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4 unusual facts about Maharaja of Mysore


Charles Todhunter

On his retirement from the ICS he became private secretary to the Maharaja of Mysore, holding the post for sixteen years until the maharaja's death in 1940, when he settled down on his farm in the Kenjari district of Mysore State.

Maharaja of Mysore

The Wodeyars ruled that kingdom almost uninterruptedly between 1399 and 1947; they ruled initially as vassals of the Vijayanagara Empire (1399-1565), then as independent rulers (1565-1761), then as puppet rulers under Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan (1761-1796) and finally as allies of the British crown (1799-1947).

Hyder Ali (1761-1782), Muslim commander deposing the Hindu Maharaja, fought the British and Nizams of Hyderabad in the first of 4 Anglo-Mysore Wars

Tripura Sundari Ammani

Maharani Tripura Sundari Ammani was the second wife of Maharaja Jayachamaraja Wodeyar, the last ruling Maharaja of Mysore.



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