Vizianagaram Estate

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Vizianagaram Estate
1591–1949
Coat of arms
Capital	Vizianagaram
Area
• 1901	7,680 km2 (2,970 sq mi)
Population
• 1901	900,000
History
• Established	1591
• Abolition of the estate	1949
Succeeded by India
Today part of	India

The name is derived from its founder Raja Vijayaram Raj who established a sovereign kingdom by claiming independence from the Kingdom of Jeypore in 1711. It formed alliances with the French and British East India Company to conquer the neighbouring principalities of Bobbili, Kurupam, Paralakhemundi and the Kingdom of Jeypore. However, they fell out with the British and as a result were attacked and defeated in the Battle of Padmanabham. They were annexed as a tributary estate like other principalities and remained so, until their accession to the Indian Union in 1949.^[1]