ruler in the state of Jeypore and patron of arts

Vikram Dev Varma

1869–1951, writes in Odia, Telugu, writer

Maharajah Vikram Dev IV or Vikram Deo Varma was last Zamindar of Jeypore Estate of British India. A patron of the arts and literature, he was also a writer and a proficient playwright. He was also an administrator, a magistrate for Visakhapatnam by the Madras government in 1914 and involved in the delineation of the state of Odisha.

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