RK Pet

Nearby towns

The village is situated between Tiruttani and Sholingur, about 6 km from Sholingur Town towards Tiruttani and 20 km from Tiruttani towards Sholingur, about 20 km from Pallipattu, and about 100 km from Chennai.

Zamindari

RK Pet (along with Valkanampudi and Chellathur) was under the Zamindari of the Karlapati family headed by the Zamindarini Karlapati Shayamalambha Devi. The Karlapati family migrated from the Jaggiahpeta Village and settled down in the Madras province in the early 19th century and formed the "Apparao Gardens" in Madras. Karlapati Apparao, son of Zamindarini Karlapati Shayamalambha Devi and Karlapati Satyanarayana, headed many companies in Madras and Hyderabad which includes the Shyamala Industries Corporation, Subhodaya Publications which used to publish famous news papers such as "The Indian Republic", "Praja Patrika". The Subhodaya Publications used to be in the MountRoad, where the present V.S.T Motors and K.C.P Sugars stand today. The Shyamala Industries Corporation, with the head office in Hyderabad, used to have multiple companies under it which includes the TANA Shoe Factory, An Earthen Vase manufacturing company. Karlapati Satyendra Kumar, the eldest son of the Zamindar Karlapati Apparao, headed Kumar Cargo Industries, which used to salvage ships and run a boat building yard.

Zamindar Karlapati Apparao family

The Apparao Gardens in Choolai is an 18-acre land which is centrally located in the old George Town closer to the Madras Central Station. It is where the Zamindar Karlapati Apparao's family reside, in a 200-year-old British bungalow (used to the old British Arms & Ammunitions House). The bungalow also houses a Naga Devatha Temple which is even older. The Zamindar Karlapati Apparao family owned a fleet of cars which include the "Rolls Royce". The Zamindar Karlapati Apparao have seven sons and five daughters and their family who now own & take care of the family heritage and holdings.

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