PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
Predecessor state was founded
by Pusapati Rachiraju in the late 16th century. In 1907 the Capital,
Viziagaram Town, had a population of 37,270. Under the Tenancy
Act 1949, all Zamindari Estates in Andhra Pradesh were
abolished in 1949. Estate holders
were.....
- Pusapati Raja MADHAVA VARMA,
1st Zamindar of Viziagaram 1652/1685
- Pusapati Raja
SITARAMACHANDRA, 2nd Zamindar of Viziagaram 1685/-; married
and had issue.
- Pusapati Raja Annama Raju (qv)
- Pusapati Raja Tammi Raju (qv)
- Pusapati Raja ANNAMA Raju,
3rd Zamindar of Viziagaram -/1696, he was
killed in 1696.
- Pusapati Raju TAMMI Raju,
4th Zamindar of Viziagaram 1696/1698 or 1699,
married and had adoptive issue.
- (A) Pusapati Raja Ananda I Raju (qv)
- Pusapati ANANDA I Raju,
5th Zamindar of Viziagaram 1699/1731, married and
had issue.
- Pusapati Pedda Vijayarama I Gajapathi Raju (qv)
- Pusapati SITARAMA I Raju,
6th Zamindar of Viziagaram 1731/1740
- Pusapati Pedda VIJAYARAMA
I GAJAPATHI Raju, 7th Zamindar of
Vizianagram 1740/1757, he
moved
his capital
from Potnur to Vizianagram, calling it after himself, later
built
a fort there and gradually extended his dominion, with the help of the
French under Bussy, he seized Bobbili, killing its chief, married and
had
issue. He died January 1757, killed by followers of the slain chief of
Bobbili.
- Pusapati Ananda II Gajapathi Raju (qv)
- Pusapati ANANDA II
GAJAPATHI Raju, 8th Zamindar of
Vizianagram 1757/1759, he captured the
French held
Vizagapatam, making
it
over to the English in 1758, deposed and exiled in 1759; he married and
had issue, as well as adoptive issue. He died about 1760.
- Pusapati Sita Rama Raju, attacked Parla Khimedi in 1761
near Chicacole,
defeating its chief and his allies, thereby acquiring a sizeable
territory,
Rajahmundry likewise fell soon after. He fell out of favour, and was
exiled
to Madras in 1793.
- (A) Pusapati Chinna
Vijayarama Gajapathi Raju (qv)
- Pusapati Chinna VIJAYARAMA
II Raju, 9th Zamindar of
Vizianagram 1759/1794, deemed
incapable
of ruling
his
estate, which was sequestered and he was forced to reside at
Masulipatam
on a fixed allowance, married and had issue. He died 10th July 1794 at
Padmanabham, killed in a battle against English forces led by Captain
Prendergast.
- Raja Pusapati Narayana Babu Gajapathi Raju (qv)
- Raja Pusapati NARAYANA
BABU GAJAPATHI Raju, 10th Zamindar
of Vizianagram 1794/1845, a
minor at his
accession,
his
affairs were controlled by the English for nearly a quarter of a
century; he married and had issue.
He
died 1845 at Benares, heavily in debt.
- Maharaja Mirza Pusapati Sir Vijayarama Gajapathi Raju
Bahadur (qv)
- Maharaja
Mirza Pusapati Sir VIJAYARAMA III GAJAPATHI Raju
Bahadur, 11th Zamindar of Vizianagram 1845/1879,
born 1826, the zamindari was under control of the English until 1852,
Member
of the Viceroy's Council, granted the title of Maharaja as a personal
distinction on 11th March 1864, K.C.S.I., entitled to a personal salute
of 13 guns; married Maharani Alaka
Rajeswari Lalithakumari Devi,
died 1901, and had issue. He died 1879.
- Maharajkumar Narayana Gajapati, born 10th February 1850,
died 29th September 1863.
- Maharaja Sahib Pusapati Sir Ananda III Gajapathi Raju
Manea
Sultan Bahadur
(qv)
- HH Maharani Appala Kondyamba, born 16th February 1859,
married a cousin and Heir Apparent of the Maharaja of Rewa. She died on
14th
December 1912.
- (A) Kumar Chittibabu Vijayarama Raju, adopted 18th
December
1897, by Maharani Alaka
Rajeswari Lalithakumari Devi, and succeeded as Maharaja Sahib Pusapati
Chittibabu Vijayarama IV Gajapathi
Raju Manea Sultan
Bahadur (qv)
- Maharaja Sahib Pusapati
Sir ANANDA III GAJAPATHI Raju Manea
Sultan Bahadur, 12th Zamindar of Vizianagram
1879/1897, born 31st December 1850, Member of the Viceroy's Council,
Maharaja
[cr.1881]
(personal), K.C.I.E. [cr.1887], G.C.I.E. [cr.1892] (#1). He died spm on 23rd May 1897 (#2).
- Maharaja Sahib Pusapati
Chittibabu VIJAYARAMA IV GAJAPATHI
Raju Manea Sultan
Bahadur, 13th Zamindar of Vizianagram 1897/1922, born 27th
August 1883,
adopted by
Maharani
Alaka Rajeswari on 18th December 1897; being
a minor at his
accession,
the estate was placed in charge of a collector, and a guardian was
appointed
by the Government under the Guardian and Wards Act, the minority being
terminated in August 1904; married Maharani Lalita Kumari Devi,
daughter of Raja Bahadur Suraj Bakhsh
Singh Sahib, Thakur of Kasmanda, and
had issue. He died 11th September 1922 (#3).
