Jatpol
This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS. |
Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.
Jatpol
A samasthan or tributary estate in the south of Mahbub- nagar District, Hyderabad State, consisting of 89 villages, with an area of 191 square miles, and a population (1901) of 31,613. The total revenue is 1-9 lakhs, and the tribute paid to the Nizam is Rs. 73,537.
From inscriptions it appears that in 1243 Annapota Nayadu took possession of the estate, and captured Pangal and other forts. His dominions extended on the east as far as Srisil, on the west to Kotta and Sugur, now belonging to the Wanparti satnasthdn y on the north to Devarkonda, and on the south they were bounded by the Kistna river. His descendants ruled for several centuries. In the last quarter of the eighteenth century Raja Jagannath Rao, having no male issue, adopted Lachma Rao, a scion of the Rao family of Pakhal. In 1831 Lachma Rao obtained the Jatpol pargana from the Nizam on a fixed rental of Rs. 70,000. The present Raja, Venkata Lachma Rao, who is a younger brother of the Raja of Venkatagiri in the Madras Pre- sidency, also succeeded by adoption. He has cleared off debts amounting to nearly 2 lakhs, with which the estate was encumbered. The Raja resides at Kolhapur (population, 2,204), though until eighty years ago Jatpol was the head-quarters.
