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The War of Padmanabham was fought on July 10, 1794 between
British Colonel Pendergast sent by the Governor of Madras, John
Andrews and The Rajah of Vizianagaram kingdom because 2nd
Pusapati Vijayarama Gajapathi Raju or Pusapati China
Vijayaramaraju refused to Pay tax to British & also opposed
British Governance on his Kingdom from the Time of his
Grandfather. British got their full control over the
Vizianagaram kingdom with loss of only 13 persons. The Battle
lasted up to a Span of 1hr or 1hr 30 min. At that time The
British were well equipped with Rifles & Canons whereas the King
lacks of those weapons. At that time both Vizianagaram &
Visakhapatnam were united & were ruled by Pusapati Royal Family
of Vizianagaram. |
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Background |
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By 1768, the tribal
areas, such as Parlakimidi, Ganjam, Mohiri, Gunsuru, and
Pratapagiri (etc.) were under 20 jamindars. They owned
34 of their forts, roughly 35,000 army troops. Many of
these had been jamindars who revolted against the
English. Some of the castles were in the area of the
hills above the manyam. Therefore, the defeated rebel
jamindars had retreated to the fortress.
After the
death of Ananda Gajapatiraju, Vijayaramaraju became
jamindar of the Vizianagaram area. As a boy,
Sitaramarajunu appointed divan, the son of the
stepmother. At a younger age, Vijayaramarajuku removed
Sitaramarajunu from Diwan.[clarification needed] Diwan
was angry with this, so came friendship with the
English.
During the period between 1759–68,
Vijayaramaraju captured a number of areas, their lands
in Ganjam, and Visakhapatnam areas, by defeating
jamindars and putting them in jail, and he ruled as
tyrant.
The British attempted to increase payment of
peskas from Vijayanagara jamindaru, to reduce the
strength of his army, and collect his dues of 8,50,000
peskas. Although he proved that he had no dues, the
British had captured on Vijayanagara on August 2, 1793.
The farmers refused to pay for the Kingdom of the
English. So British ordered that Vijayaramarajunu must
go to macilipatm by the pension of Rs 1200 per month.
However, Vijayaramarajunu refused the orders and he went
to Padmanabham between the Bhimunipatnam and
Vizianagaram. The British troops invaded and defeated
and killed Cinavijayaramarajunu in the battle. |
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The Battle |
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On the 8th Of
July 1794 there was a battle fought between the
rajah of vizianagaram and the British. One side
are The rajah of vizianagaram and 1174 kshatriya
warrior a war memorial can be seen in the place
built by the state archeological department..
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Aftermath |
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After the death of Vijayaramaraju, his son
Narayanababu found shelter in search of Makkuva village.
The konda doras and sardars supported him. In the end,
he compromised with the British, and agreed to pay 5
million peskas.
After the British occupation of
Vijayanagara, they liberated Jamindarulaku trapped in
jail. They renewed the zamindars lands and deprived them
of their unique venture. By 1802, they implemented the
permanent tax system for zamins. |
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