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Except Mámidiváda (the story of which is given on p. 223) the other seven were bought in 1812 by Gangabattulu Sámayya. Chípurupalle itself (which should not be confused with the place which is the head-quarters of the Chípurupalle taluk) consists of the village of that name and was bought by Garuda Sanyási Chetti in 1825. It was sold by him in 1844 to Jagga Rao of the Godé family, on whose death it passed to his son Venkata Náráyana Rao, The latter died without male issue in 1882 and the estate came under the Court of Wards. In 1895 the widow adopted her daughter's son, Venkata Náráyana Rao, who is now the minor proprietor and comes of age in 1908.
Idulapáka-Bónangi, which consists of two villages, was sold by the above-mentioned Gangabattulu Sámayya in 1820 to Vasanta Rao Lakshmináráyana Rao, a Bráhman, whose son Bayanna transferred it to his brother Achyuta Narasinga Rao in 1863 in accordance with a razinama in a suit. On the death of the latter in 1891, his five sons became the proprietors.
Ravada was sold by Samayya's family in 1820 to Datla Venkatapati Razu, who sold it in 1821 to Vasanta Rao Ananta Rao. He disposed of it to the Bobbili estate in 1832, but the above Bayanna bought it back in 1847. He died in 1869 and the property was under the Court of Wards during the minority of his son, the present proprietor, Lakshmináráyana Rao.
Appikonda was transferred as a gift by Gangabattulu Sámayya to Gangabattulu Rájanna in 1821, The latter was succeeded in 1856 by his minor son G. Sattayya, who died in 1870 and was followed by his widow Sattaiyamma. The property was subsequently sold to a Bráhman, Mindi Vásudéva Rao, who had made a fortune out of abkári contracts. He died in 1886 and his three sons (Rámayógi, Rámachendrudu and Subrahmanyam) are now the joint proprietors.
Kúráda-Kondayyavalasa was sold by Sámayya in 1820 to N.Venkanna and D. Venkanna, the latter of whom transferred it in the year following to Dátla Venkatapati Rázu, who sold it again the same year to Vasanta Rao Ananta Rao. Like Ráváda, it was sold in 1832 to the Rája of Bobbili and bought back in 1847 by Bayanna, who in 1850 sold it to C. V. Narasinga Rao, Perike Kshatriya by caste. The latter's son, Rájagópál Rao, and afterwards this son's daughter, Atti Chellayyamma the present proprietrix, followed as owners of the property.
The last of the eight estates, Siddhésvaram, was sold, with Idulapáka-Bónangi, in 1820 to V. R. Lakshmináráyana Rao, whose son Bayanna followed him. In 1864 his brother, Achyuta Narasinga Rao, bought it in public auction, and in the following
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