Raja Kanda Swamy Family

Raja Kandaswamy Mudaliar was born in 1793 A.D in Madras. But, he was seven years old when his father migrated to Hyderabad in 1800.  Raja Kandaswamy came into contact with Nawab Sir Salar jung Bahadur I and become his most trusted lieutenant. He was appointed as a Liason Officer (Vakeel) for maintaining a regular contact between the Prime Minister Sir Salar Jung and the British Resident of Hyderabad.  For his extraordinary abilities as Vakeel, He was awarded the title of Taluqdar in 1847 A.D. He was awarded the title of Munsabdar in 1862.Three Jagirs were granted to him, Those were Anantaram, Laxmapuram and Veerareddypali in Medchal Taluk. For his extraordinary abilities as Vakeel he was promoted tovarious positions in the HEH Nizam's Government ranging from Taluqdar for Abkari, Contractor for Construction in R&B, Taluqdar of Tanks, Building and Salt, later,Commissioner of Customs, etc. his multifaceted involvement in the administration, impressed the then Nizam V