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{{Short description|Zamindar of Vadagarai}}
{{Infobox person
| title =
| name = V. Ramabadra Naidu
| image =
| image_size = 250px
| birth_name = V. Ramabadra Naidu
| birth_date = 23 December 1873
| birth_place = [[Periyakulam]], [[Madura District (Madras Presidency)|Madura District]], [[British India]]
| death_date = 26 December 1929 (aged 56)
| death_place = [[Periyakulam]], [[Madura District (Madras Presidency)|Madura District]], [[British India]]
| father = Venkataswamy Naicker
| mother = Kanakamma
| spouse =
| children = Nagama Ramabhadra Nayak (b.1897)
| alma_mater =
}}
[[Dewan Bahadur]] '''V. Ramabadra Naidu''' (23 December 1873 – 26 December 1929) was the [[Zamindar]] of Vadagarai and Doddappanaickanur.<ref>
*{{cite book|editor1-last=A. Vadivelu |author2=|title=The Aristocracy of Southern India
|volume= |publisher=Mittal Publications |year=2016|pages=244–275|quote= | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oFwDWt2N29cC }}
*{{cite book|editor1-last= |author2=|title=Justice Party Golden Jubilee Souvenir, 1968
|volume= |publisher=K. Paramasivam, Secretary, Justice Party |year=1968|page=52|quote= Dewan Bahadur V. Ramabadra Naidu, Zamindar of Vadagarai and Doddappanaickanur, belonged to an ancient family in Periyakulam . He was an M. L. C. in the Council under Minto- Morley Reforms.| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rCZYAAAAMAAJ }}
*{{cite book|editor1-last=Nidathavolu Venkata Rao |author2=|title=The Southern School in Telugu Literature
|volume= |publisher=University of Madras |year=1978|page=58|quote= | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dYoOAAAAYAAJ }}
*{{cite book|editor1-last=W. S. Krishnaswami Nayudu |author2=|title=My Memoirs
|volume= |publisher= University of Michigan |year=1977|page=12|quote= | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dN4CAAAAMAAJ }}
</ref> On 1908, the title [[Dewan Bahadur]] was awarded to him.<ref>
*{{cite book|editor1-last=R.Bahadur |author2=|title=Who's who in India
|volume= |publisher=Pupula edition |year=1912|page=73|isbn=9785872301257|quote= | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fscIAwAAQBAJ }}
*{{cite book|editor1-last= |author2=|title=The Calendar
|volume= |publisher=University of Madras |year=1932|page=371|quote= | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AGQbAQAAIAAJ }}
</ref> He was elected to the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Council|Madras Legislative Council]] in 1910.<ref>
*{{cite book|editor1-last=Vuppuluri Lakshminarayana Sastri |author2=|title=Encyclopaedia of the Madras Presidency and the Adjacent States
|volume= |publisher=University of Minnesota |year=1920|page=450|quote= | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z2o_AQAAMAAJ }}
*{{cite book|editor1-last=India. Governor-General |author2=|title=The Historical Record of the Imperial Visit to India, 1911
|volume= |publisher=government of India |year=1914|page=362|quote=the Hon . Rao Bahadur Venkataswamy Ramabhadra Nayudu Garu, Zamindar of Doddap- panayakkanur, Member of the Madras Legislative Council, and Chairman of the Peryiakulam Municipal Council, Madura District | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VxQiAQAAMAAJ }}
</ref>

== Early life ==
Ramabadra Naidu was born on 23 December 1873 to Venkataswamy Naicker and Kanakamma, in [[Periyakulam]] of the [[Madura District (Madras Presidency)|Madura]] (now [[Theni district|Theni]]) district, in the state of [[Madras Presidency|Madras]]. He belonged to the [[balija]] clan.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=C. Hayavadana Rao |author2=|title=The Indian Biographical Dictionary
|volume= |publisher=Forgotten Books |year=1915|page=344|url=https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Indian_Biographical_Dictionary_(1915)/Ramabhadra_Nayudu,_Hon’ble_Venkatasami}}</ref> 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 [[Tax collector|Collector]] of Revenue under his close relative [[Viswanatha Nayak]], the ruler of [[Madurai]] country.<ref>
*{{cite book|editor1-last= |author2=|title=The Feudatory and zemindari India
|volume=9 |publisher=the University of California |year=1938|page=250|quote=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 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SxMnAQAAIAAJ }}
*{{cite book|editor1-last= |author2=|title=The Who's who in Madras: ... A Pictorial Who's who of Distinguished Personages, Princes, Zemindars and Noblemen in the Madras Presidency
|volume= |publisher=Pearl Press |year=1938|page=52|quote= 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.| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hEHVAAAAMAAJ }}
*{{cite book|editor1-last=A. Vadivelu |author2=|title=The Ruling Chiefs, Nobles and Zamindars of India
|volume=1 |publisher=G.C. Loganadham |year=1915|page=679|quote=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.| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LfoxAQAAMAAJ }}
*{{cite book|editor1-last=[[T. V. Mahalingam]], [[Colin Mackenzie]] |author2=|title=Mackenzie Manuscripts; Summaries of the Historical Manuscripts in the Mackenzie Collection: Tamil and Malayalam
|volume= |publisher=[[University of Madras]] |year=1972|page=153|isbn= |quote=| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J4MMAQAAMAAJ }}
*{{cite book|editor1-last=Parthiban Rajukalidoss |author2=|title=The Spice Road ‘Vaṭakarai Zamīndāri’ Its Historicity and Architectural Remains
|volume= 74|publisher=Acta Orientalia |year=2013|page=97|quote= | url=https://journals.uio.no/actaorientalia/article/view/4469/3924 }}
</ref>

== 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.

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[[Category:Telugu people]]
[[Category:Tamil people of Telugu descent]]

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