After the death of Achyuta Deva Raya, the succession was disputed. His son, Venkata I also called as Venkata Raya or Venkatadri Raya, succeeded him, but he was a weak ruler and was killed six months later.
Lala Lajpat Rai died during the protest of Simon commission
The British Government appointed the Simon commission in Nov., 1927
The activities of Swaraj party had induced the British Government to review the working of the diarchy system introduced by the Montague- Chelmsford reforms
Simon commission was opposed because its all members were the English
Under the Mansabdari system the mansab rank was not hereditary and the lowest rank was 10 and the highest was 5,000 for the nobles. All appointments and promotions as well as dismissals in the Mansabdari system were directly made by the emperor.