj am , y and Sitanagaram , and each is under the charge of an officer called Ameen . The ancient Zemindari is 300 e e about squar mil s in area , and contains 2 1 39 ero ati 53 A rah arams 5 J y villages, g , and i R 436 800 M o kh asas . s s . Its revenue about , , includin g the v al ie o f ut garces of l é n i s i fg t a d . e sh paddy , which is p kind The p . - R . 83 65 1 R 30 2 s s . 83 . cush is , and the land cess , There are about tenants with pattas or leases . The average rate of rent per acre of R 7 R 2 s . d r s . wet lan d is % , and of y land . 2 41 in am s There are about , which yield R 1 8 50 1 V lam s . e a annually , enj oyed by Doras , R 4896 2 43 in am s s . yieldin g , enj oyed by D esasth ul u - 643 Akarams and hill peons , an d 8 2 4 R s . 3 6 yieldin g , enj oyed by the ryots . All the above imams are given from J e ro yati lands A and are held o n service tenure . s a rule so n they descend from father to , subj ect to f the will and pleasure o the raj a . The p o p u lation , which is about entirely Telu gu Hindu , to o f 1 88 1 is accordin g the census , 1 89 1 according to that of , and to 1 90 1 accordin g that of . The estate is well supplied with tanks and irrigation 3 th e channels , former numberin g about The irrigation chan nels are mostly con nected an h av ati V e av ati with the rivers J j , g an d N a av ali r . g , which run through the Zeminda i The principal wet crops are rice an d sugar. cane . The dry crops are ragi , gingelly , oil e- - - seeds, hors gram , red gram , green gram , - & c . black gram , tobacco , The followin g estates and other villages an d lands have been eventually purchased and added to the Samasth an am . 1 Tumm l An n amra . a a a u et a p , j p and six other villages leased to the Vizia n agaram — Zemindari . The annual rent of this Hunda is R 2 2 4 s . 95 , . 2 . K arakav al asa Mul a av al asa and g estates . — e 3 R s . 3 1 1 2 The annual rent of th se estates is , - eish cush R s . 7 992 R 2 1 s . 60 p , , and land cess , . ero ati e 53 The j y and other villag s number , and the number of p attad ars is The population accordin g t o t h e census of 1 90 1 is 4 3 Pe a en ki . d p Hunda and certain villages and lands situated in and about the ancient — Zemindari . The an nual rent of this portion R 47 482 is s . , includin g the rent in kind , 2 2 - R 2 9 2 9 3 s . 0 . eish cu sh R s . p , , and land cess , The j ero yati and other villages are 2 4 in 8 2 o f 9 . number , and the number tenants is The population ac c ording to the census of 1 90 1 is 4 Siri u ram o f . p Thana consistin g portions K irl am u di Are m u d i m of p , p , Rayavara and D an t am u r G o d av er i Estates , all situated in the — i Distric t . The annual rent of this Than a s h h R 1 8 1 1 6 - 85 3 4 e is cu s s . R s . 6 , , p , , and land cess 492 7 ero ati R s . , The j y and other villages are 1 8 n attad ars in number, while the umber of p 5 1 is 6 . The population of this Thana (census 1 90 1 ) is Thiru vu r t th e 5 . Thana si uated in Chin gle — n i R 2 s s . 6 403 put District The a nual rent , , i h h R 7 7 90 - R e s cu s s . s . 1 2 34 p , , and land cess , . 5 ‘ The number o f j ero yati and other villages is 1 2 an d o f attad ars , that the p Th e population (census 1 90 1 ) is The annual rent of the villages and oth er lands which were presented to the temples at Bobbili and Sitarampur by the former Rajas of m R 30 668 Sa asth an am s . the is , Th e number at tad ars 490 of p is . The total a n nual income of the Sam asth an am and o f the other estates eventually bought amounts at present to about The total population livin g within the limits of the ancient Zemindari and the Estates added to the Zemindari excludin g the first item is to 1 90 1 accordin g the census of . The total number o f tenants is o f The chief town is Bobbili , the residence the ° ' 1 8 34- N - . E Maharajah Lat , lon g . It 7 0 - is about miles north west of Vizagapatam . ff . w h o Sir M E Grant Du , visited Bobbili in 1 883 as - , describes it a clean and well kept 6 w town , furnished ith all the appliances of — An glo - In dian civilisation schools , hospitals — and what n o t all within a walk o f the remains 1 2 6 e a o o f the Old Fort , where y ars g was enacted one of the most ghastly stories which ” even I ndian History has to record . The population o f the town with its suburbs - Mal l amma ettah Gollapalli , Pata Bobbili and p , 1 89 1 accordin g to the census of , is of 333 Muh am this number are Hindus, 0 m ad an s 6 . , and Christians And again the 1 90 1 population , accordin g to the census of , is u of this n mber are Hindus , 333 59 Muhammadans , and Christians . There is a Canadian Baptist M ission i n the town . ’ ’ This M ission maintains a Girls School . There is also a Roman Catholic Chapel with a small con gregation . There are a Vishnu and a Siva te mple ; the other public inst itutions are —The Sub ’ e f e- the Magistrat s O fice , the Polic station , 7 ’ - f Sub Registrar s O fice , the Post and Telegraph f O fice , the Local Fund Dispensary , the Sama th an am Samasth an am s Gosha Hospital , the f Samasth an am O fices , the High School , Sri ’ Maharani Caste Girls School , the Victoria ’ Town Hall , the Maharaj ah s Chattram , the ’ Samasth an am Poor House , and the Travellers Bungalow for Europeans . There is also a Local Fund U nion or Panchayet subordinate Farvati r to the pu Taluk Board . The town is - supplied with drinkin g water by four tanks , which are situated on the four sides of the town .