* Immadi Pulikeshi-Pulakesi II The Chalukya Ruler.

An 1895 group photograph of the eleven year old Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV, ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore | princely state of Mysore in South India, with his brothers and sisters.

Marriage of H. H Sri Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV and Rana Prathap Kumari of Kathiawar

The Kingdom of Mysore came under the British during the reign of King Krishnaraja Wadiyar III ( 1799 – 1868 ).

Gold pagoda of Krishnaraja Wadiyar III ( 1799-1868 ).

* Krishnaraja Wadiyar III ( 1799 – 1868 )

* Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV ( 1894 – 1940 )

While the elder seven-year-old boy was crowned as Nalvadi ( the fourth ) Krishnaraja Wadiyar, the Regency was entrusted to his mother, who came to be referred to as Vani Vilas Sannidhana.

On turning 18, Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV was invested with full authority personally by the Viceroy, Lord Curzon, in 1902.

Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV died without children and as his brother had predeceased him, His son, Jaya Chamaraja Wadiyar was crowned in.

While under the patronage of the Maharaja of Mysore, Krishnaraja Wadiyar, Krishnamacharya traveled around India giving lectures and demonstrations to promote yoga, including such feats as stopping his heartbeat.

His mother, Rajkumari Sri Puta Ammani Avaru, was the eldest daughter of Krishnaraja Wadiyar III, the then Maharaja of Mysore.

Following the failure of heirs male, Krishnaraja Wadiyar decided to adopt as heir his grandson, Chamaraja.

Krishnaraja Wadiyar III died on 27 March 1868, and Chamaraja Wadiyar ascended the throne at the royal palace, Mysore, on September 23, 1868.

However, since 1831, the kingdom of Mysore had been under the direct administration of the British Raj, who had deposed Krishnaraja Wadiyar on allegations of misrule.

# Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV, succeeded his father as Maharaja of Mysore.

He was succeeded by his 10-year-old son, Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV.

Marriage of H. H Sri Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV and Rana Prathap Kumari of Kathiawar

Close on the heels of the 1876-77 famine and the death of Maharaja Chamaraja Chamarajendra Wadiyar X, Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV, still a boy of eleven, ascended the throne in 1895.

* Dr. S. Radhakrishnan Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, who served as professor at Maharaja's College at Mysore during the early days of his career when the Maharaja was the Ruler has this to say: " His late Highness the Maharaja Krishnaraja Wadiyar gave one the impression of a remote but enchanting spirit, who lived on hidden heights, even when dealing with concrete problems of the state.

During the reign of Sri Nalvadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar, Mysore State saw an allround development.

* 1884-1894: Yuvaraja Sri Krishnaraja Wadiyar

Aspirations to become a concert pianist were cut short by the untimely death of both his father the Yuvaraja Kanteerava Narasimharaja Wadiyar in 1939 and his uncle the Maharaja Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV in 1940, when he succeeded the throne of Mysore.

Rising to the post of dalwai, or commander-in-chief to Krishnaraja Wodeyar II, he came to dominate the titular monarch and the Mysore government, and eventually seized control of all of the reins of power.

He introduced them to Devaraja, the dalwai ( chief minister, military leader, and virtual ruler ) of Krishnaraja Wodeyar II, and his brother Nanjaraja, who also held important ministerial posts.

* Kingdom of Mysore – Chikka Devaraja Wodeyar, ending with the Krishnaraja Wodeyar II

* Dodda Krishnaraja Wodeyar I ( 1714 – 1732 )

Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar ( 1794 – 1868 ) has also written several Yakshagana prasanga, including Sougandhika Parinaya.

Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar, ( 1794 – 1868 ) of the Mysore Dynasty ( Kingdom of Mysore ) was responsible for getting the lake created, in the year 1864, to provide water for irrigation to about 4000 ha ( 10, 000 acres ) of land outside the city.

# Princess Krishnaraja Ammani, ( 1883 – 1904 ), married in 1896, Col. Devaraj Urs, CIE, MVO, an army officer and the Arasu of Bagle in Mysore state.

During the reign of Krishnaraja Wodeyar-III ( 1811 – 31 ), the State consisted of six Faujdaris and the present Tumkur district stood included in the Maddagiri i. e., Madhugiri, ' Faujdari.

Mysore's titular ruler Krishnaraja died in April 1766, while Hyder was in Malabar.

Jayachamrajendra Wadiyar with Elizabeth II

* Hiriya Chamaraja Wadiyar II ( 1478 – 1513 )

* Thimmaraja Wadiyar II ( 1553 – 1572 )

* Raja Wadiyar II ( 1637 – 1638 )

The times of World War II Brunton spent in India, being hosted a guest by the Maharaja of Mysore, His Highness Sri. Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV.

* Chamaraja Wadiyar VII ( 1732 – 1734 )

* Hiriya Bettada Chamaraja Wadiyar I ( 1423 – 1459 )

* Thimmaraja Wadiyar I ( 1459 – 1478 )

* Hiriya bettada Chamaraja III Wadiyar ( 1513 – 1553 )

* Bola Chamaraja Wadiyar IV ( 1572 – 1576 )

* Bettada Chamaraja Wadiyar V ( 1576 – 1578 )< ref > According to Court Historian and Chief Editor of Mysore Gazeeteer-Mr C. Hayavadana Rao, this Ruler's name as Bettada Devaraja Wadiyar.

* Raja Wadiyar I ( 1578 – 1617 )

* Chamaraja Wadiyar VI ( 1617 – 1637 ).

* ( Ranadhira Kantheerava ) Narasaraja Wadiyar I ( 1638 – 1659 )

* Dodda Devaraja Wadiyar ( 1659 – 1673 )

* Chikka Devaraja Wadiyar ( 1673 – 1704 )

* Nanajaraja Wadiyar ( 1766 – 1770 )

* Bettada Chamaraja Wadiyar VIII ( 1770 – 1776 )

* Khasa Chamaraja Wadiyar IX ( 1766 – 1796 )

* Chamarajendra Wadiyar X ( 1868 – 1894 )

* Vani Vilas Sannidhana, queen of Chamarajendra Wadiyar X, was Regent from 1894 – 1902.

* Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar ( 1940 – 1950 )