Rajagopala Krishna Yachendra


Maharaja Sir Rajagopala Krishna Yachendra, Kaiser-i-Hind was an Indian nobleman and politician. He was the 28th Maharaja of Venkatagiri from 1878 to 1916, and a member of the Legislative Council of Madras from 1887.
He belonged to the royal Velugoti Dynasty of the Padmanayaka Velamas. He is known to have reformed and encouraged education during his tenure as M.L.C and even as the Maharajah of Venkatagiri.
Rajagopala was a non-official member of Madras Legislative Council. He served in the Council starting from 1887. His brother's grandson is Ramakrishna Ranga Rao became the Chief Minister of Madras Presidency after dyarchy was established.
One of his grandson who was adopted by the Maharani of Kolanka, later became Maharaja of Kolanka and got the Kolanka Cup made.

Honours

Rajagopala Yachendra was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire in May 1888 and subsequently promoted to a Knight Grand Commander in the 1915 New Year Honours List. He was awarded the Kaiser-i-Hind Medal in 1900. He also received the Delhi Durbar Medal.