List of Maharajas of Mysore
The following lists the Maharajas of Mysore.
| 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 | Timmaraja Wodeyar I | (1459–1478) | |
| 4 | Chamaraja Wodeyar II | (1478–1513) | |
| 5 | Chamaraja Wodeyar III | (1513–1553) | |
| Absolute Monarchy (Independent Wodeyar Kings)[2] (1553–1761) | |||
| 6 | Timmaraja Wodeyar II | (1553–1572) | |
| 7 | Chamaraja Wodeyar IV | (1572–1576) | |
| 8 | Chamaraja Wodeyar V | (1576–1578) | |
| 9 | 
|
Raja Wodeyar I | (1578–1617) |
| 10 | Chamaraja Wodeyar VI | (1617–1637) | |
| 11 | Raja Wodeyar II | (1637–1638) | |
| 12 | 
|
Narasaraja Wodeyar I | (1638–1659) |
| 13 | Devaraja Wodeyar I | (1659–1673) | |
| 14 | 
|
Devaraja Wodeyar II | (1673–1704) |
| 15 | Narasaraja Wodeyar II | (1704–1714) | |
| 16 | 
|
Krishnaraja Wodeyar I | (1714–1732) |
| 17 | Chamaraja Wodeyar VII | (1732–1734) | |
| 18 | Krishnaraja Wodeyar II | (1734–1761) | |
| Puppet Monarchy (Under Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan)[3] (1761–1799) | |||
| (18) | Krishnaraja Wodeyar II | (1761–1766) | |
| 19 | Nanjaraja Wodeyar | (1766–1770) | |
| 20 | Chamaraja Wodeyar VIII | (1770–1776) | |
| 21 | Chamaraja Wodeyar IX | (1776–1796) | |
| Puppet Monarchy (Under British Rule)[4] (1799–1831) | |||
| 22 | 
|
Krishnaraja Wodeyar III | (1799–1831) |
| Titular Monarchy (Monarchy abolished under Mysore Commission) (1831–1881) | |||
| (22) |
|
Krishnaraja Wodeyar III | (1831–1868) |
| 23 | 
|
Chamaraja Wadiyar X | (1868–1881) |
| Absolute Monarchy Monarchy restored by Rendition Act 1881 (in subsidiary alliance with British Crown) (1881–1947) | |||
| (23) |
|
Chamarajendra Wadiyar X | (1881–1894) |
| 24 | 
|
Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV | (1894–1940) |
| 25 | 
|
Jayachamaraja Wadiyar | (1940–1947) |
| Constitutional Monarchy (Mysore State, Dominion of India) (1947–1956) | |||
| (25) |
|
Jayachamaraja Wadiyar (as Rajpramukh) | (1947–1956) |
| Titular Monarchy (Monarchy abolished)[5] (1956–1974) | |||
| (25) |
|
Jayachamaraja Wadiyar | (1956–1974) |
| Head of the family (Titles abolished;[6][7] Governors heading the state) (1974–present) | |||
| 26 | 
|
Srikantadatta Wadiyar | (1974–2013) |
| 27 | 
|
Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar | (2015–present) |
See also
[edit]- List of colonial governors and presidents of Madras Presidency
- List of governors of Tamil Nadu
- List of governors of Karnataka
- Wadiyar dynasty
References
[edit]- ^ Mallik, Anupama; Chaudhury, Santanu; Chandru, Vijay; Srinivasan, Sharada (2017). Digital Hampi: Preserving Indian Cultural Heritage. Springer. ISBN 978-981-10-5738-0.
- ^ Aiyangar, Sakkottai Krishnaswami (1919). Sources of Vijayanagar History (in Telugu). University of Madras.
- ^ Michaud, Joseph (December 1996). History of Mysore Under Hyder Ali and Tippoo Sultan. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 978-81-206-0174-1.
- ^ Fernandes, Praxy (1969). Storm Over Seringapatam: The Incredible Story of Hyder Ali & Tippu Sultan. Thackers.
- ^ Wiki Source, White Paper on Indian States (1950)/Part 4/Instrument of Accession
- ^ "The Constitution (26 Amendment) Act, 1971", indiacode.nic.in, Government of India, 1971, retrieved 9 November 2011
- ^ Schmidt, Karl J. (1995). An atlas and survey of South Asian history. M.E. Sharpe. p. 78. ISBN 978-1-56324-334-9.
Although the Indian states were alternately requested or forced into union with either India or Pakistan, the real death of princely India came when the Twenty-sixth Amendment Act (1971) abolished the princes' titles, privileges, and privy purses.