The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Munagala, Zemindar of; Sri Zubdatul Aqran Nayani Venkata Ranga Rao Garu
Munagala, Zemindar of; Sri Zubdatul Aqran Nayani Venkata Ranga Rao Garu; belongs to one of the oldest and most renowned Reddi families in the Northern Circars; e.s. of Venkata Ramayya; b. 1879; educ: Noble College, Masulipatam; assumed charge of the estate, 1900; takes great personal interest in the indigenous industries, especially hand-loom weaving; opened a fly shuttle loom factory; sent a student to Japan to learn weaving and dyeing at Kioto; maintains a free primary school at Nadigudem for the benefit of his ryots; helps poor students; aided in the publication of a History of Japan in Telugu; has taken deep interest in the dissemination of Telugu literature; started an experimental farm for sugarcane and other crops. Address: Nadigudem, Munagala. Kistna District, Madras Presidency, India.