Ramachandra Vitthala Rao

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Raja of Sandur

Ramachandra Vitthala Rao

Raja of Sandur
Reign| 3 May 1878 - 3 December 1892
Coronation| 5 February 1879
Predecessor| Shivashanmukha Rao
Successor| Venkata Rao III
Born| (1850-03-29)29 March 1850
Sanduru
Died| 3 December 1892(1892-12-03) (aged 42)
Bellary
| Names

Srimant Raja Ramachandrarao Vitthala Rao Hindurao Ghorpade
House| Ghorpade Dynasty
Religion| Hinduism

Raja Srimant Ramachandrarao Vitthala Rao Ghorpade CIE (29 March 1850 – 3 December 1892) was a member of the Ghorpade Dynasty who served as the Maharaja of the princely state of Sandur from 1878 to 1892.

## Early life

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Ramachandra Vitthala Rao was born on 29 March 1850 in Sanduru to Venkata Rao, the Raja of Sandur, a princely state under the jurisdiction of the Bellary District of the Madras Presidency. Ramachandra Vitthala Rao was educated in private.

## Reign

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Ramachandra Vitthala Rao succeeded his brother Shivashanmukha Rao as Raja on 3 May 1878 when the latter died without any offspring. Ramachandra Vitthala Rao celebrated his official coronation on 5 February 1879. In 1882, Ramachandra Vitthala Rao leased 40,000 acres of forests in Sandur state to the Madras government. In September 1885, J. G. Firth a retired tahsildar in Bellary was appointed the Agent of the Madras government to Sandur state. He was subsequently appointed as the first diwan of Sandur. Ramachandra Vitthala Rao was made a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in July 1892.

## Death

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Ramachandra Vitthala Rao died on 3 December 1892 at Bellary where he had gone for treatment. Ramachandra Vitthala Rao was succeeded by his son Venkata Rao III.

Ramachandra Vitthala Rao

Ghorpade Dynasty

Born: 28 March 1850

Regnal titles
Preceded by

Shivashanmukha Rao

|  Raja of Sandur
1878–1892  | Succeeded by

Venkata Rao III