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The Battle of Padmanabha occurred in Padmanabham, Visakhapatnam district (modern Andhra Pradesh, India), on 10 July 1794. This battle fought by Zamindar of Vijayanagar against Colonel Pendargast, on behalf of the British Governor of Madras, Sir Charles Oakly. Chinna Vijayaramaraju died in the war. As a consequence of the war, Vizianagaram entirely came under British rule. ==The causes of war== By 1768, the tribal areas such as Parlakimidi, Ganjam, Mohiri, Gunsuru, and Pratapagiri were ruled by 20 Zamindars. They owned 34 forts and maintained approximately 35,000 armed troops. Many of these jamindars revolted against the English East India Company. Some of the castles were located in the hills of the manyam. Therefore, the defeated rebel Zamindars were retreated into the Hill fortress. After the death of Ananda Gajapatiraju, Vijayaramaraju became Zamindar of the Vizianagaram Zamindari. He was a boy. So Sitaramaraju was appointed divan, the son of his stepmother. When Zamindar came to younger age, he removed Sitaramaraju from Diwani. Diwan was angered by this action, he formed an alliance with the English. During the period between 1759–68, Vijayaramaraju ruled as tyrant and captured a number areas in Ganjam and Visakhapatnam by defeating zamindars and putting them in jail. The British attempted to increase payment of peskas from Vijayanagara Zamindar and to reduce the strength of his army and ordered to pay his dues of 8,50,000 peskas. Although zamindar proved that he had no dues, the British had captured Vijayanagara on 2 August 1793. The farmers refused to pay for the Kingdom Hearts. So British ordered that Vijayaramaraju go to exile in Masulipatnam with the pension of Rs 1200 per month. However, Vijayaramaraju refused the orders and he went to Padmanabham located between the Bhimunipatnam and Vizianagaram. The British troops defeated the Zamindar army and killed Chinavijayaramaraju in the battle. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Battle of Padmanabham」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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