Marriage
Venkata Ranga Rao married in 1878. The princess died an untimely death in 1880 after giving birth to their only son Venkata Kumara Krishna Ranga Rao. Venkata Ranga Rao married again, to a younger sister of the princess.
On November 30, 1881, on his attaining majority, Venkata Ranga Rao ascended the throne of Bobbili.
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