BOBBILI  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, in the See also:

• VIZAGAPATAM

Vizagapatam See also:

• DISTRICT

district of See also:

• MADRAS

Madras, 70 M. See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of Vizagapatam town . Pop . (190r) 17,387 . It is the See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of a See also:

• RAJA

raja of old See also:

• FAMILY

family, whose See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate covers an See also:

• AREA

area of 227 sq. m.; estimated income, £40,000; permanent Iand See also:

• REVENUE
• REVENUE (0. Fr. revenu, from revenir, to return)

revenue, 9000 . The attack on the fort at Bobbili made by See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• BUSSY, ROGER DE RABUTIN, COMTE DE (1618–1693)

Bussy in 1756 is one of the most memorable episodes in See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• HISTORY

history . There was a See also:

• CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant See also:

• FEUD

feud between the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of Bobbili and the raja of See also:

• VIZIANAGRAM

Vizianagram; and when Bussy marched to restore See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order the raja persuaded him that the See also:

• FAULT (Mid. Eng. faute, through the French, from the popular Latin use of fallere, to fail; the originallof the Latin being replaced in English in the 15th century)

fault See also:

• LAY

lay with the chief of Bobbili and joined the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French with 11,000 men against his See also:

• RIVAL

rival . In spite of the fact that the French See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field-pieces at once made practicable breaches in the mud walls of the fort, the defenders held out with desperate valour . Two assaults were repulsed after See also:

• HOURS, CANONICAL

hours of See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand-to-hand fighting; and when, after a fresh See also:

• BOMBARDMENT

bombardment, the See also:

• GARRISON
• GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)

garrison saw that their See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case was hopeless, they killed their See also:

• WOMEN

women and See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children, and only succumbed at last to a third See also:

• ASSAULT (from Lat. ad, to or on, and saltare, to leap)

assault because every See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of them was either killed or mortally wounded . An old man, however, crept out of a hut with a See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child, whom he presented to Bussy as the son of the dead chief . Three nights later four followers of the chief of Bobbili crept into the See also:

• TENT

tent of the raja of Vizianagram and stabbed him to See also:

• DEATH

death . The child, Chinna Ranga See also:

• RAO, SIR DINKAR (1819–1896)
• RAO, SIR T

Rao, was invested by Bussy with his See also:

• FATHER

father's estate, but during his minority it was seized by his See also:

• UNCLE

uncle . After a temporary arrangement of terms with the raja of Vizianagram the old feud See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke out again, and the Bobbili chief was forced to take See also:

• REFUGE

refuge in the See also:

• NIZAM

nizam's See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country .

In 1794, however, on the break-up of the Vizianagram estate, Chinna Ranga Rao was restored by the British, and in i8ot a permanent See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement was made with his son . The See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of raja was recognized as hereditary in the family; that of maharaja was conferred as a See also:

• PERSONAL

personal distinction on See also:

• SIR

Sir Venkataswetachalapati Ranga Rao, K.C.I.E., the adopted See also:

• GREAT

great-great-See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson of Chinna Ranga Rao . For the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege see See also:

• IMP
• IMP (O. Eng. impa, a graft, shoot; the verb impian is cognate with Ger. impfen, to graft, inoculate, and the Fr. enter; the ultimate origin is probably the Gr. 'µ4uety, to implant, cf. Et.A4Uros, engrafted)

Imp . Gazetteer of India (See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, 1908), s. v .