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with the other as before. It may be remembered in this connection that even during the life time of his father, Pedda Yachama Naidu gave trouble to his brother and father by putting obstacles in the way of smooth management of the Estate, which required not only oral chastisement but open conflict with the wire-pullers and the same spirit of quarrelling for succession continued in his veins even during the short period of these six years, for the course of events suddenly changed and the cruel hand of fate snatched him from the world in 1754 A.D., and the unlawful Nawab of Arcot was also replaced by Walaja Bahadur, under orders of the Emperor. Thus Bangaru Yachama Naidu received the Sannad for the whole Estate in Hizri 1167 (1753 A.D.) under seal of the new Nawab Walaja Bahadur, and another from the Emperor, two years later with the seal of the Vizier of Aurangzib Aziphad Dawlah in