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Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, popularly known as the "Maker of Modern Mysore", holds a key place in the history of Karnataka. [86] An engineer by education, he became the Dewan in 1909. [85] [87] Under his tenure, membership of the Mysore Legislative Assembly was increased from 18 to 24, and it was given the power to discuss the state budget. [85]
The Kingdom of Mysore (Kannada: ಮೈಸೂರು ಸಂಸ್ಥಾನ, romanized: maisuru samsthana; 1399 - 1947 CE) was a kingdom of southern India founded in 1399 by Yaduraya in the region of the modern city of Mysore. The Wodeyar dynasty, as the ruling family is known, ruled the southern Karnataka region until Indian independence in 1947 ...
Mysore Kings (1399–present) Feudatory Monarchy (As vassals of Vijayanagara Empire) [1] (1399–1553) 1 Yaduraya Wodeyar (1399–1423) 2 Chamaraja Wodeyar I (1423–1459) 3
The Wadiyar dynasty,(Kannada: [(ʷ)oɖejɐru]) also referred to as the Wadiyars of Mysore (also spelt Wodeyer, Odeyer, and Wadeyar), is a late-medieval Indian royal family of former maharajas of Mysore [1] from the Urs clan originally based in Mysore city.
For the most part, the Wodeyar dynasty ruled the southern Karnataka region until the kingdom united with the Dominion of India in 1947. During the kingdom's history, it went through various phases of administration, with increasing foreign influence from the eighteenth century.
The maharaja of Mysore was the king and principal ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore and briefly of Mysore State in the Indian Dominion roughly between the mid- to late-1300s and 1950. The maharaja's consort was called the maharani of Mysore .
The Maharanis college in Mysore (1901) and the St. Agnes college in Mangalore (1921) served women. The Mysore University was founded in 1916. [6] Social reforms aimed at practices such as sati, untouchability and emancipation of the lower classes swept across India and had their positive influence on Mysore territory as well. [7]
The name Mysore is an anglicised form of Mahiṣūru, [11] which means "the abode of Mahiṣa" in the vernacular Kannada.The common noun Mahiṣa, in Sanskrit, means buffalo; in this context, however, Mahiṣa refers to Mahishasura, a mythical demon who could assume the form of either a human or a buffalo, and who, according to Hindu mythology, ruled the ancient parts of Mysore Kingdom, known ...