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Dewans of Mysore Kingdom (1782–1949) Under Chamaraja Wodeyar IX: 1 Purnaiah [3] Dec 1782 - May 1799 1 Under Krishnaraja Wadiyar III (1799–1881) (1) Purnaiah:
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.
The dewan of Mysore (sometimes spelled diwan) was the de facto chief executive officer of the Government of Mysore (now Government of Karnataka), ex officio chairman of the Dewan's Council (now Cabinet), and the prime minister and royal adviser to the maharaja of Mysore. The role evolved in title and duties since the foundation of the fiefdom ...
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.
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.
Krishnaraja Wadiyar II (1728 – 25 April 1766 [1]), was the eighteenth maharaja of the Kingdom of Mysore from 1734 to 1766. He ruled as monarch during his entire rule, first under the dalvoys , and then, for the last five years, under Hyder Ali .
By 1779, Hyder Ali had captured parts of modern Tamil Nadu and Kerala in the south, extending the Kingdom's area to about 80,000 mi 2 (205,000 km 2). [40] In 1780, he befriended the French and made peace with the Marathas and the Nizam. [45] However, Hyder Ali was betrayed by the Marathas and the Nizam, who made treaties with the British as well.
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