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Morari Rao of Gooty (c. 1741–1776)

Era: Mughals, Asaf Jahis & the British

Morari Rao of Gooty (c. 1741–1776)Morari Rao's landsGootyGootyPenukondaPenukondaMadakasiraMadakasiraTadpatriTadpatriBellaryBellaryAdoniAdoniAnantapurUdiripikondaKodikondaSandurN0100 km
  • Unified Andhra Pradesh (pre-2014)
  • Present-day state borders, for orientation
  • Approximate extent

The forts and country of the Maratha chief Morari Rao Ghorpade in the Anantapur country: his capital, the hill fortress of Gooty; Penukonda, Madakasira and Kodikonda, which Haidar Ali took in 1762; Tadpatri and Udiripikonda; and the poligar of Anantapur, who paid him tribute. Haidar took Gooty in 1776. The family's later state of Sandur, in the Bellary country, is shown as a point. The shaded area is a rough sketch that groups the places named in the sources, not a boundary.

Historical boundaries are approximate. Base map: Natural Earth (opens in a new tab) (public domain).

Sources

  1. W. Francis, Madras District Gazetteers: Anantapur (opens in a new tab), Government of Madras (Addison & Co.), 1905, pp. 22, 145–146, 157, 166, 172, 183, 192, 199. [Public domain]
  2. Mark Wilks, Historical Sketches of the South of India, in an Attempt to Trace the History of Mysoor, Vol. I (opens in a new tab), Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, London, 1810, pp. 441, 446. [Public domain]
  3. Mark Wilks, Historical Sketches of the South of India, in an Attempt to Trace the History of Mysoor, Vol. II (opens in a new tab), Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1817, pp. 167–171. [Public domain]
  4. C. U. Aitchison (compiler), A Collection of Treaties, Engagements and Sanads relating to India and Neighbouring Countries, Vol. VIII: Madras Presidency, including Ceylon, Hyderabad, Mysore and Coorg, and the Central Provinces (opens in a new tab), Superintendent of Government Printing, India, Calcutta, 1892, Part I, 101. [Public domain]