V. Ramabadra Naidu Explained
Dewan Bahadur V. Ramabadra Naidu (23 December 1873 – 26 December 1929) was the Zamindar of Vadagarai and Doddappanaickanur.[1] On 1908, the title Dewan Bahadur was awarded to him.[2] He was elected to the Madras Legislative Council in 1910.[3]
Early life
Ramabadra Naidu was born on 23 December 1873 to Venkataswamy Naicker and Kanakamma, in Periyakulam of the Madura (now Theni) district, in the state of Madras. He belonged to the balija clan.[4] his elder son Nagama Ramabhadra Nayak as an officer in the Indian Territorial Force.
Ancestry
He was a lineal descendant of the famous warrior Ramabhadra Nayak, who had held the post of Military Chief and Collector of Revenue under his close relative Viswanatha Nayak, the ruler of Madurai country.[5]
Positions held
- Chairman, Municipal council, Periyakulam, 1904;
- President, Cooperative Society, Periyakulam
- Member, Central Agricultural Committee
- Member, Madras Legislative Council since 1910; representing the Zemindars of the southern group
- Member, Advisory Committee of the Court of Wards
- founded President the Victoria Memorial High School, Periyakulam
- Member of a large number of Devasthanam Committees in Rameswaram and Periyakulam
- received Coronation Certificate, 1903
- Member District and Taluk Boards of Madura since 1896, and 1895 respectively
- Rao Bahadur, 1908
Death
Ramabadra Naidu died on December 26, 1929.
Notes and References
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- Book: C. Hayavadana Rao . The Indian Biographical Dictionary . Forgotten Books . 1915. 344.
- Book: The Feudatory and zemindari India. 9 . the University of California . 1938. 250. He was a lineal descendant of the famous warrior and diplomat Rama- bhadra Nayak who had held the post of Fouzdar or Military Chief and Collector of Revenue under his relative Viswanatha Nayak of the House of Vijianagar, King of the Pandyan country .
- Book: The Who's who in Madras: ... A Pictorial Who's who of Distinguished Personages, Princes, Zemindars and Noblemen in the Madras Presidency. Pearl Press . 1938. 52. Dewan Bahadur V. Ramabhadra Naidu, member of a family which had close relations with the ruling house of Madura, the Great Tirumal Nayak. Belongs to an ancient Palayagar family of Madura..
- Book: A. Vadivelu . The Ruling Chiefs, Nobles and Zamindars of India. 1 . G.C. Loganadham . 1915. 679. The Honourable Diwan Bahadur V. Rama Bhadra Naick Garu is one of the most prominent noblemen of South India . As a representative of the zamindari interests of the Southern Group, he has, since 1910, been in the reformed Legislative Council of Madras. He represents the ancient house of Vadagarai, and is the lineal descendant of the famous Rama Bhadra Naick . To trace the ancestry of the founder of this well - known ancient family we have to go back to the events that had occurred three centuries ago, that is, to the period when the power of the once famous kingdom of Vijianagar was at its height, Rama Bhadra Naick I is said to have been a follower as well as a close relation of the well - known Kottiya Nagama Naick, the Revenue Collector and Commander of the Vijianagar army in the South..
- Book: . Mackenzie Manuscripts; Summaries of the Historical Manuscripts in the Mackenzie Collection: Tamil and Malayalam. . 1972. 153.
- Book: Parthiban Rajukalidoss . The Spice Road ‘Vaṭakarai Zamīndāri’ Its Historicity and Architectural Remains. 74. Acta Orientalia . 2013. 97.
