Battle of Padmanabham

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Expansion of the East India Company
Date 10 July 1794 Location Padmanabham (now Visakhapatnam district) Result Vizianagaram estate comes under Company rule
Belligerents
Vizianagaram estate	East India Company
Commanders and leaders
Vijayram Raj II	Colonel Pendargast
Casualties and losses
Severe loss of soldiers, including a Chinna Vijayaramaraju.

The Battle of Padmanabha occurred in

. The British emerged victoriously and the zamindar was shot dead in the middle of the battle.

As a consequence of the war, Vizianagaram was ceded to the British territories and became a tributary estate or Zamindari.

The causes of war

By 1768, the tribal areas such as

. Therefore, the defeated rebel Zamindars retreated into the Hill fortress

After the death of Ananda Gajapatiraju, Vijayaramaraju became Rajah of the Vizianagaram Zamindari. Still, he was a boy. So Sitaramaraju was appointed as divan,^[clarification needed] the son of his stepmother. When Rajah came to age, he removed Sitaramaraju from Diwani.^{[clarification needed]} Diwan was angered by this action, he formed an alliance with the English.

The British attempted to increase payment of

with the pension of Rs 1200 per month. However, Vijayaramaraju refused these orders and he went to Padmanabham located between the Bhimunipatnam and Vizianagaram. The British troops defeated the Vizianagaram army and Chinavijayaramaraju died due to bullet injury in the battle.

Aftermath

After the death of Vijayaramaraju, his son Narayanababu found shelter in Makkuva village. The konda doras and sardars supported him. In the end, he made a treaty with the British and agreed to pay 5 million peskas.

After that British occupied Vijayanagara ville. But they returned Zamindari to Narayanababu. They renewed the zamindars lands and deprived them of their unique venture. By 1802, Britishers implemented the permanent tax system in zamindaris.

References

• ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్ సమగ్రచరిత్ర, పి.వి.కె.ప్రసాదరావు, ఎమెస్కో, విజయవాడ, 2007.