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The maharaja changed the English spelling of their royal name from Wodeyar to Wadiyar. He established the Mysore Representative Assembly ; the first of its kind in Princely India . Chamaraja Wadiyar X's son and successor Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV earned great fame as a saintly king, and his kingdom was hailed as Ramarajya by Mahatma Gandhi –as ...
A closer connection to the royal family exists through Yaduveer's mother, Leela Tripurasundari Devi, who is the daughter of Kantharaj Basavaraj Urs, holder of the Kallahalli feudal estates (under Mysore) and his wife Princess Gayatri Devi, the eldest daughter of Maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar, making the maharaja his maternal great-grandfather.
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
After India's constitution into a republic in 1950, the last ruling Maharaja Jayachamaraja Wadiyar ceded the kingdom into the republic. However, like most kings in India at that time, the maharaja and his successors were allowed an annual payment (the privy purse), certain privileges, and the use of the title "Maharaja of Mysore."
[163] [164] Mysore Vasudevacharya was a noted musician and composer in Sanskrit and Telugu from Mysore. [165] He holds the unique distinction of being patronised by four generations of Mysore kings and rulers and for being court musician to three of them. [166] [167] H.L. Muthiah Bhagavatar was another musician-composer who adorned the Mysore ...
Jayachamaraja Wodeyar, Maharaja of Mysore GCB, GCSI (1919–1974; r. 1940–50; titular Maharaja and family head: 1950–71; head of the Wadiyar family: 1971–74) Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wodeyar, Maharaja of Mysore (born 24 March 1992; head of the Wadiyar family: 2015–present). Adopted by Pramoda Kumari on 23 February 2015 and ...
Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV (4 June 1884 – 3 August 1940) was the twenty-fourth Maharaja of Mysore, reigning from 1902 until his death in 1940.. Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV is popularly deemed a rajarshi, or 'saintly king', a moniker with which Mahatma Gandhi revered the king in 1925 for his administrative reforms and achievements.
Prime Ministers of Mysore; No. Portrait Name Tenure Term Maharaja Dalvoys of Mysore Kingdom (1732–1782) Under Chamaraja Wodeyar VII (1732–1734) Devarajaiya Urs 1732 - 1734