117:. It held huge estates till it was annexed into the Government of India in 1949. Originally the history of this estate dates back to 16th century when the ancestors of the royal family of Nuzvid, Meka Basavanna came to Krishna District. He first built a fort near Gollapalle which was very soon dismantled. Later his great grandson Konappa's second son Meka Venkatadri was given five or six villages in the gollapalle paragana in 1652. Later Venkatadri's son Appayya received the title Raja Bahadur by the Golconda Nawab in 1667. From then they started using the tile Apparao as a suffix to their names. Later their descendant was bestowed with theenhazar
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After that in 1802-03 this was permanently settled and received a sanad to pay a peskash of 90000/-. It consists nearly about 288 villages in the whole and receives a revenue of 3,00,000/- by 1800s.
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District Manual, Nuzvid Zamindari History, Page No: 295–307.
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