Gobburi Jagga Raya (1614–1617 CE) was a

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King of

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on behalf adopted nephew named Chenga Raya, a rival claimant to the Vijaynagara thorne. He was the brother of Venkata II’s favourite Queen Obayamma who was bequeathed the

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region and belonged to the Gobburi family of Nayaks under the Vijayanagar Empire.

Life

In 1614, after the death of Venkata II, Jagga Raya murdered Sriranga II the succeeding King and his family, but

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, Sriranga II’s son escape from

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. The murder of the Royal family created shock and horror throughout the kingdom, fomenting hatred of Jagga Raya and his group. Thus Many nobles and chieftains deserted the Jagga Raya faction and joined Rama Deva Raya's camp, which backed a legal royal claimant. He help from the Nayaks of Gingee and Madurai, both eager to get out of the Vijayanagara bond, to attack Rama Deva and his alliance.

Battle of Toppur

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, the generals of the imperial camp led their forces with great discipline. Jagga Raya was slain by Yachama, and his army was broken in the ranks which subsequently took flight by early 1617.

References

* * Sathianathaier, R. ''History of the Nayaks of Madura'' icroformby R. Sathyanatha Aiyar ; edited for the University, with introduction and notes by S. Krishnaswami Aiyangar (

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: Oxford University Press, 1924) ; see also ( ondon: H. Milford, Oxford university press, 1924) ; xvi, 403 p. ; 21 cm. ; SAMP early 20th-century Indian books project item 10819. *K.A. Nilakanta Sastry, History of South India, From Prehistoric times to fall of Vijayanagar, 1955, OUP, (Reprinted 2002) . * {{DEFAULTSORT:Raya, Jagga 17th-century Indian monarchs 1617 deaths People from the Vijayanagara Empire Hindu monarchs 1614 births Indian Hindus