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Twenty-ninth Generation.

Lieut. Sir RAJA V. GOVINDA KRISHNA

YACHENDRA BAHADUR, k.c.i.e., a.-d.-c.,

PANCHAHAZAR AND MUNSABDAR.

(Born 15th October, 1879 and installed 1st February, 1917.)

The present Rajah of Venkatagiri expressed it as his displeasure that any long account of his short public career should be included in his Family History. So the following list has been compiled with a view to help future reference, omitting at the same time all suits of the Samastanam, Wills of the deceased, and matters of a more or less private nature.

The Installation ceremony took place in 1st February, 1917, with due splendour, when he received from the Government the usual Khillat. It was attended by several distinguished guests, some among them being the chief of Ceylon, the Padikura Mudahyar, N. D. A. Sibra, Wijaya Singh, J. P. U. P. M.