Ramakrishna Ranga Rao of Bobbili - Other Activities

Other Activities

The Raja was a great sportsman and his main interests were horse racing and polo. He had imported many fine breeds of horses from the United Kingdom, France and Pakistan. He had won a number of cups in horse racing. He was an expert polo player and often played in the Dasara sports at Mysore and Jeypore besides Bobbili.

He also contributed to Andhra University and Shantiniketan. The Raja served as the Chancellor of Andhra University in 1930. The Rajah R.S.R.K. Ranga Rao College was inaugurated at Bobbili on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday in 1961.

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