Pusapati
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Poosapati / Pusapati was the ruling clan of the Vizianagaram estate.
History
The Pusapati clan claims descent from Madhavavarma, who led a Rajput colony into the Krishna Valley in the late 6th century.Template:Sfn The members of the colony subsequently held important positions at the court of Golcanda.Template:Sfn
The Pusapati chieftain Sitaram Chandra Raju received the villages of Kumili and Gundredu from Raghunath Krishna Dev of the Jeypore Estate.Template:Sfn Viziaram Raju was appointed as an administrative minister of the Jeypore Estate by Ram Chandra Dev ITemplate:Sfn and succeeded his father as the head of the clan in 1710.Template:Sfn Viziaram Raju occupied a portion of the coastal territories of the Jeypore Estate under Vishwambhar Dev IITemplate:Sfn and moved the capital of the estate from Potnuru to Vizianagaram in 1712; he named the capital town after himself.Template:Sfn Viziaram Raju prompted the neighboring landowners (zamindars) to secede and gain independence from the Jeypore Estate.Template:Sfn In 1757, Viziaram Raju formed an alliance with Marquis de Bussy-Castelnau, which allowed him to seize the capital of the rival landowner of Bobbili.Template:Sfn
Following Viziaram Raju, the Pusapati clan was led first by Ananda Raju and next by Viziaram Raju II, who was largely controlled by his half-brother Sitarama Raju.Template:Sfn In 1761, Sitarama Raju attacked Parlakhemundi defeating its force and their Maratha allies further adding territory to the Vizianagaram Estate.Template:Sfn In 1768, Viziaram Raju II claimed the right to hold and cultivate (patta) Kasipuram, Nandapur, Madgol, etc. with the support of and marking the increasing involvement of the British East India Company; this resulted in the dissatisfied landowners rising against Vizianagaram.Template:Sfn As Viziaram Raju II was unable to make the requisite revenue collection payments, he was ordered to leave the district.Template:Sfn He defied the orders, which resulted in the Battle of Padmanabham against the East India Company Madras Presidency forces led by Colonel Prendergast wherein Viziaram Raju II was defeated and slain.Template:Sfn
Following the Battle of Padmanabham, Narayana Babu Raju was unable to quell the increasing revolts from the hill landowners, which ultimately led to further reductions of the Vizianagaram Estate.Template:Sfn The successive chieftains Viziaram Gajapati Raju and Ananda Raju proved to be capable leaders and brought in a period of flourishing for the Vizianagaram Estate.Template:Sfn
The Pusapatis obtained the title of Gajapati after the battle of Nandapur.Template:Sfn
Pusapadu is a village in erstwhile Guntur district.
Pusapati rulers
- Sitarama RajuTemplate:Sfn
- Pusapati Amala Gajapati Raju (Founder)
- Pusapati Rachi Gajapati Raju
- Pusapati Tama Gajapati Raju
- Viziaram Raju I (reigned 1710–1757)Template:Sfn
- Ananda RajuTemplate:Sfn
- Viziaram Raju IITemplate:Sfn
- Narayana Babu RajuTemplate:Sfn
- Viziaram Raju III (Viziaram Gajapati Raju, reigned 1848–1878)Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
- Ananda Gajapati Raju (reigned 1879–1897)Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
- Raja Pusapati Viziaram Gajapati RajuTemplate:Sfn
- Alak Narayana Gajapati Raju[1]
- Pusapati Vijayarama Gajapati Raju (eldest son of Alak Narayana Gajapati Raju, reigned 1945–1995)[1][2]
- Pusapati Ananda Gajapati Raju (eldest son of Vijayarama Gajapati Raju, reigned 1995–2016)[2][3]
- Pusapati Ashok Gajapati Raju (second son of Vijayarama Gajapati Raju, ascended in 2016)[4][5]
Notable members
- P.S. Kumaraswamy Raja – Former chief minister of Madras State (1949–1952)[6] and governor of Odisha (1954–1956).[7]
- Pusapati Vijaya Ananda Gajapathi Raju (also known as Maharajah of Vizianagram or Vizzy) – Former Indian cricketer,[8] politician,[9] and winner of the Padma Bhushan Award in Sports in 1958.[10]
- Pusapati Lakshmi Narasimha Raju, Politician and Founder of Cooperative Central Bank and many Cooperative Sugar Factories in North Andhra Pradesh. A freedom fighter, A member of the combined Madras Presidency Legislative Assembly, and a Signatory to the Indian Constitution.
- Pusapati Lakshmi Narasimha Raju (S/o Pusapati Lakshmi Narasimha Raju) Politician – two term member of legislative council in Andhra Pradesh, President of District Cooperative Bank, President of many Cooperative Sugar Factories, Secretary of MANSAS Educational Trust.
- Dr. Vaishnavi Pusapati, Poet and writer – Her work has appeared widely in journals and poetry magazines such as Prole, InkPantry, Drabble, Roanoke Review, Bare Hill Review, Poetry Breakfast, Vermillion, Redrosethorns, Spillwords, among others.[11][12][13]
- Pusapati Aditi Vijayalakshmi Gajapathi Raju (born 1983) is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. She is the daughter of former central minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju, a Maharaja of Vizianagaram. She won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.[14]
Notes
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- ↑ https://poetrybreakfast.com/2024/06/06/tahrish-a-poem-by-vaishnavi-pusapati/
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- ↑ https://inkpantry.com/poetry-drawer-she-walks-in-liberty-not-her-own-by-vaishnavi-pusapati/
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References
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