Maharaja Sir Rajagopala Krishna Yachendra (1857–1916) was an Indian nobleman and politician. He was the ''

Maharaja Mahārāja (; also spelled Maharajah, Maharaj) is a Sanskrit title for a "great ruler", "great king" or " high king". A few ruled states informally called empires, including ruler raja Sri Gupta, founder of the ancient Indian Gupta Empire, an ...

'' of

Venkatagiri Venkatagiri is a town in Tirupati district Tirupati district () is one of the twenty-six districts in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and one of the eight districts in the Rayalaseema region of the Andhra Pradesh state. The district h ...

in Nellore district from 1878 to 1916.He was the 28th ''Maharaja'' of Venkatagiri.M.L.C. (Madras) 1888 . He belonged to the royal Velugoti Dynasty of the Padmanayaka Velamas. He is known to have reformed and encouraged education during his tenure as M.L.C and even as the Maharajah of Venkatagiri . Rajagopala was a non-official member of

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. He served in the Council starting from 1887. His brother's grandson is

Ramakrishna Ranga Rao Raja Sri Ravu Svetachalapati Sir Ramakrishna Ranga Rao KCIE (20 February 1901 – 10 March 1978) was an Indian politician and ''zamindar'' who served as the Chief Minister of Madras Presidency from 5 November 1932 to 4 April 1936 and 24 ...

became the Chief Minister of

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after dyarchy was established. One of his grandson who was adopted by the Maharani of Kolanka, later became Maharaja of Kolanka and got the '' Kolanka Cup'' made.

Honours

Rajagopala Yachendra was made a Knight Commander of the

Order of the Indian Empire The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria on 1 January 1878. The Order includes members of three classes: #Knight Grand Commander (GCIE) #Knight Commander ( KCIE) #Companion ( CIE) No appoi ...

(KCIE) in May 1888 and subsequently promoted to a Knight Grand Commander (GCIE) in the 1915 New Year Honours List. He was awarded the

Kaiser-i-Hind Medal The Kaisar-i-Hind Medal for Public Service in India was a medal awarded by the Emperor/Empress of India between 1900 and 1947, to "any person without distinction of race, occupation, position, or sex ... who shall have distinguished himself (o ...

in 1900. He also received the

Delhi Durbar Medal Delhi Durbar Medals were instituted by the British Raj, United Kingdom to commemorate the Delhi Durbar where the new Emperor of India was proclaimed, in 1903 for Edward VII, and in Delhi Durbar Medal (1911), 1911 for George V. On both occasions t ...

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Venkatagiri zamindari
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yachendra, Rajagopala Krishna, Of Venkatagiri Andhra Pradesh local politicians 1857 births 1916 deaths Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire Companions of the Order of the Star of India Recipients of the Kaisar-i-Hind Medal Members of the Madras Legislative Council Indian knights People from Nellore district Indian royalty