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on behalf of his adopted nephew named Chenga Raya, a rival claimant to the Vijaynagara thorne. He was the brother of Venkata II's favourite queen Obayamma who was bequeathed the

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region and belonged to the Gobburi family of Nayaks under the

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Reign

In 1614, after the death of

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, Jagga Raya murdered

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the succeeding King and his family, but

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, Sriranga II's son escape from

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. The murder of the royal family created shock and horror throughout the kingdom, forming hatred of Jagga Raya and his group. Thus many nobles and chieftains deserted Jagga Raya's faction and joined Rama Deva Raya's camp, which backed a legal royal claimant. He received help from the Nayaks of Gingee and Madurai, both eager to get out of the

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bond, to attack Rama Deva and his alliance.

Battle of Toppur
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, Chera ruler and Portuguese from the coast assembled a large army near
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. Both the Armies met at the Toppur, at an open field on the northern banks of River Cauvery, between Tiruchirapalli and Grand Anicut in late 1616. In the Battle Jagga Raya's troops could not withstand the aggression generated by the imperial forces. Yachama Nayakadu, the
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, the generals of the imperial camp led their forces with great discipline. Jagga Raya was slain by Yachama, and his army was broken in the ranks which subsequently took flight by early 1617.

References
* * Sathianathaier, R. ''History of the Nayaks of Madura'' icroformby R. Sathyanatha Aiyar; edited for the University, with introduction and notes by S. Krishnaswami Aiyangar (
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: Oxford University Press, 1924); see also ( ondon: H. Milford, Oxford university press, 1924); xvi, 403 p.; 21 cm.; SAMP early 20th-century Indian books project item 10819. *K.A. Nilakanta Sastry, History of South India, From Prehistoric times to fall of Vijayanagar, 1955, OUP, (Reprinted 2002) . * {{DEFAULTSORT:Raya, Jagga 17th-century Indian monarchs 1617 deaths People from the Vijayanagara Empire Hindu monarchs 1614 births Indian Hindus