Madras Land Grant
On 22 August 1639 Francis Day of the East India Company obtained a small strip of Land in the Coromandel Coast from Peda Venkata Raya (a.k.a.Venkata III) in Chandragiri as a place to build a factory and warehouse for their trading activities. The region was under the control off the Damerla Venkatadri Nayakudu, a Recherla Velama chieftain of Srikalahasti and Vandavasi. Venkatadri Nayakudu was son of Damerla Chennappa Nayakudu.
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