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This
webpage
is
not
about
me,
Ramachandra
Rao
Sahib
Arni
or
about
my
immediate
family.
It
is
about
our
ancestry.
I (
and
my
two
brothers,
Venkata
Rao
Sahib
Arni,
the
eldest,
and
Ranganatha
Rao
Sahib
Arni,
the
youngest)
were
destined
to
be a
product
of
two
dynasties
to
which
our
parents
directly
belonged.
The
ancestry
on
my
fathers
side,
the
Arni
Jagir
dates
back
to
1640
when
its
founder
Vedaji
Bhaskar
Pant
was
granted
the
Arni
Jagir
from
the
great
Mahratta
leader
Shahjee
(
father
of
Shivaji
)
for
services
in
war
rendered
in
his
campaign
to
the
Carnatic.
About
the
same
period
my
mother's
ancestor
Purnaiah,
also
a
brahmin
Maharashrian
served
as
the
Dewan
to
Hyder
Ali
and
later
to
his
son
Tippu
Sultan.
He
went
on
to
become
the
Dewan
to
the
Maharaja
of
Mysore
and
for
his
services
,
was
granted
the
Jagir
of
Yelandur.
Here
I
will
concentrate
on
the
Arni
ancestry
.(
Note:
there
is
a
hyperlink
to
the
Purnaiahs
in
the
homepage.)
The
Jagir
of
Arni
was
situated
in
the
district
of
North
Arcot
in
the
then
Presidency
of
Madras.
Its
extent
was
211
square
miles
and
comprised
of
192
villages.
The
city
of
Arni
is
about
20
miles
from
Vellore.
The
direct
lineage
of
Arni
Jagirdars
after
Vedaji
Bhaskar
Pant
were
usually
named
A.Srinivasa
Rao
Sahib,
A.
Thirumal
Rao
Sahib
or
A.Venkata
Rao
Sahib.
My
father,
A.
Srinivasa
Rao
Sahib
was
the
the
twelvth
in
sucession.The
Family
Tree
(Vamsa
Vriksha)
is
revealed
under
a
hyperlink
"History
of
Arni
Jagir".
The
Jagir
was
abolished
(
after
India
became
free
and
enacted
the
Zamindar
Abolition
Bill
1948)
as
the
first
amendment
to
the
Constitution.
It
is
as a
result
of
this
that
we
amended
our
names
such
that
Arni
became
our
surname.The
annual
revenue
of
the
Jagir
at
the
time
of
abolition
was
around
2.5
lakhs.
The
Motto
on
the
emblem
"Per
Deum
et
Ferrum
obtinui"
translates
to
"By
God
and
my
sword
I
have
obtained."
"True
fighter
Brahmins
!!
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- Note:
Arni
in
earlier
history
is
also
spelt
as
Arnee
or
Arani..
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