Tandra Paparayudu: Difference between revisions

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'''Tandra Paparayudu''' was an Army [[General officer|General]] of Bobbili who assassinated [[Pusapati|Pusapati Vijayarama Gajapati Raju I]] Raja of Vizianagaram, and committed his ''Royal suicide'' during the [[Battle of Bobbili]] in 1757, a significant historical event in the Princely state of [[Pusapati|Vizianagaram]], the present day [[Vizianagaram district]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NoGPDAAAQBAJ&q=tandra+papa+rayudu+bobbili+general&pg=PT119|title=The Sharp Knife of Memory|first=Kondapalli|last=Koteswaramma|date=12 November 2015|publisher=Zubaan|isbn=9789384757885|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://mkatten.tripod.com/bobbili.html|title=The Story of the Bobbili Katha}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/09/02/stories/2002090200940200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030508153126/http://thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/09/02/stories/2002090200940200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 May 2003|title=The tiger of Bobbili|date=2 September 2002|author=BMG|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=17 June 2022}}</ref>

The town of [[Bobbili]] was founded during the 17th century by ''Pedda Rayudu'', the 15th descendant of the Rajas of [[Venkatagiri]], who belongs to Padmanayaka Velama clan.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Uv-8vgEACAAJ|title = A Family History of Venkatagiri Rajas|isbn = 9780344943096|last1 = Sastri|first1 = Alladi Jagannatha|date = 8 November 2022}}</ref> The town was originally named "Pedda-Puli" ("The Big Tiger") after ''                                                                          Sher Muhammad Khan'', the Nawab of [[Srikakulam]] who granted it as a gift to the ''Maharaja of Venkatgiri'' for his services in his southern campaigns. However, with time, the town became known as "Pebbuli", then "Bebbuli" and finally "Bobbili". [[Pusapati]] Madhava Varma was the ancestor of the royal [[Pusapati|Vizianagaram family]]. The rivalry between the two families dates back to 1652. ''Pedda Rayudu'''s son Lingappa Rayudu, who succeeded him, built a fort, and selected Bobbili as his Headquarters. The son of ''Sher Muhammad Khan'' was abducted by rebels and Lingappa saved him. He was granted 12 villages and the hereditary title ''Ranga Rao'' in recognition of his service.{{Citation needed|date=October 2022}}