- Maharaja Sahib Pusapati Sir Alaka Narayana Gajapathi Raju
Manea Sultan
Bahadur
(qv)
- Lt.-Col. Sir Maharajkumar Dr. Vijayananda Gajapathi Raju
["Vizzy"],
born
28th December 1905 in Benares, educated at Princes' College, Ajmer
and Haileybury College, England; Knighted in 1936, Member of the MCC,
President of BCCI 1954/1957; married February 1923, Rani
Bhagirath Devi, daughter of Raja Uday Raj Singh of Kashipur, and had issue. He died 2nd
December 1965 in
Benares.
- Rajkumari Vanalakshmikumari Devi, born 5th November
1924, married 25th
January 1941.
- Maharaj (name unknown)
Gajapathi Raju, married and had issue.
- Maharajkumar A. N. V. Singh, married Maharajkumar
Rani Manimalini
Devi, daughter of HH Maharaja Bhupendra Narayan Singh Deo of Korea, and his wife, HH Maharani Vasant
Kumari.
- Rajkumari Darshika Kumari, married Kumar Shri Om
Upamanya Dev Sinhji Jhala of Wadhwan,
and has issue, two daughters.
- Rajkumari Vidhyavasinikumari Devi, born 14th December
1936.
- Maharajkumari Alaka Rajeshwari
- Maharaja Sahib Pusapati
Sir ALAKA NARAYANA GAJAPATI Raju
Manea Sultan
Bahadur, 14th Zamindar of Vizianagram
1922/1937, born 1902, installed 22nd September 1922; married, Maharani
Vidya
Wati Devi, a daughter of Raja Bijay Sen of Keonthal,
and had issue. He died 25th October 1937.
- Maharajkumari Appala Kondyamba
- Maharaja Sahib Pusapati Vijayarama V Gajapathi Raju Manea
Sultan Bahadur
(qv)
- Maharajkumari Jaya Devi
- Maharajkumar Sri Pushapati Vishweshwara Gajapathi Raju
COURT OF
WARDS 1937/1945
- Maharaja Sahib Pusapati
DR. VIJAYARAMA V GAJAPATHI Raju
Manea
Sultan Bahadur, 15th and last Zamindar of Vizianagram
1945/1995, born 1st May 1924 at Phool Baugh Palace, Vizianagram,
initially
educated privately by pandits attached to the royal court and by an
English
tutor, Bardswell, before joining the St. Aloysius Convent School in
Visakhapatnam
in 1933. He studied at the Central College, Bangalore, 1940/1942, and
in
1942, he joined the Presidency College, Madras. He distinguished
himself
in sports, especially tennis and cricket and also served as the
president
of the Andhra Cricket Association for a number of years. He won all the
four elections to the Lok Sabha and five to the AP Legislative Assembly
in which he contested from 1952 onwards. He was the hereditary trustee
of the Simhachalam temple and over 100 other temples in his former
estate.
He purchased the Korukonda Palace and the 1000 acres of land
surrounding
it, from his uncle for Rs.5.5 lakh and donated it to the Central
Government
for establishment of the Sainik School. He founded the "Maharaja Alak
Narayan
Society of Arts and Science" (MANSAS) in 1958, in memory of his father,
for the promotion of education. He donated almost all his properties to
the trust. He had also donated liberally to Andhra University of which
he served as Pro-Chancellor for some years; married 1stly, Maharani
Pusupati Kusuma
Gajapathi Raju (née Kusum Madgaonkar), M.L.A. (Andhra Pradesh),
married 2ndly, Maharani Dr.
Pusapati Madhuri Gajapathi Raju (née Thakkar), and
had issue, four sons and two daughters.
He
died 14th November 1995 at Vijakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
- Maharaja Sahib Pusapati Ananda Gajapathi Raju Manea
Sultan Bahadur (by Maharani Pusupati Kusuma
Gajapathi Raju) (qv)
-
 Maharaj
Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju (by Maharani Pusupati Kusuma
Gajapathi Raju), born 25th June 1951, M.L.A. (Andhra
Pradesh); Minister for
Revenue, Government of Andhra Pradesh -/2004.
- Maharaj Alak Narayan Gajapathi Raju
- Maharaj Monish Gajapati Raju
- Maharajkumari Sunita Devi
- Vyricherla Maharajkumari Sudani Devi (by Maharani Dr.
Pusapati Madhuri
Gajapathi Raju), married 17th
February 1987,
Vyricherla Pradeep
Kumar Dev of Kurupam, and has issue,
two sons.
- Maharaja Sahib Pusapati
ANANDA GAJAPATHI Raju Manea Sultan
Bahadur, 16th Zamindar of Vizianagram (see
above)
OTHER MEMBERS:
- Kumari
Yamuna
Kumari [Rani Yamuna Kumari of Balsan], born 26th February 1972 at
Benares,
U.P., educated at Bangalore, married at Lucknow, Rana Trivikram Bhushan
Singh Jandaive of Balsan, and has
issue, one son.
The help of John Duncan McMeekin, November 2010, is
gratefully acknowledged.
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born
17th July
in 1950 at Madras, M.A., succeeded his father as Head of House on 14th
November 1995; educated at Scindia School, Gwalior, Loyola
College,
Madras, Andhra Pradesh University and Stetson University, Florida, USA;
M.L.A. (Andhra Pradesh), Member of the 10th Lok Sabha; married 1stly,
18th August 1971 (div.),
Maharani
Uma (Gajapathi Raju) B.A. (English Hon.) (BIOGRAPHY),
born 1953, married 2ndly, Maharani Sudha Gajapathi Raju, and has had
issue, two daughters.