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in 1758, were completely wearing out, the Rajah thought fit to mark the scene by means of a Monumental Pillar*[1] bearing inscriptions in Telugu and English describing the martial spirit of his ancestor and his followers.
1893.
The year 1893 is the most important and the most enjoyable one of the present reign. The Rajah left Bobbili on the 14th April on his way to Europe, left his son, the Kumara Rajah, at Madras, under the care of his tutor, Mr. E. P. Oldfield, took leave of his mother and
- ↑ * The following is the Inscription in English on the Pillar:—This Pillar is erected to mark the Fort of Bobbili, which was attacked in January 1758 by Rajah Viziaramaraz of Vizianagaram, assisted by Monsieur Bussy. The then Rajah, Ranga-Rao, after fighting eight hours, finding it impossible to save his fort, and preferring death to dishonour, first put to death the women and children in the fort, and then fighting fell like another Leonidas with all his gallant band. Three nights afterwards, a faithful Sirdar from Rajam, Tandra Papayya, effected an entrance, in spite of vigilant guard, into Viziaramaraz's tent, and stabbed him to the heart. Erected by Raja V. S. Ranga-Rao in 1891.
